Preparation aiding childbirth through external application
For fifty years this external preparation has helped expectant mothers avoid danger and many discomforts of childbirth. Internal medicines are ineffective and can cause harm.
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1898
Page
7
For fifty years this external preparation has helped expectant mothers avoid danger and many discomforts of childbirth. Internal medicines are ineffective and can cause harm.
The advertisement promotes ae Fkend as a regulator that prepares the entire body for childbirth and reduces pain. It claims benefits throughout pregnancy and offers bottles for $1 with free books mailed on request from The Bradfield Regulator Co. of Atlanta, Georgia.
Judge Thornell in Council Bluffs declares the state law taxing collateral inheritance unconstitutional. The 5 percent tax on bequests to non heirs, effective Oct. 1, last, was attacked as taking property without due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. The case involved John J. Ferry versus John Harriott and others over a $2,100 levy on Frank Stewart bequests to Carson. An appeal by the state is planned.
Lon Lackey was acquitted in the circuit court of Missouri for being an accessory to the murder of Mrs. Winner and two children near Richmond on October 6, 1896. Winner and Nelson were lynched after arrest, while Lackey faced trial.
The article lauds President Diaz of Mexico as a potent and enduring leader likening him to Washington Lincoln and Grant. At 68 with gray hair, he appears vigorous and ruddy and has ruled Mexico as a virtual dictator for over two decades. Americans who meet him would view him as a superb soldier statesman of the era.
Chicago's Chief of Police Joseph Ripley, recently scrutinized by an Illinois legislature committee, has over 25 years on the force and five service stripes. Born in New Jersey, he served as a drummer boy in the Civil War, became a policeman at 24, rose to captain in 1890 and assistant chief in 1893, and built a notable record as a detective and thief catcher.
Wemyss Reid in The Spectator relays Miss Nussey's account of Charlotte Bronte after her marriage to clergyman Arthur Nicholls. Bronte hints at a story in her head she wants to write but Nicholls prefers she focus on other duties. Ellen Nussey defends the novelist against the husband’s view that a clergyman’s wife should avoid literary work.
Mr Hogan of Limerick objects to threats and insults in a tense exchange with Mr Crogan of Galway. Hogan quotes the comment that someone plans to jump on him and "knock your face into shape" in a confrontation report style.
London Underground orders 82 electric locomotives from an American firm. The report notes the best quality of ohm sometimes found away from home, reflecting a transatlantic assessment of supplier performance.
Electricity drives the Simpson tunnel project with unprecedented scale as 4,000,000 tons of rock and soil are planned for removal.
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