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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
3
A historical overview of the heliograph describing its ancient origins and wartime use for sun flash signaling. It explains basic setup with mirrors, sun position, and signaling long and short flashes, plus its advantages over wired communication.
An article traces heliograph history from tin flashes to mirrors used by British and American forces, then shifts to Anthony Simpkins of Lansboro who travels with a coffin as a trunk, prompting railway officials to request a death certificate and ultimately transfer of the coffin’s contents to a dry goods box.
At St. Jean de Dieu hospital Ghent monks have wallpapered walls with landscapes made entirely from world postage stamps. Palaces forests rivers and mountains emerge in colorful scenes with butterflies birds reptiles and animals. An estimated nine to ten million stamps have been used.
Illinois spent 18 299 808 dollars on public schools in 1889 highlighting statewide funding levels and priority.
A historical critique describing supposed African and diasporan superstition. It claims blacks across Africa, the southern states, and the West Indies are deeply influenced by evil omens, animals linked to Satan, omens from birds, and dire prophecies. It notes a few love charms as beneficial while portraying widespread fear and folklore.
A report on foreign markets shows how Denmark buys American bacon and butter for home use while sending its own produce to England for higher prices. A New York firm shipped pig iron to Japan in 1888, found unsuitable, but after returns and freight the iron price had risen, yielding a profit despite the long journey.
A German scientist notes that regular onion eaters show lower risk of nervous diseases and better digestion. He says parsley with vinegar after onions removes onion breath and that onions may improve skin clarity. Market value of onions and parsley could rise if true.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and offers one hundred dollars for an incurable case, directing readers to send for circulars and buy Hall's Family Pills from Druggists.
German students and high school pupils can access 130 taverns across mountain regions with 41 offering free beds 78 breakfast and 11 supper. Similar taverns have opened in the Swiss Alps. A shepherds myth notes a sling cooked egg by circular motion to heat it.
Ad claims Allen's Foot Ease powder relieves aching burning feet from new shoes and cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free sample. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Japan book notes silk produced in 26 provinces a millennium ago.
Letters from grateful users recount successful pregnancies and relief from cramps headaches backache and fatigue after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Minda Finkle of Roscoe New York and Mrs Mary Lann of Coytee Tennessee credit the remedy with helping them conceive and easing illness.
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