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Newspaper
Benton County Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1899
Page
2
In a fragmentary read from a girls gymnasium scene characters discuss practical joking and insults. A jest about mit ten and a jugular arises, followed by cheeky lines about old folks sayings and students. The text blends moralizing with slang and classroom banter.
Plans for a new executive mansion in Washington by architect J M Pelz propose Meridian Hill as the site with a marble H shaped design. The structure aims to blend Roman order, conserve spaces, add winter garden conservatories, and provide state and private wings with extensive reception rooms and a roof garden.
A mixed fragmentary excerpt features Bret Harte’s poem about Truthful James and a Klondyker in the Yukon camp on the Stanislaus with a Klondyke youth, a skeptical promoter, and a dawning warning about prospecting schemes. It includes digressions on Klondike lore and a later note about Kaffir cattle culture and the wheel of punishment in history.
The new ice palace at Niagara Falls measures 180 by 14 feet with a skating rink boothes and refreshment stands. If weather fails to yield good ice artificial ice may be used. A carnival will run for weeks featuring electrical illumination, a toboggan slide, curling and hockey matches and other popular winter sports.
A Westminster Gazette correspondent proposes shortening United States to Usa and inhabitants to Usans, arguing Europe has many nations and Americans is misplaced. The Boston Transcript notes no real need for a new name, preferring Americans. locals resist change, while other excerpts touch on financial policy, urban migration, and a humorous tooth-gag from Puck and Chicago Tribune.
On a Long Island farm an apple tree bore two crops of fruit last year, drawing unusual attention from farmers and local observers. The notice also highlights varied remedies and products from the era, including Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Diamond C Soap, alongside short tips and advertisements in a busy local page.
Letters from Mrs Lizzie Beverly of Lowell and Mrs Aulos Trousseau of Ellenburgh Center recount life changing cures after ulceration of the womb and milk leg illness. They credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with restoring health and the ability to work.
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