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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1902
Page
3
The piece muses on returning to youth and lists the swift passage of time as age erodes vigor and joy. It contrasts youth and age, noting laughter, sorrow, and the allure of first impressions, while highlighting the light and dark sides of growing older. It cites Cicero and George Birtow to frame views on age and youth.
An advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures deep seated rheumatism and catarrh by cleansing blood of the poison, with free medical advice offered. It notes 30 years of use, 3000 testimonials, and availability through Orr Gray Drug Co and others. A Massachusetts bill seeks Sunday entertainment proof of wholesome character to bar modern preachers.
A Jersey woman of 12 ran away with a 92 year old man, prompting calls for arrest on kidnapping. Myra notes many medicines fail stomach and constipation cures. Dunkerton Iowa man Gei Kes reports no relief from Chamberlain's Stomach and Tamer.
A garbled OCR fragment references a child and medicine, mentioning quinine and a day of over care. It lacks clear names, locations, or dates but suggests a medical context and treatment notes with incomplete phrasing.
A Philadelphia Times feature notes fashion reshapes the funeral trade from John Brown the Undertaker to John Brown the Funeral Director with caskets becoming burial cases and viewing via catalog. Innovations spread from ambulances and private ostrichage to embalming and display of bodies, while terms shift to better suit financial standing and sensitivities in the modern era.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer correspondent describes a New York tale at Delmonico's. A rich Trishasan tries olives for the first time and watches an Irishman eat them with relish until he spits out stones. The passerby confronts him, asking if he likes olives, and the man retorts you are a liar.
An exchange at a church meeting reveals views on true religion and family prayer. Brother B. admits some members pray, but others do not, and he notes his brother, a better man, also lacks family prayer because he has no family.
A blunt how to on fumigating for bedbugs and other pests in homes. It instructs moving furniture to expose all areas and using sulphur and turpentine in each room, then sealing and airing after the fumes dissipate. Also mentions a separate anecdote of an 85 cent case where a man paid fees to settle a suit after squeezing a woman and breaking a rib.
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