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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR reads as a mixed list of phrases and names lacking coherent event or context. Potential mentions include Lenore, purifiers, druggists, and Jerusalem with scattered numbers and descriptors. No clear incident, date, or organization established.
The article recalls President McKinley’s practice of walking and riding in public, noting he avoided guards when possible. It states his wartime posture restricted public strolls, but after vacation he resumed walks, promising to stay active. It contrasts Washington etiquette with royal observers and cites Julian Pauncefote on public reverence.
The article discusses the long history of yellow phosphorus matches and their health risks. It notes necrosis risks for workers, government controls in Russia Holland and Belgium, and Britain’s blue book findings urging safeguards rather than outright bans. It highlights the public preference for strike anywhere matches and the need for preventive measures.
The author recalls old time revivals driven by emotional urging and shouting. Women wore pliable busks to force posture, and after meetings corset boards were hurled from dresses in the frenzy. The piece cites northern Ohio church practices and preacherly excitement.
A collage of literary names and anecdotes appears, noting VT furry Tain the humorist’s flower fame with double snowdrops, Henry Norman’s farming fusses, and biographical quips about Phoebe Tilson, Ouida, Elizabeth Godfrey, Marie Corelli, Marion Crawford, Bret Harte, Kipling, and others. The column discusses forthcoming works like J M Barrie’s Sequel to Sentimental Tommy, titled The Celebrated Tommy, and Graham Travers’ Windyhaugh, plus publisher details and general literary tastes.
A Missouri teen Emma Hendrickson and Kansas leader Mollie Mathes led a feared gang of outlaws. They robbed banks and stores, killed deputies, and fought a two hour siege before capture. Mathes evaded detection for eight years while leading counterfeit schemes.
The article notes Canada has three of her sons in the Lords Sir Haliburton Earl of Carnwath and Earl of Elgin. It laments missed marriages by old maids who could have produced sons old enough to support them.
A New York law case sheds light on Hungarian wine making. An importer and a supplier dispute a brand of tokay used for medicinal purposes with a high profit margin. The formula includes alcohol water sugar honey tokay essence lemon acid salicylic acid and gelatine. France’s new president is described as calm and bourgeois. Saxon cures and other ads appear amid notes on property suits and consumer tonics. The piece closes with a note that the first equestrian statue in Great Britain is Charles I at Charing Cross.
The article notes a 100 reward for any case Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure. It describes catarrh as a constitutional disease and claims the medicine works by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It mentions J. Cheney & Co as the suppliers and cites testimonials. Also briefly references the Pullman strike and a manuscripts project in Glasgow.
Mrs Patrick Daneuy of West Winsted Connecticut reports relief from female weakness and womb displacement after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says she now sleeps well and can work without fatigue or bloating and credits the remedy for her recovery.
A collection notes J H Caldwell of Louisiana praising Peruna for catarrh with year long use. Letters from Gilbert Hofer of Kentucky claim Peruna cured Bright’s disease after four bottles. Also mentions free catarrh book and a Piso’s Cure reference. Nearby items cover Kowloon Canton railway surveying, quiet Japanese nights, and fines for noisy dogs.
Miss Gertie DuNuKin of Franklin Nebraska writes a humorous note to a doctor advising a morning walk before breakfast. The reply jokes about the reader never waking before breakfast and keeps the light tone of a daily humor column.
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