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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1900
Page
7
The ad warns that salt rheum can become chronic and cover the body with large inflamed patches, urging prompt treatment. A testimonial from Mrs Ida KE of Ward Cove Point Maryland claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cured her itchy salt rheum in days with no recurrence.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease for foot swelling pain and corns with claimed testimonials and a two cent price, plus notes on Kove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with a No Cure No Pay promise and a remark about rubber used in golf balls insulating cables.
A Chicago firm has set up a line of automobiles to carry passengers between the store and one of the railroad stations for 6 cents. The note appears in a small, fragmented OCR item suggesting a local transit service initiative and a familiar medicine ad text context.
The San Francisco board of supervisors passed a new ordinance limiting laundry operation hours to reduce worker shifts from 15 to 12 hours. The measure targets overworked laundry employees and aims to shorten daily labor. Also mentions patent remedies Cascarets for digestion and liver, sold at 10¢, 25¢, 50¢.
Forewarned forearmed argues blood health reduces disease risk by promoting circulation and elimination of refuse matter. It promotes digestion and nerves, promotes vitality through S S S, claimed as a mineral free blood purifier made from roots and herbs, suitable for old people and children.
American literary circles mourn the death of Charles Dudley Warner. Once near Hartford neighbors with Harriet Beecher Stowe and Samuel Clemens, Warner was born in Plainfield Massachusetts seventy one years ago. He studied at Hamilton College and the University of Pennsylvania before practicing law.
The life of Charles Dudley Warner is traced from his Chicago birth to his work in Hartford becoming assistant editor of the Hartford Press and later a key figure at the Hartford Courant. He gained fame with My Summer in a Garden and wrote broadly on social and political reform while guiding Harper's Magazine.
In Elmira New York 1880 Mark Twain introduces Gen Hawley at a Republican gathering. He praises Hawley as a pure citizen and honest politician while joking about his own views and calling Hawley a square, true man. Twain adds humorous lines comparing Hawley to a perfumery in a glue factory.
Richard Harding Davis reports from Pretoria to the Boston Herald about Boer boys in the war. Four are sons of Reitz the Secretary of State. the youngest, age fifteen, bravely covers a British Tommy and urges him to surrender. The Tommy quits, weary of the war, asking if the boy is not tired too. The boy replies his father will send him back to school after the war.
A brief quip contrasts long lived folk with physical traits and notes an old bachelor’s remark that women’s writings are largely postscripts. The item showcases a tongue in cheek social aside and a humorous cultural observation.
A Civil War vignette shows a Custer brigade colonel restoring order with a quip at Gett ysburg. The piece notes a Chesapeake oyster farming area of about 1000 square miles worth 100 dollars per acre per year. Miscellaneous items warn of overfishing, advertise Piso cures, cold remedies, and malaria tonics. Observations cover furniture advice, a beef dish, Bath England stones, Nebraska Thurston County politics and Native American demographics.
A medical missionary in Syria describes Syrian women's vanity as amusing, noting a Beirut hospital patient who hid cosmetics and a mirror in anticipation of an operation. Berlin gossip claims the German emperor wears a steel cuirass, with a similar gift to King Victor Emmanuel. England introduces bathers insurance via penny in the slot machines, offering £200 to widows if death occurs. Advice on cane-bottom chairs suggests soaking and air drying to tighten the seating after repair.
A scientist suggests using milk to extinguish kerosene flames by forming an oil emulsion that speeds smothering. The note cites milk’s emulsifying action as a rapid fire remedy. Also cited are Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for various ailments and a remark on European astonishment at Chinese contributions.
A self-closing window device triggered by heat has been introduced by August Niedermeyer of Milwaukee Wisconsin. The invention aims to seal openings quickly as a fire hazard approaches to improve safety.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. The ad claims the remedy works by acting on blood and mucous surfaces, guarantees a $100 payoff if it fails, and invites testimonials. It also promotes other products and notices various topics from telegraphy to census data and a Help Wanted ad.
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