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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1901
Page
3
An 19th century style advertisement touts St Jacob's Oil as a universal remedy for rheumatism gout sciatica neuralgia cramps pleurisy lumbago sore throat bronchitis and many bodily aches. It also notes Chicago meat packers allegedly sell meat cheaper in Havana. The New York Central plans a 7 million dollar investment to electrify suburban rail lines.
The item notes Garfield Tea as a liver and digestive remedy with claims of blood purification, while a social aside suggests some men feel insignificant in their wives’ company. Dated October 14 in Brooklyn, it also mentions marketing language praising lretlance starch and peeks at societal aspirations.
Cecil cuts ties with him after a marriage to a dissipated nobleman. Dundas Lyndon is found guilty and dies in prison by poison. Jasmine travels to Calder's Knowe with Mrs. Fraser as companion. Paul Enderby bicycling homeward crashes on a moor road, faintly awakens to a cry of horror as a woman tends him.
In Calder's Knowe, Paul Enderby, injured but alive, admits love to Jasmine Gerard. She, moved by his plain confession, binds his wound with her handkerchief as he asks her to marry him. She trembles, then accepts, promising a life together despite their pasts and fears. He declares joy and thanks for the moment that altered their fate.
A detailed early 20th century note on bed bugs describing their order as hemiptera their biting mechanism and odor noxious exhalation nocturnal habits hiding places and wood feeding tendencies It covers eggs young nits and ineffective insect powders plus remedies coal oil benzine hot water brimstone and roach enemies with caution on room safety and furniture.
A Cincinnati woman leaned toward an open grate and a celluloid comb exploded. The blast burned hair eyebrows and lashes, injuring her face and neck. The incident warns that celluloid, made with gun cotton, is highly flammable and can ignite from heat sources like a gas jet or alcohol lamp.
The statement notes cork and poplar as among the lightest woods while pomegranate wood is described as one of the heaviest. It contrasts the relative densities of these materials.
Canada with a population around five million pays a governor general fifty thousand dollars annually and maintains a fourteen member ministry at seven thousand dollars each. Property values are lower than in the United States and Nova Scotia helped bear the common debt, fueling provincial discontent.
Oranges are shipped in what are called tramp ears with large carloads sent eastward to chase fluctuating prices. No fruit price varies more, as agents seek top markets in the east and telegraph ahead orders to Chicago or New York even while Kansas City is a potential destination.
General James M Bell rose from Civil War volunteer to brigadier general under Roosevelt's first act. He led the Eighth Cavalry, Chaffee's former regiment, and was severely wounded at Guasimas during the Santiago campaign. After illness he returned with his regiment to the Philippines for further service.
Judges at the Pan American exposition in Buffalo award Walter Baker & Co three gold medals for breakfast cocoa and all cocoa and chocolate preparations. It marks the 387th high award from major expositions in Europe and America for the Dorchester Massachusetts firm.
A pet crow confined to a cage amused itself by sliding down a small inclined plank using a mustard can as a sled. It carried the sled to the plank top, stepped in, and slid to the bottom repeatedly with evident relish.
The late Bishop Whipple, famed Episcopal missionary to the Indians, was a physically strong man whose early work required long plains rides. He often slept outdoors and went months without seeing a white face while carrying out his mission.
A historical note explains that in three hundred years the average lifespan doubled from about eighteen to twenty years in the sixteenth century to over forty years today. It traces the rise from the late eighteenth century to present and highlights dramatic gains in longevity.
A bust of Dr. G Armauer Hanson, discoverer of the leprosy bacillus, was unveiled in a Bergen museum garden by Professor Visdal. The event drew many Norwegians and visiting medical men.
Buffalo New York October The New Domestic Sewing Machine Company today received the top honor at the Pan-American Exposition the coveted gold medal for the best family sewing machine.
A large New York public school tests shower baths for boys in the basement. Each boy gets a bath once every two weeks, more frequent than prior habits. Baths occur during recess and the program is reported as popular with students.
A police station has been established opposite a Baptist Missionary Society mission house in Palestine to monitor all who enter the house and prevent Muslims from hearing about Christianity from coming under missionary influence.
The dairy farmers of New York state hold investments of 42.45 million dollars in cows and at least 150 million dollars in dairy farms and fixtures, beyond supplying New York City milk.
The will of George N. Kennedy former Supreme Court of Maryland justice addresses disposal of property valued over 500000. Syracuse University receives about 40000. Several local charities receive 5000 each. Palf Million is disposed of under the will.
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