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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
3
Secretary Shaw recounts an Iowa visitor who asked for a confidential clerk post in the treasury. Despite a busy start, Shaw spent time with the elderly man, who proved pleasant and witty. He declined the appointment but insisted he could be “so confidential.”
Mrs Weisslitz of Buffalo New York credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with curing two years of female and kidney related pain. She details relief within three months in a testimonial noting improved complexion eyes and overall health. The letter promises a $5000 forfeit for proof of genuineness.
The Rural New Yorker notes two peanut varieties the Early Spanish and the New Mammoth. Early Spanish yields small, thin shells good for confectionery and hog feed, suited to light soils. New Mammoth is a large, thick shelled nut with strong yields in the south, and about 18 inches tall in Pennsylvania.
The Brownlow proposal to reintroduce a national aid plan for road improvements gains broad support with little opposition. Advocates contrast it with river and harbor funding, arguing broader benefits, avoidances of log rolling, and wider direct and indirect gains for states, counties, and towns.
A simple contrivance, the swinging mail box eases reaching from outside a fence and can be swung into reach then returned. The idea, illustrated in the piece, saves steps and time for post delivery.
An article asserts sweet oil taken internally acts as an antidote for rattlesnake bites spider bites ivory poison arsenic and strychnine poisoning in humans and animals It notes clover overfeeding can cause similar symptoms and gives a dosing guide a spoonful for a person and eight times that for a horse urging farmers to keep a bottle at home.
The article praises Admiral Schley as a famed 19th century hero and notes his endorsement of Peruna. It claims he personally used the remedy and believes it cures catarrh in any location. It argues endorsements reflect its merit and urges readers to request free literature from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co. in Columbus Ohio.
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