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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
11
A fogbound voyage ends with tragedy as a baby dies and is buried at sea. Mrs. Morell, whose child is lost, finds a glimmer of hope when a surviving infant is brought aboard, breathing and alive. The crew and passengers glimpse a saffron dawn as the fog lifts and the sea resumes its calm stretch.
Mrs. L. K. W. Stanford, a pioneer of McLennan County, passed away several days ago at age 84. Her death marks the loss of a longtime community figure in the area.
Lieut Juan Arato of the Spanish engineers recalls a wartime powder episode in Ponce Puerto Rico. He describes aging ammunition of various kinds including brown smokeless powder marked Use with care Very powerful Keep cool and dry. A gun failed to fire and a soldier used it for cooking.
A German physician prescribes a treatment where patients thrust their hand into a deep glass with mercury, pressing on rheumatic points. The hand is dipped in and out about thirty times per session to reduce swelling, as reported by the Washington Times.
Salesgirls in a New Jersey town begin a crusade against slang, aiming to curb informal speech in commerce and everyday conversation.
Former minister to Japan and ex-congressman J A Bingham died at Cadiz. The veteran public figure was noted for his diplomatic service and political career.
A Nebraskan contractor Carl T. Roberts praises Peruna in a letter to Dr Hartman detailing cures for his children from croup pneumonia and fever and claiming nineteen bottles saved $500 in doctors’ bills. Prominent endorsements from Hon William Youngblood and others tout Peruna as a household safeguard and preventive cure.
An advertisement touts Swanson’s 5 Drops Rheumatic Cure as a remedy for rheumatism and various pains. It claims effectiveness, offers samples for 25 cents or a dollar for a 300-dose bottle, and states the product is harmless and operable by children. Also mentions snowfall on Mount San Piedro near Santiago, Cuba, with a 58 F low thermometer reading.
The estimate suggests applying German conscription to East Indian possessions would yield a standing army of 2 500 000 soldiers with about 800 000 recruits entering enrollment each year.
Advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen smarting burning and sweating feet coins and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free sample offer. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
English and Boer intermarriage creates families torn by civil conflict as brothers and fathers find themselves fighting each other in the current South African war.
The ad promotes Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps as a cure for rheumatism liver troubles dyspepsia debility and fatigue. It claims physicians recommend it for kidney and bladder troubles and even relieves baby’s colic in small doses. Available at most drug stores and urges against substitutes.
A Toronto company has sent about $85 000 worth of saddlery and harness to Southampton for use by the British army in the South Africa conflict.
Readers are told that catarrh is curable and that Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, acts on blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease's foundation. Proprietors offer one hundred dollars for any failure to cure and invite testimonials. Hall's Family Pills are also recommended.
An advertisement from Houston Heights Infirmary offers cures for cancer goitre hernia piles and malignant tumors without surgery or payment. It claims specialty in chronic diseases and provides a postal address in Houston Heights Texas.
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