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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1903
Page
3
A rustic caller urges Johnny to fetch his gun and return with provisions as wildlife trills and birds call in the bayou. The poem blends hunting talk with playful observations on nature and moonlit musings.
A collection of short notes cites Dean's Kidney Pills praised by Eugene B. Lario of Denver for backache relief and a mail order free trial offer. Other items cover coal output in the Ohio Valley, Cheatham's Laxative Chill Tablets, Japan in Manchuria, Italian crime link to alcohol, a Queen Victoria memorial pulpit, French colonial finances, American medical student counts, and reflections on labor fatigue.
During the last fiscal year one in every 401 railway employees was killed and one in every twenty four injured.
The article states Mexico's gold mining yields about 25 million dollars each year. It also notes a discovery that a radioactive emanation can be produced by drawing air over hot copper or by passing it through mercury in various states.
Adrian Jones commissioned to sculpt a bronze equestrian statue of Gen Buller for Exeter Devonshire with funding and design details circulating in the movement. The announcement notes price points of goods elsewhere and mentions a lighthearted remark about cures.
An assortment of 1900s advertisements promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch claiming greater quantity per package and household superiority. Also seen are tips on reputation, hygiene products like Hunt's Cure for Itch, and a detective agency ad from Houston. Mentions of corn yields in Iowa and advice on tenement fire escape use appear among the messages.
A humorous note from Chicago News about a fair proprietor refusing marriage and offering to be an elder sister to guide the youth. The youth gratefully accepts the sisterly help to avoid making a fool of himself.
A short anecdote centers on a father asking about a young man's departure time and a daughter noting he left around eleven. The exchange hints the man had a generous parental time allowance, though the timing felt later than claimed.
Ammonia diluted with water used to sponge shoe interiors weekly improves foot comfort. The U.S. consular service employs over 1,000 men mainly in commercial duties, while the diplomatic service numbers fewer than 100.
A mix of advertising and notices notes Simmons Liver Purifier for digestion and heart health claims. It also mentions Dr Maurice Bloomfield at Johns Hopkins reading a glossary proof from ancient Vedas. Advertisements push Dr Lunn's Home Treatment for Women and a Houston sanitarium. The Jamaica hurricane is cited as pushing banana prices up while airships are supposedly advancing.
The ad urges using Hunt's Lightning Oil for pains catarrh neuralgia rheumatism cuts burns colic and diarrhea with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. It also notes July cooler weather lowers city death rates by 10 to 16 percent.
An assortment of ad copy extols Defiance starch with a 16 offer at 10 cents. The text mocks rivals and stresses value, salting away money by avoiding waste and poor choices. The tone is promotional and opinionated, with phrases about profanity and linguistic issues.
An aphorism contrasts moral restraint with uncontrolled desire and notes that wool’s average fleece weighs six and a quarter pounds, intertwining ethical reflection with a practical statistic.
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