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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1902
Page
7
A testimony from Joel Vemnont of Inwood Iowa claims Chamberisin's Cough Remedy saved his sick child. He details giving the medicine every ten minutes, the boy regurgitating, and difficult breathing before relief. Sold locally by Thomas Moore, druggists.
Mixed items include horse stables and repairs, patent medicines Cham berlain’s tablets and Dr Caldwell’s Pepsin, room for rent, price comparisons on plow work at Jim Coleman’s shop, British Red Bug Poison, and a North Carolina elopement joke about an 88 year old man and 82 year old woman.
Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless little workers Drum King s New Life Pills. Millions are always at work night and day curing Indigestion Biliousness Constipation Sick Headache and all Stomach Liver and Bowel troubles. Easy pleasant safe sure. Only 2c at Thomas Moore s drug store.
An advertisement sheet notes Twenty per Cent More Doses In Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic versus a bitter chill tonic and lists various local merchants. It mentions Sisson's shoe shop on Belton street and promotes remedies from White's Vermilage and Herbine, with price points and local dealers Thomas & Moore. It also advertises an Indiana centenarian death by suicide, a real estate offer of 1097 acres in Milam county to trade for Cameron property, and local services including carriage painting by Jim Coleman.
A man named McKee recalls two gypsy fortune tellers in Denver and California with a prophecy of a white stairway. Years later in Indiana a Pullman car card game reenacts the vision as he moves offices at the Savoy theater, confirming the uncanny motif amid his vast staff.
A historical note recalls an attempt to blow up the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg about twenty years ago revealing a motley group living in the palace basements. The unaffiliated hangers on including cousins and in law relatives of cooks and servants shared a shadowy right to dwell there.
A blunt editorial urging cooperation and mutual effort as the key to harmony. The piece stresses that both men and wives must contribute to good teamwork for progress.
The author argues that great achievement comes from excess in a trait rather than balanced endowment. Using Washington as an example, a highly energized temperament can appear ungovernable yet drive remarkable public and private impact. Excess, not moderation, fuels lasting success.
The English war office unveils a new training scheme showing how to locate distant guns firing empty shells. At Aldershot sappers built Ash Ranges battlefield for realistic field firing with surprise targets and mounted infantry. Artillerymen trigger explosions to teach cover and cautions using a mortar simulation.
A British entomologist displayed about 30 pictures showing dragon fly metamorphosis from nymph to adult. He shot over 1,000 photographs before completing the set, relying on constant monitoring as emergence could occur within three days and happen so quickly that three pictures were taken in six seconds.
A compilation notes California and Texas as the longest and widest states, records pigeon farming in Los Angeles with 15 000 birds, US horse and sheep totals in 1900, ruby values versus diamonds, fish commission finds about 80 new varieties, lavatory water flow control via push buttons, Arab servants sleep hard under gunfire, Paris police chief Lepine promotes toy design prizes, American vines boost French wine yields though quality lags old French vines.
The piece discusses replacing the umbrella with small compressed air boxes that fit inside hats. A button releases air to create a floating rain-repelling dome around the wearer, then reverses after rain ends. The idea aims to curb umbrella nuisance and owner changes.
A persistent remedy ad promotes Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a cure for inflamed throat laryngeal trouble bronchitis coughs and colds. It notes the product is sold by Thomas and Moore with prices of 26 and 50 cents.
The article reports on inventor Whitehead preparing a flying machine in Bridgeport with a secret New York backer. It aims to carry six people for about $2,000 and to enable rapid trips to New York, Bar Harbor, and Long Island. A factory and light Valeium carbide motor are noted.
The Washington Star notes excellent sport as small and big mouth black bass appear along the Potomac near Long Bridge and Georgetown. Four pounders are common, anglers compare small mouth and big mouth varieties, and despite differences in flavor and fight the big mouth offers a reliable alternative for time-pressed fishers.
In Sweden it is common to see notices in daily papers announcing that a person cannot conform to the polite custom of holding a hat in hand while speaking outdoors due to doctor's orders. The practice contrasts with European norms where the hat is held in the hand during conversations.
Aichison Globe mocks public affection by claiming all the world loves to mock a lover, reframing the old adage into a humorous social critique. The piece uses witty language to depict local attitudes toward romance and public opinion.
The St Louis World's Fair power plant contract goes to Westinghouse of Pittsburgh, Pa for 1 000 000. The item appears among various advertisements and notices including medical products and local business offers, with multiple brands and firms named.
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