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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
7
The piece reports Andrew Carnegie surveying a world that shows growing wealth and freedom. It notes more republics, declining monarchic power, and rising citizen influence, with optimism on global progress and human betterment. It includes culinary and domestic tips and a string of humorous vignettes from various papers.
Mrs Josie Irwin of Nashville Tennessee extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female diseases. She notes immense demand across the country and claims countless letters from grateful women attest to its efficacy. Pinkham invites women to write for free medical advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
State legislatures push for a constitutional amendment enabling direct popular election of Senators. Of 36 states, 21 endorse, 14 oppose, and 5 have voted no. Maine postpones, while several states seek a federal convention. The piece notes growing reform momentum and predicts broader state cooperation ahead. It also includes an unrelated ad for Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and a brief Indiana labor note about strikes attributed to a microbe.
An ad offers a free Allen's Foot Ease sample from Olmsted LeRoy N Y claiming it cures chilblains sweating damp swollen feet and bunions and helps tight shoes. It urges buying from druggists and not taking substitutes. The rest includes a divorce joke about a stenographer and cook and a note on injunctions with Klean Kitehem stoves claim.
This 19th century ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as the sole constitutional treatment for catarrh, claiming it affects blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any failure to cure and urges readers to send for circulars and testimonials. doctor-distributed pills are also advertised.
The aging Transvaal leader Kruger resides in a simple Mentone home on the Riviera. Once called the Bismarck of South Africa he faces his declining years with little interest in life after his wife’s death. He is said to have only months to live and awaits the end calmly.
The New York Post notes increased interest in Caribbean goods since the Spanish war. Lucayan Islands products such as coral items and souvenirs appear in shops, with traders sourcing from Great Bahama and nearby islands. Also observes Royalty and Mounted Police interactions in frontier towns and a humorous embassy carriage anecdote.
From six months of gathered facts the piece notes more child labor in New York City than in all southern states combined. It adds a parable about knowledge and a critique of following neighbors’ dictates, urging readers to hold personal views.
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