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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
7
A discussion notes growing opposition in China to the cruel custom of foot binding. It describes how girls as young as age six begin bandaging to mold tiny feet, the pain and risks, and how foot size affects marriage prospects and social status.
A wartime regulation requires English sailors on torpedo vessels and gunboats to darken their skin to the color of the ship during maneuvers or night attacks. Officers carry pigment for immediate use and tattoo-like pigment is provided in torpedo orders. All crew, regardless of rank, must darken skin for stealth with no exemptions.
An electric power plant boiler room experienced a fire in a concrete block eight feet thick due to concrete made with boiler furnace ashes and a missing brick lining. The block ignited and disintegrated, prompting removal of brickwork and the concrete mass. The Electrical Review jokes that engineers might consider stoking with concrete amid coal scarcity.
An Edinburgh professor argues the morning dram is the country’s curse and laments its societal impact. The remark frames alcohol as a pervasive issue affecting public life and health.
Mrs Susan H Edmands of Newburyport Massachusetts celebrates healing from rheumatism after seven boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits a minister's testimonial and a doctor who approved the trial and urges others with the ailment to use the remedy. Pills sold in boxes at 50 cents each or six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
Two years after a rapid blaze destroyed Spurgeon’s Tabernacle in London the church has been rebuilt and will soon mirror the original outward appearance. The original structure cost 160000 dollars while the new edifice cost 206000 dollars and will seat 4000, a few less than the former building.
The Prince of Wales will be reinstalled grand master of the English Free Masons on April 25, marking the anniversary of his twenty six years in the role. A warning to watch for the person who performs an unexpected favor.
A collection of reader letters praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female troubles including painful menses irregular cycles and kidney and stomach complaints. Women from Michigan Nebraska and Wisconsin share improved health after use.
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease powder as the cure for swollen, smarting, burning feet and bunions. Claims 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with free sample available by mailing address in LeRoy New York.
A Philadelphia syndicate leases the Coamo sulphur baths, the adjoining hotel, and a large estate for an extended period. Coamo, once Puerto Rico’s Monte Carlo, sits high in the mountains east of Ponce. It was a resort for wealthy Cuban and Caribbean planters and merchants with much Mediterranean style gambling. Summers drew elated vacationers seeking mountain retreat during the rainy season at the historic hotel site.
On Patrick Ryan’s Maryland farm near Cumberland, rats wrecked wheat and corn. After traps failed, Ryan soaked corn in whisky and left a barrel, producing eighty five intoxicated rats that he killed the next day. Major J H Plumbe of the Royal Marine Light Infantry was killed at Graspan while storming a kopje. his terrier guarded his body for six hours.
A disputed Kentucky gubernatorial contest has been escalated to the United States Supreme Court. The note mentions A B Stroud of Grantville Georgia and a sensational Teething Powder ad claim.
A collage of short ad blurbs lists Hall's Catarrh Cure prices and claims, Rogers Blue Chill Cure, Putnam Face Less Dye, Kr Kinne's Nerve Restorer, Carter's Ink promotion, Grover Chill Tonic, Piso's Cure, and Parker's HAIR BALSAM. Also includes horse care tips, a recipe offer, and a gate company catalog.
An Indianapolis News item notes Wolfe's Schnapps as a tonic for colic flatulence stomach pains and kidney bladder troubles. It urges readers to ask their druggist and reject substitutes. The piece also reports Persia's army on paper totaling 60 900 with 77 battalions and mass leave and outdated weapons.
A Dundee Scotland company meeting notes whaling remains profitable with the Diana returning from a successful voyage. Profits to shareholders are estimated at about 130 percent. In Walton New York, A C Holmes seeks a new spouse after his wife’s death, specifying the second spouse should be willing to wear the clothes left by the first.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for sore feet with claims of easing tight shoes and curing corns and bunions. It notes 21 cents at druggists and a sample mailing from LeRoy New York. The text also mentions Ladysmith receiving three tons of Boer explosives and 12,000 shells before relief arrived.
A nationwide recruitment offer promises big money and easy work for men and women and youths. The notice from C. H. Marshall & Co. Department 10 in Chicago invites applicants with valuable prizes offered as part of the program.
A wry expression contrasts a man’s chalk on the shoulder with a girl’s scent of brilliantine, implying a double standard in accusation and denial. The remark plays on appearances and credibility in social judgment.
Hon Dan A Grosvenor of Ohio and Deputy Auditor for the War Department writes from Washington praising Peruna for quick health improvements after one bottle. Hal Denton of the National Exposition reports recovery from overwork, crediting Peruna's tonic and catarrh relief. Mrs Timberlake of Lynchburg endorses it as nerve calmer and best spring tonic. free book offered by The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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