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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1900
Page
7
An ad dense page promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for foot relief and comfort, plus multiple patent medicines including Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Grove's Chill Tonic. It also mentions a Chicago Historical Society building cost and a teething syrup for children, with various household care tips.
Railroad engineers describe night encounters with wildlife along the Ohio Indiana routes. Animals including coons wildcats rabbits wolves foxes and bears are struck as trains travel up to 65 miles per hour through swampy woods. The piece notes frequent casualties and the lingering odor of skunks on passengers and crews.
A Cleveland exchange reports a young man crossing a quarter mile long high trestle over Grand River Ohio when a rapid train rounded the curve behind him. He barely reached a safe brace as grease slicked ties slipped his feet and he swung then crawled to solid ground after the locomotive thundered past.
A cake saw makes a practical wedding gift to cut the bride’s loaf with a thin flat knife. A silver cake knife is favored and handed down as a family heirloom. Also notes the Flowery Kingdom title for Sandwich Islands with year round blooms. A rule claims a young man in love is often boarded by the girl's father half the time.
A New York Zoological Society bulletin notes cranes attempting to walk through painted walls in a bird house. It also discusses the Chinese situation as caused by foreign powers abusing immigrants and mentions health woes tied to digestion. A patent medicine promotion for Hosterter's Stomach Bitters is included.
The elephant beetle of Venezuela is described as the world’s largest insect. A brown specimen weighs about half a pound, underscoring its massive size.
A North Yakima editor narrates his 1880s Army service at Fort Douglas Utah and a disabling locomotor ataxia. After failed treatments he credits Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health, weight and mobility. The piece ends with advert-like claims for the pills' universal appeal.
For the first time blind fish from Mammoth Cave Kentucky have been brought to England alive and placed in the London Zoological Gardens.
The retired list of the regular army shows 764 officers on half pay averaging about $3,000 each. An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with its plainly printed formula of iron and quinine, offering No Cure No Pay for 60 cents.
The article explains that metals differ in casting depending on whether they contract or expand on solidification. Iron expands while cooling, making it easy to cast. gold and silver contract, hindering casting. It notes giraffe skins’ rising value due to scarcity and a history of heavy hunting in South Africa. Africa is described as highly elevated with plateaus, including the southern table land over 8,500 feet and northern plateaus around 1,300 feet.
Hood's Sarsaparilla claims to cure ailments and keep its promise with new treatment start today. The advertisement urges readers to begin Hood's treatment now for relief and improved health.
The text instructs cleaning bottle marks with a raw potato piece, salt, and water shaken together. It then discusses tea biscuit size, stating a proper biscuit should be no more than two inches in diameter and proportionately thick, yielding a delicate moist flaky result with an evenly baked crust.
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