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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
3
A regional newspaper ad asserts Salt Rheum and related skin conditions come from bodily humors and promise Hood's Sarsaparilla to permanently cure all humors and cutaneous eruptions. Strong claims accompany testimonials of relief.
Everett will host the opening of a new factory with the plan to set up a fresh fesh and Goor facility. Local officials expect job creation and economic growth as construction begins this year.
The Great Northern Railway Company through President Hill buys 275000 acres of Crow's Nest Coal Company land near Crow's Nest Pass B C for about 5000000 dollars. Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic advertised as best malaria cure with no cure no pay. Bottle contains fron and quinine in tasteless form.
Seattle residents plan to spend about 200000 dollars for a library site and 50000 dollars yearly on maintenance after a 200000 dollar Carnegie building is erected.
A striking exhibit will feature a house and its contents displayed inverted at the Pan-American exposition midway, offering visitors a novel perspective and curiosity.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a powder to ease swollen feet and discomfort from tight shoes. It claims cures for blisters callous spots Chilblains sweating and damp feet with over 30 000 testimonials and a 25 cent price. Trial package free to readers.
The Sutley in India is described as the fastest growing river, with a descent of 180 miles and a single section dropping 12 000 feet. The claim highlights extraordinary erosion and youthful river behavior.
The Portland union depot plans a three-block long train shed to shelter travelers from rain, keeping passengers indoors instead of stepping outside to weather.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It urges sending for circulars and notes the products Hall's Family Pills as best.
Walla Walla experienced an unusually long sleighing spell lasting through the holidays marking the first extended period in over a decade of favorable winter snow and conditions for sleighing.
Episcopal Bishop Henry Codman Potter of New York, aged 65, continues a vigorous campaign against vice and crime in the city. The article portrays him as a tireless reformer who defies the dead line notion and, with persistent zeal, pursues law violations and urban wickedness, earning respect from both high places and slum areas.
A collection of odds and findings: brain weight comparisons among races, efficiency gains in bread making, stages of sensory arousal, elderly turnout in Claremont Massachusetts, the ancient Cos oak tree and Hippocrates lore, Daniel Leake’s vast shingles and sugar production, and German physicist G Tammann’s work on ice forms and the freezing point of water.
The Philadelphische Zeitung, the first German language newspaper in America, was printed in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin in 1732. The Pennsylvania Gazette's June 1782 issue notes that the Gazette would publish on Mondays and that the Philadelphische Zeitung would appear the following Saturday, delivered at ten o clock to country subscribers.
A brief 1782 Philadelphia printing venture by Franklin associate Pyranklin issued a small four page newspaper Zeitung in German. It hoped German support but failed, issuing first on June 10 1782 and a second on June 24 1782, with imprint Gedrucht bey B. Francklin in der Marckstrasse.
The Agricultural Department tests new pot herbs and varieties such as basella spinach okra and sesame. They grow artichokes cucumbers and a host of curious plants including chufa luffa gourds and cow peas. Some are useful some ornamental or merely curious as reporters note a playful glimpse into federal seed experiments on the Potomac.
Old article sketches mumming as a Christmas merriment with disguises dusters brushes and blackening. Girls wear masks and hats invade neighbors quietly keeping secrets while young men perform disguised minstrels and dumb shows among friends. Seasonal masquerade echoes ancient mystery and lively verse.
A new quick firing gun produced in Birmingham England is wheel operated and discharges 600 bullets per minute. Weighing 100 pounds it is single barreled and water cooled by a jacket. An endless belt feeds cartridges to the breech and the weapon is said to kill at three miles. It can move from right to left during discharge.
W W Skinner, who has served as the S P agent at Salem Oregon for nearly eighty years, is about to resign. The vacancy will likely trigger a broad readjustment of agents across the state via the existing selection and promotion system.
One thousand bales of jute from Calcutta arrive at the Walla Walla penitentiary for manufacture into sacks by convict labor costing the state 16.65 delivered to Walla Walla.
A legislative wrangle over ending the whipping post is discussed. The piece likens passage of such a bill to a great benefactor to lawbreakers and endorses Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for digestive issues, biliousness, and grippe.
The corrected valuation by the board of equalization places Skagway Alaska’s taxable wealth at 981 270 dollars.
A May event handed out pocket handkerchiefs as keepsakes to accompany the tearful drama and its emotional theme.
The ad urges taking Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee from druggists if it fails. KE W Grove's signature appears on each box. The piece also notes a potential Northern Pacific railway expansion from Hoquiam to Long Beach planned for summer. Garfield Tea is praised for visible system benefits and clearer complexion. Prussia sets yearly government price lists for medicines.
A Iowa woman narrates recovery from St Vitus Dance after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits rapid improvement after two boxes and notes lasting health eight years with no relapse. The advertisement claims benefits for blood, nerves, and female and male health issues and lists pricing and availability.
Berlin boasts Unter den Linden as the widest street among great cities at 215 feet wide. It cites Vienna Ringstrasse at 188 feet Paris Grand Boulevard 122 feet and Budapest Andrasse Strasse 155 feet wide.
Assay reports from Ninety-Nine mining property on Slate creek Washington show an average of 400 dollars per ton. A new company named the Co operative Mining and Development Association is formed in Seattle with 2 million dollars capital stock. A guaranteed cure claim appears for Cascarets Candy Cathartic, touted as a cure for chronic constipation with money back if not satisfied.
An advertisement asserts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic contains iron and quinine with no cure. The sales pitch emphasizes tasteless medicine and offers no pay if unsatisfied, priced at 60 cents, from Holtt's School.
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