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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
7
The article warns riders to wear wraps on spring street car trips to avoid catching colds and rheumatic issues. It advises taking Peruna at the first symptom and continuing as directed to prevent a longer illness, stressing immediate action over other remedies.
Letters from readers credit Peruna with easing catarrh and cold symptoms. Mrs Long reports her three year old’s cough improving after use. Mr Deutsch and Mr Morrison attest to noticeable health benefits and strong personal praise.
A dialect lyric describes wind outside a cabin and a snowing night. The speaker urges a loved one to sleep and dream while nature rests and roses wait for summer. The tone is lyrical and soothing with imagery of night and coming brighter days.
The article notes about 300000 newcomers to Canada in 1907 and discusses why many Americans chose Canadian lands. It highlights climate, crop prospects, cheap land and government supports, and social conditions as driving factors. It cites Winnipeg Chicago Edmonton and Calgary as parallels to U.S. cities and mentions government farms and agricultural progress.
A Wisconsin inventor shows a back and forth egg-beater that works in one hand and is operated by the other. It combines hand beating efficiency with machine speed, achieving fast and effective egg beating.
A historic note describes making buttermilk ice cream by combining one pint buttermilk with one pint cream and half a pound of sugar rubbed with lemons. Freeze the mixture with lemon juice and serve with hot chocolate or caramel sauce in small cups for dipping the ice cream.
Mix one cup flour with one cup boiling water to a smooth paste, add half cup butter and cook one minute. Cool, beat in three eggs one day at a time, drop on greased pan, bake twenty five minutes. Make cream filling with milk sugar flour and vanilla, thickened over heat. Makes about eighteen puffs.
A concise guide notes uses for window glass to separate leaves in cookbooks and reads without soil. It suggests boiling rice water for starching lace and handkerchiefs for dainty stiffness. For stains, cold water soak then boiling water rinse. It advises hot water bag use to thaw a frozen faucet and hanging brooms with a hole in the handle to hang on nails to preserve shape.
J D Rees reports from the Calcutta Statesman on a man eating tiger known over a wide beat. Villagers rely on telegraphic bird chatter and apes to track the beast and on a trusted sportsman to lead hunts. The female tiger often preys on humans, while rewards may harm deer and pig stalkers and cattle lifters.
The best man discovers a youth alone among the presents in a room, unhappy and wandering, who admits in two words that he has not kissed the bride lately. The scene conveys unspoken tension and a moral query about consent and propriety.
A Philadelphia clipping notes Dremer continues work on his devices and claims a perfected labor gaming scheme. The word play hints at a disclosure by Miss Rich ley, suggesting social commentary on innovation and enterprise.
A Houston Post fragment shows a dialogue where a brother asks to reconcile with his sister. The sister is in her room and, after a quarrel the previous day, the brother asks someone to urge her to make up. The sister is reportedly beginning to reconcile.
In a Washington Star exchange, Mr. Comrox questions whether American citizens are correctly preserving forests while commenting on family trees and stewardship. He expresses suspicion about current forest practices and urges careful attention to conservation methods.
Request our pie mix from grocers and if unavailable, mail the grocer’s name and 10 cents to D Zerta Food Co Rochester NY to receive a full size two pie package free. Three varieties lemon chocolate and custard pies offered by D Zerta Food Co Rochester NY.
Lawyer questions Swede witness in a courtroom cross examination. The exchange highlights language barriers as the witness reveals he works in a very large factory earning seven shillings a day. An interpreter is finally brought in to translate.
An office seeker told a farmer that the office should seek the man. The farmer replied that the office should not run after him for more than thirty or forty years, a wry remark from the Warsaw Times.
A rich young woman details six years of nervous dyspepsia and a $300 waste on tonics and pastry heavy meals. After switching to Grape Nuts she improves immediately, gains four pounds in one week, and credits health recovery to proper food. She endorses Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville.
A satirical noting in the Congressional Storytellers Club recalls a Treasury and New York bank relation, likening it to a Missouri man with an Airedale trained to fetch items. The watchdog supposedly escorted a burglar, lantern in mouth, as a comic misdirection.
Mrs H Mutzabaugh of Duncannon Pennsylvania describes severe spring kidney troubles with smothering spells and kidney pain. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered after eight boxes and regained health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Attorney General Moody was aboard a Boston street car when a lady at the gate on the wrong side tried to move forward. The conductor urged her to the other side, she persisted, and Moody quietly intervened urging patience while the lady attempts to climb over the gate. The anecdote is cited from The Argonaut.
Mrs. Egbert Sheldon of Woodville Connecticut reports her year and a half old son suffered severe facial and body sores for about a year and a half. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, tying his hands at night to prevent scratching, and within two months the sores disappeared.
At a masquerade, Mr. Jones wore a Roman warrior suit with metal helmet and breastplate. As unmasking neared he confessed the disguise left him uncomfortable and joked he was not Appius Claudius but unhappy as the devil.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications because the disease resides in blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, blends tonics with blood purifiers, and aims at the seat of the disease. It is presented as a non quack remedy prescribed by physicians with testimonials available.
Orsa in Sweden has, in a generation, sold 5,550,000 dollars worth of trees and, by judicious replanting, provides a similar income every thirty or forty years, with no taxes cited.
Relieves tired eyes and aches with a remedy from Sloward Bros. Buffalo. Belgian electric street cars in Tientsin see rising passenger numbers, hinting at future profits. Garfield Tea offers a mild laxative made from herbs and sold in all drug stores.
The woolly flavor in mutton is attributed to the carcass not being dressed promptly. This traditional note suggests timely processing impacts meat quality.
A Milwaukee based Physicians Medical Institute offers sworn patient statements claiming cures for cancer epilepsy paralysis and peritonitis. They promise nationwide calls at no cost and urge readers not to give up with an invitation to write for information and assistance.
A Philadelphia Inquirer report notes a new law prohibiting women from sporting hats adorned with stuffed birds, sparking debate among Mrs Smith and Aunt Maria about gender dress norms and male fashion parity in cities.
Eight attractive post cards in five colors show wild animals from the Washington park zoo in Milwaukee. They will be mailed upon receipt of 12 cents in coin or stamps to The Evening Wisconsin Company Milwaukee Wis. Interesting for grown people and children.
Thirty babies both boys and girls offered for good homes. Apply to the Superintendent of the State Public School in Sparta Wisconsin for further information.
In a rustic exchange, Freddy asks what a social scale is and Pa explains it as a place where money is weighed, offering a folksy definition of social value.
Louisville increased water rates aiming to add 140000 dollars in receipts as the department caught up after delays. Separate notice mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething at 25 cents a bottle. Two Italian rivers, the Aniene and Coltenna, are planned for harnessing to generate electrical power.
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