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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
6
Mrs. E Z Benomme of Cohoes New York reports hair loss and graying reversed by Ayer's Hair Vigor with her hair returning to its natural color. The testimonial is dated April 1899.
An advertisement promotes Ayer's Hair Vigor claiming it reverses aging signs by restoring color and vitality. It asserts gray hair vanishes in under a month, stops dandruff, and prevents hair loss while helping hair grow thick and long. A bottle costs $1.00 and is sold by druggists.
The Russian Countess Marie Wyanoff, born in Poland, marries her devoted footman after a life of wealth and glamour in St Petersburg and Paris. Her beauty, jewels, and vast fortune drew painters, nobles, and suitors. she posed for Carolus Duran’s The Kiss before eloping with her servant who loved her truly.
The fragment suggests a man tired of aristocratic life and lingering amid artists after his wife’s death. He had grown fond of painting fashionable women, whose wealth and society shaped his work, though some say it harmed his natural genius. He first met the Countess while painting.
Judge Henry Clay Caldwell of Arkansas, once discussed as a Bryan running mate, was appointed to the U.S. district court for Arkansas by Lincoln in 1864 and served twenty six years. Born in West Virginia, he grew up in Iowa and led the Third Iowa Cavalry in the Civil War.
The article warns that the spread of smallpox has been linked to moldy rotting paper and flour paste used on walls. It advocates replacing with Alabastine rock-base cement, claiming easy application, sanitation, and lasting cleanliness to render rooms safe and habitable.
Frank Stanton, a colored veteran, criticizes Strahan voting method as unfair. He argues the old system shifts voters toward the next candidate who hustles them into supporting Jack Robinson.
A Philadelphia suburbanite notes that a layer of snow saves thousands of dollars by reducing gas use. Snow reflects heat and light, enabling reading to continue about a half hour longer each evening, equating to roughly 15 cents saved per night.
Californians cultivate the tomato tree, bearing clusters of fruit. Thousands of boxes are sent yearly from Ceylon to London, and a good market is believed possible in the eastern states.
The excerpt notes a bullet design that mushrooms on impact creating a hole, describes varying effects if striking sideways, and contrasts biography with autobiography in how a person is shown versus how he thinks.
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