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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
7
A testimonial note praises Mrs. Pinkham's remedy for women's ailments. It asserts many women have been restored to health and that her advice is free and trustworthy, with references to the product and its wide use among sufferers.
A fragmented page advertises Allen's Foot Ease for tired feet and swollen toes with trial offers, plus cautions against mercury in remedies. It notes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo and urges authenticity. It mentions Reykjavik's population, a German streetcar rule, and Menlo Park San Mateo County school notes. Religion quotes by Rev. J. J. Parsons conclude.
Roosevelt argues the American boy should become a strong, clean minded man through hard work and hard play. He notes progress in boy life over decades, praising athleticism and rough sports as building manliness while warning against one sided excess and moral decline.
A playful verse about a child’s weekly wash routine. The narrator laments repeated Sunday cleansing and the resulting irritation from soap and water. He longs to be a boy again, free from washing and its discomfort.
The article notes September once had nineteen days in early English calendars and explains Gregorys reform reducing days to align with Rome. It recalls England adopting the Gregorian calendar in 1752 causing an eleven day difference and the September nineteen days adjustment. It lists remarkable ages of several birds in Amsterdam Zoological Gardens and other aged birds.
Carrier pigeons transported messages between Anguilla and authorities, with returns sent back. The success spurred a large flock purchase. each bird carries four messages on specific paper, at a cost of 12 or 25 cents per note. Tenants lack water and food on Anguilla, requiring annual government relief.
The banyan tree, revered in India, is a fig genus tree with wide horizontal branches that produce aerial roots. These roots reach the ground, form new trunks, and then extend further branches. Also mentioned is a paper made from seaweed that can serve as transparent windows.
The Basques are described as clean, quiet, businesslike and trustworthy, avoiding unnecessary talk and formal greetings. Inns and hotels run by Basques are praised for cleanliness and helpfulness, while other Spaniards are portrayed as more talkative and expressive.
H C Barnabee of the Bostonians recalls a performance of Patience where a baby in the gallery cried loudly to his booming recital. He improvised with lines about a little thing of one’s own and the audience erupted in cheers, explaining such reactions stem from surprise at the anticipated moment.
The remarks lament the melodramatic portrayal of a crying heroine as a measure of realism. It contrasts the persuasiveness of patent medicine ads with skeptical readers and notes how commercial forces shape social decay through shifting tastes.
Excerpts emphasize the need for enlightened personalities over abstraction and the preacher’s personal factor. Quotes from Homiletic Review and Sir Humphrey Davy stress character, small acts, and steady kindness as core to society. The text also notes Mrs. Winslow’s Syrup for teething babies and a silkworm famine in Europe.
The passage cites Dr. William Park on opium abuse in China with monthly and yearly figures of attempts and deaths. It also mentions Miss Lizzie Vanlew’s Civil War era services and postwar role in Richmond. A Norwich New York dairy note discusses feeding uniformity for milk cows and the need to feed producers adequately.
A noted oil expert says California yields about 4.5 million barrels yearly with output rising monthly due to new wells. He identifies two main belts, black fuel oil and green gas oil, along both sides of the San Joaquin valley and extending into northern and southern California. Prospective investors are urged to consider capital opportunities as overproduction concerns are balanced by ongoing exploration. Journeymen plumbers in Halifax, N.S., struck because they were refused $2.25 a day.
The piece notes a society predicts an end of the world this year though the exact date is unknown. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and related ailments, urging a fair trial to prove its value. It also includes a quip about a printer mixing words in poems.
Advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood and strengthens the body. It pledges to purify the blood and cure stomach nerves kidneys and bowels disorders to prevent suffering and promote health with a price of one dollar.
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