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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1904
Page
3
An advertisement touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as a full one pound package for 10 cents, claiming it never sticks to the iron and contains no injurious chemicals. It contrasts with rival 12-oz packs and warns of grocers trying to dump stock, urging demand for Defiance.
Fragments claim Defiance starch offers more value with 4 oz more for less money. An odd claim notes France yields more potatoes than the United States and cites an average price of 254 cents per bushel. A brief exchange ends with a quip about talent.
Miss Alley M. Sara of Minneapolis testifies Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased two days of monthly pain after two years. She used a few bottles and now feels no pain with occasional use when tired. The ad promotes the product as a women’s health safeguard with letters from readers.
Cuttings are easily carried by inserting the lower end into a potato and freshly cut before planting. The Id Nile lakes have been reclaimed by the British, now yielding 200 to 300 dollars per acre with excellent crops. A London test shows aniseed can temporarily dull a dog's sense of smell after being dosed by a thief. Wages for laboring classes in Spain rose about 15 percent in the last 75 years to 45–52 cents daily. From November to April, pneumonia causes one fifth of urban deaths in the United States, while consumption accounts for one ninth.
A 1368 Chinese printed bank note is noted as the oldest note in the British Museum. A science journal mentions UC has learned of fine ichiyo sarus remains in Chile. Chile hosts 109 slate quarries 84 marble quarries and 205 clay quarries valued together at 13000000 dollars.
The spaniel's name derives from its Spanish origin with early English references calling it a Spanish dog as travelers noted. The account links breed arrival in England to Spanish roots and terminology used by observers of the period.
A physician shares his health renewal after using Grape-Nuts for breakfast. He weighs 119 pounds in 1899 and now 155 after two years, credits the food with strength for himself and patients, and endorses its scientific basis as taught by Postum Co. A 10 days trial is urged with the pamphlet The Road to Wellville.
An old verse and prose fragment set on a veranda last summer. A poetical exchange between Mr Talkington and Miss Merrywilkes centers on clouds drifting near the moon and a playful pun about sunshine ending in a humorous, unresolved note.
A letter dated January 10 1897 from John O Atkinson praises Dr Hartman and the remedies Peruna and Manalin. He claims his wife suffered chronic constipation and long term illnesses before a complete cure, while his own 25 year catarrh relieved after a year of use. He asserts catarrh cannot exist where Peruna is used.
In a January 1 1900 letter Mr Atkinson extols Peruna after five years use. He says he is a walking ad for the remedy and has persuaded many others to use it with satisfactory results. He states he is cured of catarrh and highlights systemic catarrh in old age. He invites readers to write to Dr Hartman for free advice. Box 272 Independence Missouri.
A fragmented verse piece contrasts fairy tale imagery with grim urban squalor. It juxtaposes a needy street scene with a flowered palace and a moral about wealth, ending with a string of proverbs and nursery lines blurred by misprints.
French Canadians overrun the eastern United States yet avoid politics, driving the Irish from mills and shifting labor in the industry.
An advertisement proclaims new Daily Tourist Sleepers service to California and St Louis via the Texas and Pacific Railway. It invites inquiry at ticket offices or writing E P Turner, General Passenger Agent, Dallas. It also includes various stock lines and sensational claims typical of early 1900s catalogs.
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