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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
7
The advertisement touts a women’s medicine from Lynn Massachusetts praised for long service alleviating backaches in women. It claims thirty years of use and offers free counsel from Mrs Pinkham, inviting readers to submit grateful letters.
Paris faces a surge in race betting losses with about half of personal crisis reports linked to gambling. The government has begun a serious review of the issue.
A quirky note on paper teeth claimed to surpass other materials, paired with a health tip praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestive issues and teeth health. A humorous Ananias Club exchange about lobsters being fish is also included for local color.
Grocers offer Grain-O the new grain product that substitutes for coffee. It appeals to adults and children, claims to be easy on the stomach, and has the rich brown color of Mocha and Java. Priced at 15c and 26c per package, sold by all grocers.
A Victorian style quip from Puck quotes a philosopher who recently wed, noting the odd claim that a biscuit’s weight can equal twice the ingredients’ weight. The item also advertises Allen’s Foot-Ease free samples and a fried humor exchange about a door ice load.
Rape and Speltz and Bromus appear in a seed catalog pitch claiming value and testimonials. Salzer's Big Cat catalog is offered for 5 cent postage. The Russian Bishop of Kursk orders clergy to refrain from tobacco smoking as unbefitting for altar service.
A family question solved by a quick Jell-O dessert. Ready in two minutes with no boiling or baking. Simply add hot water and set to cool. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry sold at grocers for 10 cents.
The article notes last year eight mission presses in China produced 1 470 699 publications and references various medical claims and patent remedies. It lists endorsements from Mrs M R Avent of Jonesboro Texas and mentions cures and tonics with promotional phrases and trial offers tied to Dr Kline s Institute in Philadelphia.
Two Lyons women in Indiana were placed in quarantine after contracting smallpox. They resisted, attacked a guard, and were whipped with a cut bicycle-tire whip to prevent further escape. The article also reports a boy whipped for arson in Evansville, a 32-year-old farming couple in Pike County tragedy, a burned St Pauls Church in Lafayette, and heirs to a $4 million German estate.
A report lists a Muncie labor union plan to build a labor temple costing about 50000 dollars. It notes other local items including a church dedication, a new Panhandle freight accident, and reorganizations in several Indiana groups.
An advertisement claims deafness, usually from catarrh inflaming the Eustachian tube, cannot be healed by local applications. It asserts nine cases from catarrh, offers a cure with Hall’s Catarrh Cure, and pledges one hundred dollars for any cure not achieved, inviting requests for circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co.
A visitor asks if the convict longs for freedom. He replies he does not, explaining he was imprisoned for having four wives, in a Philadelphia North American item.
Libby McNeill Libby Housekeepers seek luncheon meats ready to serve or quick to prepare. The Chicago house promotes its superior meats and offers a free booklet How to Make Good Things to Eat on request.
The Philadelphia Press features a heated exchange about appearances and propriety between a father and suitor. An accompanying Grain-O advertisement touts a new grain beverage as a coffee substitute for children, claiming health benefits and similar taste at a lower cost. It notes American footwear exports to British colonies exceed 45 percent of imported shoes.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughing and consumption. It claims immediate relief and offers a free sample bottle from the druggist, with bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents. The note adds a Swift quote about ingratitude.
Jell O dessert in four flavors offered at grocers. Travel ads advertise the Overland Limited from Chicago to California with meals and luxury cars, no car changes, departs 6 30 p m daily, arrives third day in San Francisco and next morning in Los Angeles. The Pacific Express runs daily from Chicago at 10 30 p m with through sleepers and Thursday excursions. Tickets via Chicago and Northwestern. pamphlet from W B Kniskern, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago.
Thomas Tate writes from Duhamel Alberta detailing a winter trip to Wetaskiwin, buying a pony and saddle for the boy, hiring a three seated rig, and returning home for dinner. He notes two feet frozen ground with six inches of snow, a month of sunshine, a cold spell in December, and that it has been pleasant weather since. He mentions building a log house and stables, ten cows, other cattle, and six head of horses, with a promise to write again next spring.
A dialogue notes the need for new boilers at the city water works. Mr Northside affirms the requirement while Mrs Northside questions if the city will receive hot water. This brief item appears in the Pittsburg Chronicle.
An advertisement extols Lane's Family Medicine as essential for daily bowel movement health and states it gently affects the liver and kidneys, cures sick headache, with prices of 25 and 50 cents. It also includes other period notices and products.
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