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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1901
Page
4
The passage muses on whether the groundhog returns to its hole or stays out, while musing on alliances with England. It touts tonics and tonics brands such as Hos teter's Stomach Bitters Garfield Tea and Piso's Cure for Consumption. It blends ad copy with moral aphorisms and ends with a casual note on daily politeness.
A critical look at congressional authority over Cuba's constitution, arguing pacification gives Cuba sole power to adopt or modify its charter while the President should withdraw U S forces. Also discusses representative duties, Mrs Carrie Nation, Mint figures, and critique of corporate influence in media.
Captain Burch of the British ship Cawdor recounts a near collision with the San Francisco owned lumber schooner Golden Shore off the Australian coast. A huge wave averted disaster as both vessels drifted in a raging gale. Cawdor uninjured. Golden Shore bound for Puget Sound.
Boston capitalists form the Massachusetts Frog Company and purchase land to breed and raise 20 000 to 40 000 frogs annually. Cement lined artificial ponds with locks will breed frogs to maturity at two years and supply colleges and medical schools year round, reducing the need to import from California.
Thomas Mintzer a Conshohocken youth offers meal delivery to local mills for 15 cents a week. Starting with a goat drawn wagon and later a horse and wagon, he serves 130 customers with three daily deliveries earning about 19.50 weekly and netting roughly 15 dollars after costs. Apothecaries deal in scruples, but lawyers.
In the sixth century silk worms and their eggs were brought to Europe by a pair of monks who traveled to China as missionaries. They carried cocoons hidden in their walking sticks and stored eggs among their belongings.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cleanses blood and mucous membranes promising to cure catarrh and offers a $1000 reward for any case it cannot cure. It includes testimonials and claims sale through druggists in Toledo Ohio. The piece closes with a remark contrasting Creek Nation unrest and Mrs. Nation.
An old advertisement page mentions wanted traveling salesmen and a note about Mr. Roosevelt being freed by the United States senate. It also markets remedies and household products including Laxative Quinine tablets and Ru Bleaching Blue. The page promotes George W Washington Soda and various slogans about measurement and bleaching.
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