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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1898
Page
3
OCR snippet shows scattered phrases about shoes, feet, corns, and try on shoes. Mentions brands or makers in incomplete form, with stray names like Iberia, McClellan, and French buyers. Overall content is unclear and damaged with no coherent event or person.
The Trans Mississppi and International Exposition in Omaha will showcase exterior decorations with antique statue replicas including Venus de Medici, Apollo, and a Faun. The electricity and agricultural buildings will feature symbolic reliefs, machinery motifs, and grand central groups, while the art building and arch of the states will boast intricate friezes, fountains, and colonnades.
An OCR fragment describes Fig g Joyrs or Figs as a pleasant remedy for colds headaches and kidney issues. It touts taste and prompt benefits and notes widespread druggists will promote it. The text is garbled but implies a health product claim and broad distribution.
The Greek Ionic style structure features a 150 foot circumference circular dome rising 75 feet, fluted Ionic columns, and a grand domed vestibule. Lounges and balconies surround the dome with statued pedestals, while four corner towers cap ornamental open pavilions for electric lighting. Designed by Beman of Chicago.
A vivid preview describes Trans Miss Exposition features and a Night and Morning pyramid attraction. Visitors will encounter Egyptian labyrinths and a Dantean Inferno ride with elevators and celestial dining rooms, blending novelty and spectacle with cautionary themes.
A description of a new amusement lineup featuring a rolling barrel ride called Rolling the Roll and a miniature Niagara Falls wine cascade. The display includes a tiny 20 foot train with four passenger cars and a 450 pound locomotive, plus other scaled nature reproductions and demonstrations for visitors.
Glass bricks with hollow centers are praised abroad for light transmission and strength rivaling clay bricks. Mining syndicates promise wealth, but many claims are cautionary. Advertisements tout Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for multiple ailments amid urban street mileage comparisons.
Dr Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Massachusetts asserts exclusive rights to the term Castoria and Pitcher’s Castoria as a trade mark. He states he originated Pitcher’s Castoria and that the wrapper bears the facsimile signature of Chas H Fletcher and that only The Centaur Company may use his name. He notes the product has been in American homes for over thirty years and cites a formal notice dated March 8 1897. The second item mentions the Venice ducat minted in 1284 and that the building still exists.
Mrs. Jennie L Switru of Philadelphia testifies that after nine weeks in bed with ovarian inflammation and constant discharge she healed after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports high costs for doctors and medicine and credits the remedy with a complete recovery and strong faith.
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