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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
10
The piece contrasts millions spent on baseball with the far greater spenders seeking health. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claiming to strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, and cure dyspepsia constipation biliousness and weak kidneys. Also mentions a dog poster reference not fed on Fillemup's Patent Biscuits.
A Vermont veteran recounts paralysis after a sabre wound in 1863 and chills, praising Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He says six months of treatment cured the paralysis and boosted health, with no need for doctors afterward. Notary public verifies affidavit dated January 14, 1901. Pills offered by the Dr Williams Medicine Company in Schenectady, N Y.
The Massachusetts senate supports a constitutional change to let a three fourths jury verdict rule civil cases. The fragment also includes medical ad copy and scattered garbled notes about nerves and photographs.
A mother recalls advising her daughter on a marriage proposal. The suitor claimed to have seen the daughter several times but professed his love despite it. The exchange hints at family involvement in romantic decisions.
An advertisement promises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with a No cure No Pay offer priced at 25 cents. The theater note features quoted lines about hearing actors. It mentions new electric flash lamps costing $1.50 available at dealers or Kirk Geary & C in San Francisco.
A colored man on Central Avenue asks a resident about yard work for spring. The reply notes no jobs currently, stressing that the mother in law’s health comes first.
Elihu Root, then secretary of war, decided at age ten to become a lawyer but a sequence of events prevented him from studying law until he was past twenty one.
New York dominates U S hat and cap manufacturing with over 200 plants and about 25 000 workers. The industry totals roughly 25 million dollars in finished goods annually and exports reach Canada Mexico and other regions while domestic production fuels a large share of the U S market. Derby hats lead, silk and derby styles vary by region, and imports are limited though expanding overseas.
A survey of authors and works including Myrtle Reed scandal notes, Mrs John Ellsworth new romance The Toletec Savior, Dunbar’s rising novelist bid, Flora Annie Steel’s The Hosts of the Lord, Ida Tarbell Napoleon sales, and long lists of copyright milestones. Also a note on a divorced women club in Vienna and a humorous Brakemen quip about watch engraving.
A soubrette asks if the leading man was ever mistaken for a minister. He replies he has been treated like one and notes he has sometimes waited six or seven months for his salary. The exchange highlights stage life and its oddities.
The neighbors discuss Mr. Skinner showing interest in a wildcat mining scheme. A playful exchange notes surprise and curiosity about the unusual investment idea.
An elderly Black resident recalls living through many years without lynching despite talk of a race problem, asserting personal safety and long-standing community endurance. The remark highlights enduring racial anxiety in the era's social climate.
In a humane exchange, Rev and Mrs. Lureing discuss how a simple card bearing the word Dancing on its corner captures public attention and fuels charitable efforts with the lure of future bliss.
An excerpt shows dialogue about a request for an Egyptian cigarette followed by a claim that gentlemen smoke in the library. It then promotes E G toning solution to prevent faded prints with a 807 bottle priced at 30 cents and lists sellers Kirk Geary & Co at 380 Sutter St San Francisco.
A quip about a medicine label prompts a brief exchange as one man complains the druggist overexplains. The other replies with a humorous jab about a shake before taking a prescription for the ague. The exchange illustrates daily urban friction over medical instructions.
The readers are told that Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical field for catarrh a constitutional disease. It is taken internally and aims to cure by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces and strengthening the system. The makers offer one hundred dollars for a failing case and invite testimonials while promoting Hall's Family Pills as best.
Adopts admonition about sleep and nervous prostration urging women to seek physician care when sleeplessness and irritability occur, noting the physician should quiet the nervous system relieve pain and restore rest as a first duty.
Mrs Hartley of 221 W Congress St Chicago suffers indigestion exhaustion womb displacement fainting dizziness headache and backache disturbing nerves but is completely cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a testimonial urging other women to try the remedy and trust its efficacy.
In a witty exchange Mrs. Flatbush Daubchina speaks of art with a big A while her husband uses a big D. The playful contrast reveals domestic humor about differing tastes in art.
A city visitor asks how to pass time with a friend who moved to the country. The friend replies that time does not pass it but passes her, noting she always finds something to do.
An old newspaper ad features Lazative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising cure for colds in one day with refund if it fails. E W Grove’s signature appears on each box. Also promotes Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as best malaria remedy with no cure no pay offer at 50c.
A fragment from a 1900 column recalls a cheap book counter brag by Jones and a recalled claim of Piso's Cure for Consumption for coughs. The text references Trinity Springs Indiana and mentions a cyclone that damaged Jed Perkins' house.
A humorous exchange about rare prints and a Mother’s humor uses Mrs Winslow’s Teething Syrup as a punchline in a light column. The bit riffs on labels and payoffs as readers chuckle at the old timey product joke.
The Penobscot tribe, once 240 in 1800, has grown to about 400 members. Maine allocates annually eight thousand dollars for their benefit.
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