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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1904
Page
3
Now Ballot Box v. J. Wilkinson of Baltimore has invented a new ballot box that voters use by dropping balls into holes labeled with candidate names to indicate their selections. Wilkinson claims the device works accurately and secretly and could eliminate ballot stuffing by altering the voting process.
The article notes platinum as a dangerous counterfeit substitute for gold. Heavily plated coins mimic real gold in weight and strike, but edge wear reveals the deception within weeks as circulation wears away the plating.
The article lists city populations led by St. Petersburg at 1,534,000 and Moscow at 1,173,000 with other major centers including Warsaw 766,000 Odessa 449,000 Lodz 361,000 Kieff 319,000 Riga 260,000 Chai kov 197,000 Baku 179,000 Vilna 162,000 Tiflis 160,000 Tashkent 156,000 Jekaterinowslaw 135,000 Kishineff 125,000 Rostow 120,000.
A Long Branch newspaper column recalls Mrs Harty of Lowndes Missouri crediting Dodd’s Kidney Pills with restoring health after years of spring weakness. The page also features a light humorous vignette about a boy named Willie and a brief social jab at Sunday newspaper reading.
A venerable pastor testifies that Peruna restored thickened mucous membranes affecting hearing smell and taste with digestive issues, calling it a life long stand by. Bishop J O Parker and Rev T H Lomax endorse Peruna as a strengthening tonic for catarrhal complaints and invite readers to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice if results are unsatisfactory.
Utica minister J N Parker reports recovery of hearing after taking Peruna starting in June 1901. He claims rheumatic pains vanished and credits spring air and the medicine for restoring his hearing and curing chronic catarrh. He urges others to obtain Dr Hartman's book and contact The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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