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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a simple pleasant laxative. It claims physicians sanction it for family use, stresses known wholesome components, and urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product at fifty cents per bottle from leading druggists.
A tense exchange unfolds as a resident contends with disruptive noises while considering an appeal to authorities or a personal remedy. The janitor offers calm reassurance, urging patience and trust in his handling of the situation.
A vintage advertisement touts Gatthera is a cure for catarrh in all stages with a $100 reward offer. It claims to heal constitutional disease via internal use of Sinu's Calordi Curaty, building constitution and destroying disease by targeting blood and mucous membranes. Proponents promise gold for testimonials and urge readers to buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation relief.
In a Boston Transcript excerpt Herlock Shames remarks on a farmer who raised a spring chicken. He notes the farmer hesitated before delivering the fatal blow, implying the farmer's tenderness. Potson asks how Shames knows this, and the deduction follows.
The London Standard reports a notable wedding filing at Craigenputtock, birthplace of Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus, featuring Mary Carlyle of Craigenputtock as bride. She is a grandniece of Thomas Carlyle, linked to Pingle, Dumfriesshire.
The Almanach de Gotha 1900 estimate places China's population around 400 million. It notes no decennial census exists for the empire and asserts about one in four humans would be Chinese if earth’s population stood in a line.
The widower Peck asks to alter a completed portrait by Pinxit to better resemble the late Mrs Peck as a speaking likeness. He requests a small change to improve the likeness and asks if it would be too much trouble.
A Ma girl recounts years of hunger and distress from overwork and irregular meals. She tried many foods before discovering Grape-Nuts, which restored appetite and strength, letting her eat freely again. The tale promotes Postum’s Grape-Nuts and "There’s a Reason" in Battle Creek Michigan.
An odd New York vacationer fishes oil from Newtown Creek using a blanket. He collects spilled crude from refineries along the East River, selling it below Standard Oil prices. Known as the skinner, he both cleans the river and robs the company of its leaked product.
On a swaying aerial platform above a molten metal pit two towering men fought for a Polish girl's love. They fought for minutes, one felled the other with an iron bar, and Nicholas Videvich died hours later. Ivan Mealovich surrendered to police, claiming self defense, saying he feared being pushed into the furnace. The deadly duel occurred at Troquois Iron works, drawing stunned workers and halted tools as medics tended the unconscious victor.
An elite Vanderbilt ball at Oakland Farm Newport drew about 200 guests from the city and beyond. The grounds glowed with electric lights scarlet and white decorations and a roof garden veranda. Three orchestras played as dancing occurred in the trophy room with a cotillion led by Worthington Whitehouse.
William Waldorf Astor plans the largest apartment house in the United States occupying a block between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue from Eighty-sixth to Eighty-seventh Streets. The 12 story structure with 175 units will cost about 3 million dollars and house at least 1,000 residents with heat and refrigeration innovations and four laundries. Rental ranges from 2000 to 6000 dollars per year and each apartment includes servant quarters and a separate steam clothes dryer.
The article notes plentiful gems and even gold beneath New York streets, with stones repeatedly appearing in rock excavations. It suggests gold yields are low but present, and diamonds and emeralds are common adornment stones not previously discovered commercially.
In Manhattan island garnets, though common, can be valuable. A large, beautiful garnet was unearthed near Twenty-fifth Street by sewer digging, with Madison Square area yielding several finds. Experts note potential for a garnet mine, though gems often go unnoticed amid construction work and disposal.
New York born Helen Ferguson, a farm milkmaid by Greenwood Lake, saved two Newark boys from drowning after a fishing accident. Sawyer clutched a sinking oar and Foster fell overboard, with Helen rowing out, rescuing Foster and guiding Sawyer to shore while villagers cheered.
Mrs. S. Roche, a Trinidad New Mexico telephone operator, gave up her life at the switchboard as floodwaters swept the building. She warned subscribers one by one to flee, saving more than 40 people, before the exchange was destroyed and her body found miles downstream. Her headpiece remained in place at the moment of death.
W G Blair of Omaha sustained a leg injury when surgeons near the hip attempted a procedure after a roadside accident. Blair refused anesthesia, insisting a cigarette would allow him to endure the operation without sleep or pain. Local witnesses describe the tense scene as medics prepared to act.
T B Swan offers probate services with drawn wills and probated documents. Reports prepared for administrators and guardians, appointments secured, and general law business transacted in Atlantic.
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