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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1902
Page
7
France has a population over 40 million with Paris as the only truly large city at 2,715,000 inhabitants. Marseille follows with 494,769 and Lyon with 453,245 residents.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure permanently cures catarrh by treating it as a constitutional disease. It offers $100 for any case not cured and promotes testimonials. Also mentions Professor Wilbur C Knight compiling pieces of a sea serpent found in 1895.
Hamburg skin expert Professor Anna declares dandruff a germ disease rather than a fever reaction. The germ causes flaking and baldness. Newbro's Herpicide is presented as the cure by killing the germ and restoring natural hair growth.
A brief social observation notes that some women spend so much effort maintaining their charms that they have little time for other pursuits.
An assortment of old advertisements and notes lists patent remedies including Bromo Quinine Tablets, Defiance Cold Water BiAZON, Garfield products, and Winslow soothing syrup. It mentions daisy production in California, dairy needs for London, and a note on a large Kansas City slaughterhouse. Also includes a quotation from John Selden.
Mrs Jennie O'Donnell of Oakland Woman's Riding Club claims eight years of female trouble ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy and cautions a $6000 fee if the statement is false, offering Mrs Pinkham's free advice to sick women.
The column notes varied agricultural activity across Texas and neighboring states. Grapes, lettuce, oats, cauliflower, apples, and Irish potatoes are in demand or plantings expand. Calves, cattle, and mules are shipped nationwide as rains, snows, and market prices shape farm life.
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder troubles, piles, and related women's diseases with a 98 percent cure claim and a money back guarantee. It notes a 60 cent price and sale by all druggists, and mentions typhoid spread in South Africa via flies and dust.
A reader from Trinity Springs Indiana February 16 1900 praises Piso's Cure for Consumption for coughs and colds. The piece notes historical fashion in Garfield era and suggests Garfield Headache Powders aid nervous women. It also mentions warming dishes by hot water rather than a stove.
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