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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
3
A writer portrays New York's Chinatown at night with small groups roaming the streets in a quick, jerky gait. Citizens move with hands in pockets and sometimes smoke, while social norms discourage two Chinamen walking side by side, creating a peculiar street scene.
A legal point in England questioned whether Grand Duke Michael of Russia could vote for Parliament. A barrister noted no proof he was non British, while others argued his kinship to Russian royal families justified considerations of his status. The hearing touched on debt and support issues surrounding his family.
The Father of Parliament Mr. Charrington plans to retire by the end of the current parliament. He will be over 85 at that time and is the member for Mile End in London. The House currently has one other octogenarian, Sir Frederick Mappin, with four more reaching 86 soon.
Mrs. Gertrude B Williams of Norwalk is described as the great great granddaughter of a soldier in the 1763 French and Italian war a great granddaughter of a soldier in the 1812 Revolutionary war daughter and wife of Civil War soldiers and mother of two soldiers in the Spanish American war.
Philadelphia city hall elevator will be tested for safety by dropping a test car from the 372 foot 9 inch tower. Live rats a keg of nails a glass of water and fresh eyes accompany the load. The car descends to a cushioned bottom. if water remains inside eggs do not break and rats survive the test is passed.
Footnote style ad urges readers with weak eyesight to seek a free eye check. Claim promises stronger, longer sight with improved eye helps. Encourages letting them examine eyes at no cost to prevent years of suffering.
The text urges constant blood-building aid for women to prevent pallor and fatigue. It claims Dr Marter's Iron Tonic restores strength and youth, improves energy, and treats various ailments by supplying essential iron and restorative nutrients.
An advertisement extols Dr Harter s Iron Tonic for restoring tone to debilitated organs and easing nervous and bodily pains. It quotes a customer testimonial from Houston Texas praising the remedy and urges readers to trust the Crescent trademark and Hart er Medicine Company products from Dayton Ohio.
A Philadelphia physician describes making a wax nose by injecting hot paraffin under the skin to form a natural looking nasal prosthesis. He cautions heat can melt the prosthetic in hot weather and notes several people in Philadelphia wear them.
In Brooklyn Lt Robert F Peary Arctic explorer says his statement about not attempting another polar expedition was misinterpreted He explains that having spent all his money he cannot fund another voyage and will return to Washington seeking Navy service prospects and a possible assignment.
A strange narrative describes rats gaining control of a warehouse, tormenting workers, and feasting on meat set aside for larger animals. Over months the rats grow tame, yet profits rise as human fear and strict rodent etiquette shape a perilous, escalating situation.
In the United States Golf Association event the semifinals pit two married players against two single players with the latter set to contest the final. The four prior champions are Miss Hoyt, Miss Underhill, Miss Griscom, and Miss Hecker, all single competitors accounting for past titles.
Postmaster Spalford of Chester Michigan reports his little girl suffered a severe croup attack with unconsciousness before a dose of One Minute Cough Cure was given. The medicine eased swelling and inflammation and quickly restored the child. The ad claims it cures coughs colds influenza and throat and lung troubles.
Milam County Texas court orders prohibition of intoxicating liquors within Gause School District No 40 area based on Dec 20 1902 election results 43 against and 8 for prohibition with a future legal vote option. Text lists survey boundaries and official certification by Clerk J. K. Tyson dated January 6 1903.
Melard F. Craig of Middlegrove New York praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for redigestion and relief from constipation. He says they work like a charm without gripe or unpleasant effects and notes they are for sale by Homes and Moore.
Go to the Cameron Drag Company when you want school supplies.
A fragmented discussion notes public interest in Dickens works, including David Copperfield and Pickwick, amid claims of high sales and popularity. References to 19th century figures, earnings, and literary fads are interwoven with chatter about a hotel venture and insurance memberships in a distant past context.
The fragment describes a meeting where President Roosevelt and Attorneys General Kyries Payne and Cranepa Knox discussed a political moment. The text is garbled but references a decisive tone and a notable remark attributed to the president during a difficult period.
The record notes the first time the British Isles population shows Scotland ahead of Ireland. Ireland's numbers decline from 8,196,597 in 1841 while Scotland's population roughly doubles, with Scotland at 2,620,884 and Ireland at 8,196,597, moving the balance in favor of Scotland.
A fragment reports a copy of the first sermon preached in England by Robert Cishma. The subject titled The Sin Danger of Self-Love, was delivered at Plymouth, Massachusetts on December 12, 1861.
Anecdotes describe Virchow using wit to discipline distracted students and tease a lagging pupil. One scene had a student gazing out a window during a lecture, and Virchow warned him we study panthology not botany. In another, he mocked a student unable to name a color from a specimen, noting the coat color as blue.
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