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Newspaper
Bowen Weekly Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1899
Page
3
The essay traces the good roads movement led by the League of American Wheelmen, arguing roads rival railways in importance. It notes private capital limits, calls for public education, and cites farmers and state efforts showing transport costs drop to 20 percent with stone roads, offsetting annual check costs.
The New Smyrna Breeze argues the state should deploy convict labor on public roads for higher returns, claiming this would be more profitable than keeping prisoners idle. The dairy cow is described as highly sensitive to environment, responding to favorable or adverse conditions.
The Cincinnati Enquirer recounts how Hawaiian cattle and horses thrive on marin ia grass and never drink water. On Haleakala journeys of 14 miles climb 9000 feet, animals refused water at a ranch well, illustrating instinctive reliance on grass as both food and water.
In a St Charles corridor tale a veteran freighting crew recalls a New Hampshire detective pursuing a fugitive in Bismarck North Dakota. After a staged pursuit the detective perishes when hostile Indians strike, and no warrant is ever served.
The piece describes rent free quarry towns in Italy, a graveyard village near Ningpang po in China used by beggars, Tupuselei in New Guinea with pile houses to avoid head hunters, a nameless Lake Huron settlement that moves huts on ice to fish, and Athos the Mountain of Monks with monasteries and no women in town shops.
Household tips suggest roach control by scattering green cucumber parings around kitchen surfaces. For summer, shake out carpets and rugs, dust, then dust with gum camphor and powdered tobacco, roll and store in flour sacks. Clean gilded frames with sweet oil and lavender oil to deter flies. Wrap books in newspapers with gum camphor. To remove mattress stains, apply a starch paste, sun the mattress, then reapply if needed.
The Big Four Route advertises a 54 by 8 inch war album featuring photos of Spanish and American events, officers, ships, and famous figures like Roosevelt and Shafter. It is free to U S addresses with 12 cents postage, limited edition, order at ticket offices.
A collection of brief quotes and aphorisms including remarks on poets De Witt and Piso, a New York address, and lines from the L. A. W. Bulletin. It features reflections on laziness industry and footnotes on labor and progress.
The California Fig Syrup Co promotes its Syrup or Fias as a pleasant, effective laxative made from senna and other aromatic plants. It claims gentle cleansing of the system, relief from constipation, and benefits to kidneys and liver. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents per bottle with the company name on each package.
Woman recounts ulceration of womb and long illness after marriage. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with Liver Pills and Sanative Wash she reports weight gain and marked recovery. She praises the medicine and recommends it to friends. Another testimonial from Mrs Barnhart credits relief from womb falling after prolonged illness and childbirths.
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