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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
6
The piece cites H. Van Eel on Dutch conduct in the Java war since 1872. It describes head severing, head money, and brutal colonial violence against Chinese and local communities, depicting soldiers carrying heads and enslaved women with grim impact.
Two men recount a decade old episode near Wells and Illinois where a snow bank slope and a cable train created a snowball that rolled into a woman buried inside. onlookers and bystanders aided her release and she recovered after treatment.
The right hand, more sensitive to touch, contrasts with the left in its weaker response to heat and cold. This observation notes asymmetrical sensory perception between hands.
An Army and Navy Journal item recounts a Russian lieutenant who courted a dyer’s daughter despite her father’s disapproval. Seized in a vat of crimson dye, he emerges head to toe stained. He seeks aid from chemists and clings to hope of color change, while the bride-to-be mocks his misfortune.
A note from the Cannes board describes a message traveling by undersea cable at roughly 700 miles per second, illustrating rapid communications across the Atlantic.
An American in Cuba orders a seltzer and milk that turns sour for the temperance advocate. Milk here is boiled from the cow to keep it fresh, a practice due to climate. locals add panale and egg white for sweetness and strength, but never seltzer.
The Newcastle Chronicle notes London's bath and washhouse expansion with 35 parishes adopting the act. In 1898 about 5.0 million bathers and washers were recorded, split between private and swimming baths and washhouses, with females making up portions of each group. Overall, expenditure reached £158,571 against £75,311 in revenue, costing ratepayers £88,360 annually.
The Atlantic essayist Rollin Lynde Hartt laments truce to convenience as guests reveal intimate histories. Alpenite celebrates bold fashion with diamond studs and photographed badges while recalling vaunted courtship and cheeky public displays of affection.
Liberal party secures fourth consecutive New Zealand general election win as voters uphold policy direction and leadership. Prime minister leads coalition talks with support from key allied groups and regional blocs.
A Rochester woman, A. M. Roberson, recalls a life saved by Dr Williams Pink Pills during a perilous growth period transitioning from girlhood to womanhood. Once frail and pale, she credits the remedy with restoring strength, color, and enabling her to work again after three months, with a sworn notarized signing and low cost of purchase.
Germany now holds the position long enjoyed by the United States as the second after England in ocean steamship transportation. The shift occurred in a span of ten years.
An illustrated health ad extols sleep for bodily repair and promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a mild laxative and liver stimulant. It claims Cascarets improve digestion and sleep quality, offers price options, and directs readers to order samples from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago Montreal and New York.
A troop of Boer horsemen performing nightly in a German circus has been forbidden from presenting the portion of their act that depicts a victory over British redcoats.
An old advertisement touts Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps as a tonic for colic flatulence stomach pain and bowel issues and claims it cures kidney and bladder troubles. It urges readers to ask their druggist for the product and to refuse substitutes.
A Paris couple completed a 1100 mile bicycle tour lasting seven weeks visiting 314 villages. They returned to Paris after the cycling wedding trip drawing public interest in long journey rides.
Fragmentary notice outlines a facility tied to medical confinement with unclear lines of correspondence and reference to an address in Houston Texas. The readable text mentions confinement and a NITA2IUM mark and mentions "Rest medical service" and "Trained wares" without clear context.
Mrs Arch ie Young of West Superior Wisconsin declares five years of neuralgia ended by 6 Drops medicine. She reports restored sleep appetite and strength after taking the remedy since November and notes sample bottles at 25 cents and large bottles at 1.00 from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co Chicago with address 164 E Lake St.
The new suspension bridge will be the longest of its kind with a 2709 foot span. Estimated cost for the bridge and approaches is about 60.9 million dollars. It will likely be double decked with a carriage rock footpath bicycle path and four trolley tracks on the upper deck, plus six railroad tracks on the main deck for freight and passenger service.
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as the sole cure for swellen smarting burning and sweating feet corns and bunions. The powder is shaken into shoes and sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples mailed from Allen S. Olmsted in LeRoy New York.
The latest novelty in timepieces is a clock that announces the hour in a metallic clear voice. It combines the clock with a talking machine via a simple connection to the works above. Trade inquiries indicate several orders already placed for advertising clocks of this kind.
The Church of the Holy Cross in Boston covers more than an acre and is larger than many old world cathedrals. Only two in America measure up to its size, the cathedrals at New York and Montreal.
A cluttered snippet of vintage ads and notices, mentioning Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, Walter Baker recipes, Nebraska schoolhouses, Starch factories in Wisconsin, a bicycle fad in Java, hair care products, and Kaiser wealth.
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