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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
3
A historical reader letter column presents testimonials about relief from painful menstruation through Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Includes multiple women from Brooklyn Richmond Indianola and others praising cures, with addresses and dates from 1898 to 1900.
Readers encounter a Jersey coast grove at Wildwood famed for wind twisted trees forming W shapes and intertwined limbs. The article describes trees of holly, birch, pine, cherry, ash and cedar, some centuries old, shaped by persistent gales into surreal forms and composite growth.
An account from Youth's Companion recounts explorers in the Grand Canyon facing deadly river hazards. Brown and McDonald attempt a rapid amid huge upshoots and whirlpools, Brown vanishes in the whirlpool as McDonald survives by clinging to a rock, highlighting the river's ruthless force. The piece shifts to India in 1900 where over 43,000 people died from snake bites and wildlife, blamed on ignorance and fatalistic beliefs, with many ignoring first aid after bites.
A brief note on Bohemia once leading glassware and its decline as Germany now nearly surpasses it. The fragment mentions a mail order dyspepsia cure offer and a Bohemian glass industry comparison without specific dates or places. The text shows advertising gimmicks and historical industry shift.
Brockton Massachusetts reports that W L Douglas plans to enlarge his factory to 6000 pairs daily by adding 16000 square feet of space and a new 400 hp engine plus 150 hp boiler. First July start will target 500 dozen shoes daily with a weekly payroll of 22000. Salesmen show 25 percent more business due to improved shoemaking and advertising. Half page ads will run in major city papers and Youth's Companion.
Reverend Robert E. Ely chosen to lead the League of Political Education. Ely founded the Prospect union in Cambridge Massachusetts and arrived as a poor young minister to Cambridge. He served his church duties while taking multiple courses at Harvard University.
An advertisement touts Garfield Tea as the original herb remedy for constipation and sick headache. It claims to strengthen digestive organs and lists Ireland's emigration loss at 45,288 souls, up 3,347 from 1899, with 82 percent aged 15 to 35. 37,765 emigrants went to the United States.
Advertisements tout Botanic Blood Balm for skin diseases and promise cure with blood purification. Claims include relief for eruptions ulcers and itching with a money back offer and a mailing address in Atlanta. Also notes Milwaukee births exceed Detroit and references desk replacements and various health products and ad copy.
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