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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
3
An eclectic 20th century collage reports a Boxer like uprising in Chi ngo on July 4 with a goat disaster, then shifts to sharp social wit about domestic labor, class, and changing gender roles, followed by nostalgic verses about keepsakes and ribbon memory, ending with a quip about baseball and marriage misfortune.
Housewife readers are urged to try Defiance Cold Water Starch. The ad claims a 16 oz package beats competing brands with 12 oz. It emphasizes superior quality and suggests the starch will convert first time users into long term customers. An Australian scientist analyzes a meteor with traces of gold, noting Earth not sole source.
A jumble of 1900 era ads touts Cheatham laxatives Hunt's Cure Defiance Starch Piso's Cure and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promotes humor, health claims and consumer goods with slogans about cures, quality, and price while noting local sellers and testimonials.
One hundred dollars reward offered for incurable catarrh. F J Chenfy & Co Toledo advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure with endorsements from West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo druggists. Cure taken internally, price 75 cents per bottle, testimonials available free. All druggists sell Hall's Family Pills.
Reading between the lines shows men avoiding effort to learn and marry, preferring long delays. The note suggests a social pattern where pundits link education effort to marital timelines and expectations.
Buffalo justice grants injunction restraining sale of Foot-Ease like preparations declaring trade mark infringement. Suit against Paul B. Madeom and others upholds Foot base rights and warns others profiting from similar products. Other items mention Germany jute traffic Boulogne and a series of unrelated quotes and anecdotes.
A colonial era column presents a panorama of social reform, foreign affairs and curiosities. It notes a New York crusade against beggars, recalls Marquis Ito’s youth, compares Zimbabwe ruins with Cornwall, cites German soldiers with poor teeth, praises steam turbine contracts, and ends with a witty dialogue about gender roles and a proposed marriage.
The first prune tree was planted in California in 1870 by a Frenchman who brought the tree from France. The initial ten acre orchard began yielding in 1876. Pittsburg consumes over one million dollars worth of water annually. A facial remark and a proverb about task speed are noted.
A U S Senator M C Butler of South Carolina writes that Peruna relieves stomach troubles after a short use and calls it a wonderful tonic. The ad promotes Peruna as a catarrh remedy that cures related dyspepsia and throat or bronchial catarrh by addressing the stomach's digestion naturally.
Mrs P Conlin of Greenfield Avenue Carbondale describes long illness with weakness and inability to walk. After using medicines she sought relief, her husband bought Dean's Pills at Kelly's drug store and she felt better within days.
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