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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
3
An early 20th century ad promises $100 to $190 reward for proof Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh. It claims the remedy acts on the blood and constitutional system, builds strength, and that the proprietors offer hundred dollar incentive if it fails to cure. It also promotes Hall's Pills for constipation.
The article recalls early squatter methods to destroy kangaroos by pits and fences. It notes dwindling kangaroo skins now in demand and praises young kangaroo flesh and tail soup as delicacies once rare.
A fragment from the Washington Star quotes a cautious campus public remark. It notes railway workers are urged not to disclose information, including station names, even sparing the brakeman from guessing.
Ask your grocer for Our-Pie three kinds lemon chocolate custard. If not in stock send grocer's name and 10 cents to D Zerta Food Rochester NC for a full size, two pie wickage free. The life of a woman can be divided into three epochs: dream love experience regret Saint Prosper.
Mrs T C Willadsen of Manning Iowa credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after years of severe female complaints and failed medicines. The letter promotes the product as a standard 30 year remedy for various gynecological issues and invites women to write for advice.
Stuyvesant Fish Jr son of a railroad president moves from railroad clerking to a Wall Street role with William Salomon & Co. He, Yale 1906 graduate, followed a railroad career across the west, earning modest wages before seeking a broker’s path on Broad Street. Supporters note his aim is education and steady work.
A long satirical piece surveys the Vanderbilt family, praising Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt for steering British driving trends and lampooning the clan’s social ascent. It recalls Commodore Vanderbilt’s era, notes a New Brunswick hotel’s sale for 15 dollars, and mocks its descendants’ plebeian origins and fading grip on luxury society.
An investigation by charity workers sociologists and professors found the normal minimum wage for a family of five locally is 656 dollars per year. The report notes food costs and day rates for each member, showing many unskilled workers earn 1.50 to 1.75 dollars daily while skilled trades wages reach 3.41 to 5.60 dollars per day. The study urges training men for skilled pursuits to improve independence and reduce reliance on aid.
An order at Lyonx park zoo bans keepers near candy and ice cream booths to stop staff flirting with young women. The policy, aimed to curb distractions at feeding time, now affects Gunda the elephant who previously enjoyed ice cream treats and gate visitors' generosity.
Dr William J Marsh a Pasteur Institute scientist faced execution by rabies. Told he must die by Thursday, he prepared his will and directed family and business affairs. He endured a calm, dignified death with chloroform to ease the final hours, age 57, survived by a widow, two daughters, and three sons.
In Fordington Dorchester England during restoration a Purbeck marble slab with a Roman inscription was uncovered. It is believed to be part of Aristobulus tombstone, reputedly the first recorded Apostle to Britain and among the seventy ordained by Christ.
Mrs. Edward Hardy in Danville reports her husband, 25, took every item of clothing from their home. Police detain him as she fetches the garments for an uptown dinner, then later obtains a warrant for theft. She vows to pursue charges and reclaim her clothes.
An old Hen near Giovania Pennsylvania repeatedly tried to hatch a litter of kittens. Alonzo Mauser restrained the bird after daily battles as the hen fought to nest with the kittens. The mother cat returned to find the hen guarding her litter before Mauser locked the hen in a coop.
In Muskogee Olkla a girl named Misa Dolly Smith, 18, sleeps with eyes open and no nourishment, while not truly sleeping and showing no pain. She felt dizzy a week earlier, collapsed, and has remained motionless and unconcerned, with physicians resorting to the Weeding method but with no improvement.
Alton resident Tony Haas, 24, allegedly threw three men into a pond and fled. One man, 11 year old Alton, remained waist deep in quicksand for three days before rescuers found him wandering a streetcar line. Logs floated nearby as he dragged himself free, unable to explain the incident.
Representative Hobson praised for his naval arms speech and a reporter asks for the recipe of good oratory. A quirky reply cites an old Job Walmsley recipe, then parodies Yorkshire advice on speaking with tips like pausing for water and opening the mouth wider, urging plain speaking.
Mount Finn has drawn global attention since its 16 year retirement from business life. Travelers recount its vast size and the awe it inspires, with English climbers from two centuries ago chronicling their ascent in vivid, heroic terms and noting Sicily’s stark winter climbs.
A dialogue imagines a daily newspaper with no advertisements achieving enormous circulation. The bald man argues the paper would attract every man with a bargain hunting wife who would subscribe, making the venture a bonanza for journalism.
A report asserts that the New York Jewish community is the largest in history and world tradition, composing ten percent of world Jewry. It surpasses Vienna, Budapest, Berlin, Vilna, Amsterdam, Lemberg and London combined, and dwarfs France, Italy, Jerusalem, Syria and Palestine populations.
Otto E B Schaar of New York's Walter's club denounced a rival's reply as beside the joint and irrelevant. He quipped about a German court case where a woman accused of poisoning her husband said, My husband was a big eater, implying the evidence was excessive.
Mrs Newrich returns from France and reports Paris residents speak fluent French without formal lessons. Mrs Homer questions the claim as surprising but entertaining.
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