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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1904
Page
3
One of three New Yorkers has a savings bank account with an average balance of 426 dollars per depositor. Russia spends twenty cents per person on education, a figure that represents about one per cent of its total budget.
An array of old ads touts Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for feet with claims to ease corns bunions and sweating feet priced 25 cents with no substitutes offered. It notes a peculiar claim about Christian movement influence and includes a line about indelible inks based on nitrate of silver.
An old advertisement promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache and kidney trouble. Testimonial from L. C. Lovell of Spokane describes relief after use, noting a free trial offer and nationwide mail service. Also mentions Sarah J. Hale as author of Mary Had a Little Lamb in 1830.
A kitchen in a Pompeii house unearthed recently shows a kettle on the grate just as it was left by a Pompeiian housewife over 1,800 years ago. Defiance Cold Water Starch advertised at 10 cents claims higher quality and quantity than rivals.
A jumble of short items from an old newspaper page, including an ad note about Defiance Starch 16 oz packs versus 12 oz packs and store fears, a prophecy on the ikon in Russian lore, an affidavit by Frank J. Chenney of Toledo offering rewards for cure, medical product testimonials, a remark about Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum, Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children, and a statistic on global paper mills.
A snatch of eighteenth century style prose offers Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and inflammation relief. It adds a sharp social quip about judging people by their words, suggesting some men live on hay and thistles.
Frank Scott dreams of the country during a citybound train trip and contemplates leaving the urban life for simpler quietude. He arrives in Duncombe and reconnects with old acquaintances before deciding the city may still lure him back. Moral: if you love the country stay there.
A fragment discusses royal secretaries recording the king's words while guards loom with a sword. It notes daily reports, attire across classes, and ceremonial greetings within the palace, including submissive salutes and forehead bows.
Dr Hartman declares spring brings blood impurities and bodily ills. He promotes Peruna as the ideal spring medicine to prevent and cure spring fever, spring malaria, nervous exhaustion and related ailments. Readers are urged to write for gratis medical advice from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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