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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
3
In a London restaurant two Englishmen argued over which could tell the tallest story. They bet a stake to recount odd incidents with a twist. The first claims a charming woman turned to wood after an apparent voyage. The second retorts with a deaf and dumb man suddenly regaining speech, and a bicycle shop wheel that spoke.
C V Beltz of Tippecanoe Indiana says eczema plagued him for over two years. He tried physicians patent medicines and quack cures with no relief until using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Immediate relief followed and he recovered fully. November 15, 1905.
Mrs U S Kistler of Salina Kansas is described as a syndicate woman after surviving an explosion that burned her body and led to more than 1700 grafts to reconstruct her skin.
John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers a free plant and seed catalog with sample seed packets for 1908 mail order customers. The deal includes Quick Quick Carrot Earliest Ripe Cabbage Earliest Emerald Cucumber La Crosse Market Lettuce Early Dinner Onion and more, mailed postpaid or for a small extra fee with Berliner Earliest Cauliflower. A separate note touts a rice flour cracker from China as a leading white biscuit product.
The Evening Wisconsin of Milwaukee publishes eight attractive souvenir post cards in five colors showing animals at Washington Park Zoo. A set can be mailed for 12 cents, addressed to The Evening Wisconsin Company Post Card Dept. Milwaukee Wis.
The British empire is estimated to contain about 420 million people in total, with roughly 348 million of them identified as native races.
Advertisement for "Successful Dairying" from Pacific Coast Borax Co Chicago Ill offering a free book on profitable dairy cow selection feeding and care and milk handling to maximize price. Includes disease info and cure recipes. Post card request necessary.
The Calcutta based Statesman, a leading daily, recently installed two American printing presses to boost production and expand distribution.
An ad touts Bromo Quinine Laxative as a world wide cold cure in one day and notes the joint signature of E. W. Grove. It also mentions Edison cement works crushers in Stewartstown New Jersey capable of crushing a six ton stone.
A Minnesota advertisement from N W Hide and Fur Co of Minneapolis offers a watch fob free to customers who ship five dollars worth of hides or furs or who buy guns or traps totaling that amount.
Two years after receiving English pheasants from State Game Commissioner Wheeler the Clinton county game warden reports the birds alive and increasing. A later release shows all remaining birds thriving and entering farmyards. Quail and prairie chickens are plentiful in suitable cover. Before the new game law, chickens were nearly extinct.
William K. Vanderbilt Jr ordered ten 45 horsepower racing cars from a French maker at a price of 12000 dollars each. The purchase reflects Vanderbilt's continued interest in high performance automobiles.
A Chicago Inter Ocean excerpt recounts Union and Confederate army anecdotes from Nashville and Shiloh. Soldiers show readiness despite sickness, with volunteers eager to fight and humorous tales of hogs and captured batteries illustrating wartime morale.
The Union station in Chattanooga hosts the General, famed for the Andrews raid of 1862, while the Texas, which captured the General, is being saved from scrap and prepared for display. The pursuit, flames, rain, and a tunnel ambush near Dalton culminated in Fuller reclaiming the Texas and the raiders’ defeat.
Dr. J. N. McCormack of Bowling Green recounts how during the Civil War Colonel Harrison used the Mitchell House as a hospital. Mitchell accepted military necessity but later sent the bill to President Harrison, who paid it with a personal check after Harrison became president.
Mrs Annetta E McCrea who is the nations first woman landscape architect serves as the official landscape architect for the St Paul road and also consults for other western roads The Edison crushers handle a six ton stone use during construction
The New York Fire Commissioner explains a merit system with a tale of a rookie faced with a dangerous fire drill. The young man asks for pen and ink to resign rather than risk his life completing the hazardous ladder and window rescue task.
Charles Von Soehnen of 201 A St Colfax Washington describes a thirty year struggle with kidney pain backache rheumatism and frequent urination. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with nearly complete relief after long suffering. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A humorous telegram from Mrs MeJones to her husband about moving to a new home reads Lares and Penates on board boat, Will arrive tomorrow morning, but the received version says Lard and peanuts on board boat. Will arrive tomorrow morning. The wordplay underscores satirical style on misread lines.
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, claiming internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 reimbursement for any failing case and urge sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, with Druggist sales nationwide and a note to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In Japan the idea that tuberculosis germs enter via cow's milk is discounted since such milk is rare there. Yet mortality from tuberculosis remains high, with Tokyo recording about one fifth of the city's deaths.
Get from your grocer for 10 cents a package of OUR-PIE Preparation Lem on Chocolate or Custard to make reliable pies. Put up by D-Zerta Food Co Rochester NY.
A collapsed roof at the old city brewery injured three men, with later reports correcting the casualty count. Eyewitness talk in the tavern shows initial confusion over the accident and its toll before a full account arrived.
A journalist quotes William Dean Howells noting literary fame is not highly regarded by the public. He recalls a 19th century San Remo moment in a French paper about M Pierre Loti of Lyons, inventor of the automatic rat trap, denying kinship with the writer Pierre Loti.
Mrs Brindle-Now warns Mary to handle a treasured table linen kept for over two centuries. Mary reassures her care and secrecy, noting the fabric looks as good as new.
A physician notes that families using Postum appeared healthier than coffee drinkers. He recalls wife’s observation before marriage and his own relief from digestion issues after switching to Postum, while coffee and tea gathered dust.
A home recipe mixes Concentrated Oil of Pine with glycerine whiskey to treat acute colds. Uses one half ounce pine oil, two ounces glycerine, and half a pint whiskey in doses every four hours. Claimed to break up a cold in 24 hours. Pine oil product from Globe Pharmaceutical Company Dayton Ohio. sold in half ounce vials.
Alfred Nobel founded the Nobel prize and rarely visited the Scottish high explosive works he established. He was heartbroken after not being elected a fellow of the Royal Society of England.
An old advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a pleasant herbal remedy for occasional laxative use. It emphasizes that the product is simple, pure, mild, and healthful, made of herbs and not drugs.
The noted Francis Bacon impressed guests with elaborate banquets while he himself ate only one or two simple dishes. This contrast highlights his austere personal dining habits amid ostentatious hosting.
N. W. Hide & Fur Co. of Minneapolis advertises guns and traps at low prices and offers fur and hide buying or tanning services for robes and rugs.
The famous Guadalupe artesian well at Guadalupe, Mexico, once reaching about 100 feet, now reaches only roughly fifty feet, reflecting a significant decline in its geyser-like discharge.
The ad offers hides and furs tanned for robes coats or rugs and instructs readers to request a price list from Taubert Tannery in Minneapolis Minnesota. The clipping notes that the family wealth in Dutch Guiana is invested in jewelry worn by the wife.
A historic advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims gum relief and reduced inflammation along with easing wind colic, offered at 25 cents per bottle.
The Paris based factory grew from a quill pen manufactory to become the largest quill toothpick operation in the area, reflecting a shift from writing implements to wood craft.
The ad claims PAZO Ointment cures pile symptoms in six to fourteen days. It promises relief from itching bleeding and pain with a guaranteed outcome and a money back suggestion if not satisfied.
Reports describe Cuban cabbages growing unusually large with heads often weighing around 20 pounds. Local growers note frequent harvests and remarkable plant vigor amid warm conditions.
Dr. Kline's Nerve Restorer promotes relief for nervous disorders and St Vitus dance. An offer claims free battle and treaties in DE BE HM. KLINE Philadelphia address given. Text asserts vast global lands and steppes totaling 14,000,000 acres.
The General Demand for a simple pleasant laxative is met by the California Fig Syrup Co with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. Physicians approve its wholesome components and gentle, prompt action. Buy only the genuine product from leading druggists. price fifty cents per bottle.
Our 25c bargain needle package includes sewing darning carpet and button needles with large eyes and no cut thread. Send 10c for this bargain today. Agents wanted. Colum Pees Co. 44 Court St Brooklyn.
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