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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
10
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a radical permanent cure for scrofula and related ailments. It claims to expel humors, cure eruptions, and strengthen the whole system for all ages, pairing Hood's Pills as a non irritating cathartic to take with the remedy.
Tolstoy remains independent of medical guidance and ignores physicians who advised him to avoid walking or horseback riding. He asserted that he knows better than all doctors what is good for him.
Advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and claims only constitutional remedies can cure it. It offers $100 for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars and the promise of Hall's Family Pills.
An observer along a Maine country road noted corn overrun by weeds and a conspicuous sign reading Notiss Not of Your Business is This Corn Ain't Hoed. The quirky roadside message reflects rural humor amid neglected fields.
An innovative hay fever remedy is proposed a small wire gauze disc inserted in the nostril. The description hails Wizard Oil as a cure for La Grippe and notes druggists selling the product.
Robert de Bremont presents a new act called William Tell using a cue and a lit candle on a billiard table. He hits a ball in an arc over the flame without touching the candle holder, causing the candle to go out. The Peoria Herald notes this as an entirely new performance. Mothers are advised to use Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething children.
Living conditions on the Malakai island leper settlement hold 909 lepers and 164 clean residents. The community houses nearly 1,100 people and costs about $80,000 annually to feed, house, and clothe them. Piso's Cure is praised as a cough remedy.
Dialogue snippet from the Boston Herald shows Little Freddie teasing about plum pudding while Mamma cites the doctor’s refusal and Freddie counters with a boast about being too big for any doctor. The humor hinges on a child’s bravado versus parental caution.
An advertisement claims chronic sores stem from impure blood and that Swift's Specific clears toxins, purifies blood, and heals ulcers. It cites a patient testimonial from J. B. Talbert of Winona Mississippi and urges sending for a free book to consult physicians in Atlanta Georgia.
The article notes that captive lions and tigers sleep heavily and peacefully, undisturbed by day or night noise. Bears, especially grizzly, nap in varied positions, with polar bears preferring a specific cage corner. High-strung animals sleep with one eye open, while prairie wolves wake at the slightest sound and daytime sleepers appear drugged as dawn nears.
A collage of anecdotes and quotes about Casimir the chef of Maison Doree and his celebrated potage germiny, plus reminiscences of actor Joseph Jefferson and a wry note on sleep and sunshine, with a jab at Mrs Noobride and Mr Whiteoak from a Philadelphia Press snippet.
The Philadelphia Bulletin quotes an opinion that frequent theatergoers act sinfully and immorally, suggesting a provost of vice from constant outings. It ponders if love or money would change a man’s view, noting that a love of worldly bustle could alter his conduct.
Breslau professor finds spots on a plaster cast of Goethe suggesting pock marks or plaster flaws. The debate centers on whether Goethe bore smallpox scars from childhood or if the marks are imperfection in the cast.
The late Russian savant Dr. Kulesh translated a Bible into Little Russian but the censor blocked printing. His widow has sold the manuscript to the British Bible Society for 5000 roubles.
A magazine editor complains the on page poem is unclear and asks for something that will puzzle every reader. The assistant proposes a poem that readers may understand, but the editor rejects it seeking broader puzzlement.
A fragment quote from Life ponders marriage and affection with a playful exchange. Ten men asking to marry are met with the idea of a tender, while a single suitor prompts the notion of a wonder. The lines reflect light verse on love.
In Brazil a wask builds a nest from bright white pasteboard that hangs from treetop branches to avoid detection by monkeys. Monkeys in the region are noted for examining nearly everything, including hornet nests.
President Pritchett of MIT recalls a college prank where students shout a date in American history in the yard. The professor would appear from a window or door and declare the date incorrect, revealing the humorous trust in timing and memory.
An authority states brain weight does not indicate mind power. He notes colder climates produce larger brains, with the largest heads found among the Chugatches in far north regions, followed by the Laps.
Pacific states see new oil burning locomotives with the cab and furnace at the front and the smokestack at the rear. The tender is removed and fuel and water travel through pipes to the engine.
The German Emperor maintains about 3500 staff across twenty palaces, with roughly 3000 women. Keeping these establishments afloat costs a vast sum, totaling an estimated 25 thousand dollars per day in expenditures.
A six foot long oak canoe was unearthed in a Tyrone bog five miles from Dungannon. It measures six feet by three and a half feet and eight inches deep with a ring shaped bow for mooring and two stern logs. A woman's well preserved body was also found in the same bog, believed to be two centuries old according to medical opinion.
Dairy inspectors uncover a substance named giscogen in Minnesota milk. Composed of sugar lime and water it makes milk look richer as lactic acid converts lime to a thick white substance mimicking milk without altering taste.
The Free Town Mattru railway line in Sierra Leone faced a major construction task as eleven steel bridges had to be built along a thirty kilometer segment illustrating the harsh difficulty of Africa railway work.
The Baltimore American quotes Mr Medder grass claiming some navy officers work for the coal trust. He asserts they hid their coal supply hold from Schley to push prices up another half dollar per ton.
A clipped exchange blends a lunch wagon joke from Boston Herald with a retired business man on a farm who explains to inquirers how he adapts to rural life, reflecting on leisure and relocation.
The record notes a great drought beginning in 678 with consecutive dry years. In 879 springs dried up forcing indoor work. In 993 and 994 nuts on trees roasted as if baked.
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