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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
3
A noisy recruitment pitch seeks 100000 agents across the United States to sell Lekko Scouring Soap Lekkoene and other toilet soaps with promises of big profits and a prize with every cake. Contact C H Marshell Co Chicago Dept 10 and factory address 118 126 May St Reef.
A 300 metre deep bore near Ostroppa in Upper Silesia halted by a broken drill piece. Engineer Degenhardt devised a plan using a magnetized steel bar and india rubber wrapped conductor to retrieve the obstruction, resuming boring after the first attempt.
A dialogue on optimism distinguishes self made from inherited cheer. The piece notes a million dollars annually spent on baseball versus health searches, urging Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestive and kidney issues. Humorous exchanges follow about savings and civic club rules, ending with a city marriage law quip.
The census counted ages are unreliable as respondents exaggerate or shorten ages across groups from children to the elderly. This distortion affects estimates of life expectancy mortality rates military eligibility birth potential and class differences in aging and labor patterns.
A Reverend Cyrus Townsend Brady recounts a baptism in Indian Territory as a cattle owner's daughter faces peers. The girl explains she has Jesus brand on her forehead, declaring she is now Christ’s child and heir as she returns to school. A playful exchange closes with quips about weather, heredity, and a merchant’s debt.
A short instructional piece argues that young women lack housekeeping knowledge after leaving school or home. It urges mothers to teach daughters basics of household management, cooking, and budgeting to prevent wasted money and unhappy homes. It notes the need for practical skills like bread, soups, coffee, and managing servants.
An Indian maiden in Kansas, living in Wichita, has attracted over 2000 marriage applications from white men after placing notices in eastern papers. She speaks of wealth as an estate and wants a thrifty, business minded partner from an urban background. She seeks suitable suitors and will choose from many replies while not rushing.
The article traces the Chinese queue origin from 1627 Manchu edict requiring Chinese men to adopt Manchu hairstyle. It notes the daily barbering custom for head and face, rare whiskers among elites, and that facial grooming was common for those unable to shave at home. It then profiles Hon. S. M. Moses, a Bombay legislative council member, describing his Jewish lineage, family connections to Sassoon, and linguistic talents including Chinese.
A California trend sees Los Angeles area residents breeding Belgian hares, aiming to profit from canned rabbit meat, pelts for seals skin sacques, and fur for various goods. About 100 rabbitries exist near Los Angeles with over 9,000 rabbits. a large Lawrence Kansas project is cited as a parallel venture.
A collage of 19th century ads and notices including Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot ailments, bankruptcy statistics for Germany in 1899, magic and personal magnetism courses, Union Pacific train routes, dentistry and patent medicine claims, a recipe book offer, and humorous quips about fashion, language, and everyday life. The items reflect period commercial language and small humor pieces found in local papers.
An extended testimonial style notice touts Lydia E Pinkham's medicine from Lynn Massachusetts as uniquely effective for women's health. It asserts widespread trust, free advice, and a large number of cured sufferers, urging readers to write for market reports and consignments to an exclusive sheep commission company in Kansas City.
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