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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
7
Mrs Pinkham describes her all female staff handling confidential letters from women seeking relief for female troubles. She cites correspondence from Lynn officials and local investigators and claims to have aided a million women in Lynn Massachusetts.
A Detroit Free Press notice shares a quip on war readiness from a Confederate general and presents Allen’s Foot-Kase as a popular foot care remedy with testimonials. It also mentions New Zealand government job offers paying two dollars a day to able-bodied applicants.
A dated manifesto argues that advertising is essential for growth, valued by leading business figures worldwide, and not a luxury but a key profitability tool. It emphasizes the strategic role of promotion in driving sales and market presence.
The United States army tests a compact automatic machine gun weighing 12 pounds capable of 450 rounds per minute. London operates an asylum for lost and starving cats, caring for about 8,000 animals last year. Rifle clubs form across France to train members in marksmanship, modeled on Boer practices teaching children to use firearms.
The California Fig Syrup Co presents Syrup of Figs as a reliable laxative that cleanses the system, relieves colds and fevers, and helps with habitual constipation. It uses figs for taste but derives medicinal qualities from senna and other plants. Beware imitations. the company name appears on every package. Available from druggists at 50 cents per bottle.
An excerpt from Dr. O'Meara's St Helena diary published in Century captures Napoleon discussing escape. He doubts success but argues harsh isolation inspires resentment toward his jailers and notes only death would end European pursuit. He predicts governor and officials will face scrutiny and publicity.
A Salt Lake City county clerk is asked to verify Jack Peters’s marriage to Eliza Waters from two years earlier. A gaunt ginger-haired woman informs him Peters “has escaped” as the license is for a different spouse, while unrelated clippings discuss coal output and assorted anecdotes from the era.
A historical ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a powerful tonic boosting blood purification, appetite, and strength. It cites a testimonial from Jonn 1. Mouncovay of Point Arena California describing lasting improvement after use.
A Foxhunt chase disrupted a church service at Broughton Astley near Leicester as the Atherstone pack of hounds burst into the church and killed the fox before the hounds were cleared out.
A compilation notes 19th century practices and beliefs, from using pulverized dog jawbone to treat mad dog bites to Mrs. Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, plus anecdotes on animal brains, telegraph pole preservation, Aztec money, fox fables, moral virtue, biblical study, ether drinking in Prussia, and associated health harms.
An English officer in South Africa, amid a sharp skirmish, asks a nearby captain to allow his friend Mr. B to assist in salvaging a gun. He introduces the aide with charm despite bursting shells and dirt, hoping they avoid being knocked over.
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and a $100 reward for any case not cured. Includes testimonials list and address F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Also notes Hall's Family Pills. A Breslau doctor reports hens fed horse flesh got gout and eggshell powder partially relieved it.
A letter from New York City dated February 15, 1900 lauds the dining car service on the Rio Grande Western and the Denver & Rio Grande as the finest of its kind with good food and moderate prices. The author notes through-sleeping cars between San Francisco and Chicago via Salt Lake City and invites correspondence with agents in Portland and Salt Lake City.
The exchange shows Rastus challenging a doctor who says the diagnosis is chicken pox. The judge remarks on the situation as the characters discuss illness and confusion.
Critics link recent reverses in Britain to aristocratic decadence. They claim luxury harms vigor and that toning the stomach and blood purification are needed. Hos te ter s Stomach Bitters touted as remedy for digestive ills and biliousness. Havana street cars described as cumbersome and poorly managed by overtaxed ponies.
In Collier's Weekly the paradox of Lord Roberts is noted as the shortest general by service length yet bearing the longest official titles in Britain. If victorious in South Africa he might gain more letters to his name.
A collage of brief quotes and endorsements includes humorous dialogue about a habit in marriage, Carter’s Ink claim of superiority, a sermon about concentration in life, Piso’s Cure testimonials, and a note on the British navy charting ocean beds with a call to refuse, endure, and pursue great things in toil.
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