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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
6
A group of beggars in Spain forms a combine to withhold 2 centimo pieces from circulation whenever they obtain any. Their aim is to force people to offer larger coins in exchange and gain advantage through this hoarding tactic.
The report notes a fall in temperatures with warnings to beware of frost harming crops and fresh greenery. It cautions the public that if temperatures drop further, all green growth could be damaged and advises vigilance.
In Webster county West Virginia two remarkable families stand out. The Currence family has thirteen sons all tall and heavy and all vote Democratic and own farms. Mr Gregory at 72. his wife aged 65 runs the house. The Hamrick family neighbor has nine sons all over six feet tall weighing 156 to 226 pounds and all vote Republican.
The readable content is too damaged to extract coherent people places or events. No identifiable entities or actions can be summarized into a factual news item.
The dairyman with a goat sends the animal to neighbors during a smallpox affected period, reflecting a widespread belief in goats as luck-bringers. The London Lancet notes multiple instances and medical papers commenting on enduring superstition in Cambridge.
A scrambled note notes grocers may refrain from stocking Defiance Starch if supply runs low. The fragment mentions a pack of twelve and a cautious response to avoid selling spoiled or unsafe stock.
In the house of commons Tim Healy wore a new black hat revealing a decade of dispute over the home rule bill. His original high hat, smashed in the fight, was gifted by Alexandria’s corporation and kept as a relic of strenuous days.
A young suitor asks the father for consent to marry his daughter. The father vents about nightly disturbances and finally grants approval, urging a quick wedding.
Fate resident Henry Vaughan reports dramatic improvement after using Dodd's Kidney Pills for eighteen months of kidney trouble. He claims full cure and urges others with kidney issues to try the remedy, noting widespread trial success and strong results.
A disjointed excerpt extols a sound mind and warns against politicians offering cures for all public ills. It venerates love as a lever and honor as home’s foundation, while musings touch on winning laurels and the value of consistent, cheerful effort.
An old advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding forms. It markets a “discovery” called TILES prepared for piles only with mail order options and a send by mail price. The message ends with a quip about prudence and a note about ex-convict class.
Reports cover US farm income total and land use, Manitoba leading wheat production, North Dakota yields, and diamond values in the US. Miscellaneous notes include Geronimo joining a church, Adelina Patti bequeathing her larynx, and a Belfast resignation. Also mentioned are immigration moves, soil fertility, lunar counts, and a mountain ascent by Annie Peck.
Pirates attack a six hundred ton English West Indiaman menacingly as Pope and Crystal lead a brutal boarding. The captain and mates fall fast, but surrender comes from the crew as Pope orders the ship secured and the prisoners confined in the forecastle.
Pope leads a pirate attack as the Gypsy and crew seize cargo from the West Indiaman. Laura Crystal, aboard with her child, recognizes Crystal and learns Pope is her cousin’s friend. The raid yields a pile of valuables while captains confer and rescue plans unfold at dusk.
The Observant Man muses on how humor in names shifts with eras from Brown Smith and Jones to Verdant Green to Irish and German imports and hyphenated names. He notes a return to two syllable names and jokes about Jenkins Wilkins and Stebbins being inherently funny.
At First Methodist Church La Trobe Pa a Mansell family trio filled the pulpit across services. Trev Joxizgh Mansell of Upper Middletown led morning rites as father of Dr. RB Mansell the church pastor. An elderly love feast followed with the pastor present and later Rev Harry Beeson Mansell of Uniontown preached.
Axiomatic quotes doctors discussing bathing and health. The speaker questions medical knowledge and suggests daily bathing as beneficial, arguing that people still die and that any sense onirth considers water a good thing to avoid.
An old ad proclaims a cleaning product named All Up-To-Date Housekeep Pers One Red Cramball that makes clothes clean and sweet as new. Sold by grocers.
King Peter grants the White Eagle to Crown Prince George Prince Alexander Prince Arsen Karageorge vitch and Prince Paul. These are his first orders since ascending the Servian throne.
An advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold using Lesastes Bromoquinine tablets. Druggists refund money if the remedy fails to cure, highlighting a money back guarantee and nationwide availability.
Mary Anderson Navarro raises chickens at her English home. She does not sell eggs or birds, gifting her surplus after family and friends are served to local poor families.
A fragmented notice mentions defiance starch and a 200 count, with unclear wording and no clear event or date. Readable items point to an obscure procurement note or product reference without verifiable actions or parties.
Ruth and Kate discuss Pecy and a favor in a tense exchange. Kate admits she surrendered at discretion after pressure, fearing it was an indiscretion.
The text extols tea as a Russian staple, with peddlers at stations, tea brought to train windows and served in depots. It claims Russians drink tea at all hours and have more tea than any other European people.
A cryptic statement suggests concealing a family skeleton and the key out of sight from neighbors. The remark hints at secrecy and possible concealment within a residential setting.
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