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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1900
Page
1
Advertisement cites fifty thousand testimonies praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for menstrual pain and irregularities. It invites women to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice from Lynn Massachusetts, claiming consistent cures and strong vitality for users.
Catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces and is backed by a physician prescription. Sent testimonials free. price 75 cents. sold by druggists. Hall Family Pills noted as best. Also a brief remark on sewing by male tailors.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Base powder to ease swollen nervous feet and relieve pain from blisters corns and chilblains. It claims many testimonials and features a 25 cent price with a free trial package. Address given in Le Roy New York. Separately the Alaska Miners Association in Seattle urges Congress to grant authority to mine Nome beaches and condemns sending troops there.
A public notice praises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a preferred teething remedy for children. It notes the Mississippi levees on both banks are formidable, and if joined in a straight line would span about 1 300 miles from New Orleans toward New York.
A traveler shares a train seat with an elderly woman heading back to Ohio. She recounts a lengthy journey, a recent rain, and her first trip home since shortly after her marriage and the birth of their first child, expressing weariness and nostalgia.
Aging mother traveling alone recalls her large Missouri family and long road back to the old home. She speaks of farewells, hope for a warm reception, and the enduring faith that loved ones await her return despite miles and hard times.
A Memphis Sentinel tale portrays a widow returning home from Georgia after her husband’s death. She meets a solemn friend who insists she is “so well” and “so happy,” prompting the widow to reply that the departed husband died, not she, leaving a wry ending on shared sorrow.
A brief scene from the New York Journal shows a small man declaring that the U S constitution guarantees liberty of speech and a large woman entering to tell him to go home. The exchange highlights tensions over free expression in a heated debate setting.
The Klondike region faces a distressing tally of three thousand penniless men amid the gold rush. Authorities and relief workers mobilize aid programs and charitable donations. This figure underscores the harsh economic strain gripping prospectors during the era.
The piece outlines cameo carving from the New York Evening Post view, detailing pedal wheel work, needle drills, and a diamond dust oil mixture. It notes the artisan’s precision needs, the risk of mistakes, and the use of onyx or shells to render portraits, with prices around 200 dollars for onyx and 50 for shell.
A new French government time system starts with the new year, counting hours from 1 to 24 across departments. The shift replaces the old day division method, standardizing official timekeeping nationwide.
Government documents now dated by a 24 hour day starting at midnight. One o clock postnoon under the old system becomes 13 o clock in the new scheme, marking a shift in time notation.
The American consul at Freiburg reports a German scientists’ method that makes cloth and wood fireproof. The liquid-treated fabrics resist burning even when kerosene is applied and burned. Hotels may gain fire safety, though outdoor use is limited and laundering requires re-treatment.
In a brief social remark, a man speaking of divorce encounters sympathy from women. The comment highlights gender dynamics and attitudes toward separation in the era.
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