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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
11
A study of money fear cites two men who harmed themselves by wealth. John Islip, who made a fortune in Mexico, built a swinging island cabin off Brychil, Ireland, and died aged forty three from terror of death. Another speculator believed movement wasted vitality and spent years bedridden.
Fra Stanislaus Kosca later known as Private Bachstetz joins the U S Army Hospital Corps for a three year tour in China. He trained at a Trappist monastery in Gethsemane Kentucky before enlisting. He plans to return to the abbey after service and vows to stay for life.
An Allegheny County workhouse report lambasts the 1897 Muehlbronner law as quelling machinery in workshops. The measure allegedly caused idleness, disease, and higher costs, turning the prison into an asylum for vagrants. It claims Western penitentiary inmates faced disease and death linked to the law.
The record prices include Meissonier’s 1814 selling for 850000 francs and Millets The Angelus fetching 750000 francs. Purchaser details are noted as M Chauchard paid 850000 francs for 1814 and 750000 francs for The Angelus.
Paris press notes American women are best dressed among visitors to the exposition and that Figaro reports they have even set the fashion for their French sisters, highlighting U.S. influence on style and trends.
The piece notes that a silver dollar’s value fell from one dollar and six tenths in gold in 1873 to forty five cents in 1896. It contrasts this depreciation with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a constant remedy for indigestion dyspepsia or kidney troubles, unchanged for half a century.
A Sydney man lost his voice to disease but Prof. Stuart of the University of Sydney created an artificial larynx. The device can be regulated to produce soprano tenor contralto or bass voices at will.
The Ludgate Hill widening of fifteen feet costs 9 million dollars per mile, Fleet Street widening ten feet costs 14 million per mile, and Strand widening costs 25 million dollars per mile.
An advertisement touts Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps as a remedy for chronic rheumatism liver troubles dyspepsia and debility. It promises physician endorsement for kidney and bladder issues and notes it relieves baby colic with a small dose. A separate line mentions a New York beggar found with 531 cents in his coat and a potential annual income of $3 650.
An ad promises a tonic named Try Yucatan Chill Tonto Improved with uniform potency per dose and no shaking required. It notes a price of 50 cents per dose. The copy also adds a social reflection about engagements and fault finding in a separate, unrelated line.
Wanted. A traveling salesman in each southern state 0 to 860 per month and expenses experience But absolutely preoner. r particulars ad dress Penicks Tobacco Works Penicks Va The people who are always afraid they will work too hard never do too much. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's TASTELESS CHILL Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure-no pay.
An early 20th century advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use priced at 75 cents and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain at 25 cents. It pairs with a proverb on gentleness and harm. The copy reflects period consumer products and moral tropes.
The 16 year old Miss Jane Ward is likely the youngest US employee at the Paris exposition serving as official interpreter to her father William S Ward assistant director of mining and metallurgy. An old Chicago detective warns against believing burglar chloroform stories noting its odor arouses sleepers. Historic Erasmus hall once famed in Brooklyn built 1786 is set for demolition. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr each contributed $10 to the hall’s construction.
A Memphis father recounts eight years of bladder stone suffering and costly treatments before his son improved after using Smiths Sure Kidney Cure. He reports cure after two bottles and overall health improvement. Price 50 cents, sold by druggists.
A collage of old ads includes CASCARETS for bowel health promising painless relief, Yucatan Chill Tonic as a breathless tonic, Russ Bleaching Blue for white clothes, Faultless Starch boasts wide use, and Carter’s Ink with forty years of experience. It also notes Singapore hosting two golf clubs and Kis-Me Gum branding.
Dr. Cyrus Teed propagates Koreshanity claiming humans dwell inside a shell and the sun lies 900 miles away. The movement has attracted about 10,000 converts to date.
The document lists projected expenditures for street widening projects, noting fifteen feet costs at £2,000,000 per mile, Fleet Street widening at £8,000,000 per mile for ten feet, and Strand widening at £6,000,000 per mile.
Gangs of men women and children labored by moonlight while days were spent resting. Hay fields burned and farm horses perished as the countryside endured harsh working conditions under a sunlit day?
An advertisement touts Yucatan Chill Tonic improved as a superior liquid tonic. It claims to drive out malaria purify the blood strengthen nerves and boost appetite with a pleasant taste. Formula includes Geass iron and pepaia. A cure guaranteed sold by all druggists. Price unknown.
About 10 000 converts embrace a new belief, signaling a rising public interest and broad social shift as more individuals align with the movement.
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