Odd News Roundup From Chicago to Nebraska
The piece surveys assorted items: brick pavements abandoned in Chicago after strikes, churches accepting any money to protect wealth, Russia reportedly wanting war with England, curious fashion of men's straw hats, a Nebraska boy fined $1 for shooting at a bird, and a boastful note that Nebraska ideas never fail.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Cuban Diarrhea and a Proven Remedy Certificate
Cuban diarrhea is described as severe and dangerous, with limited relief from ordinary remedies. A Houston woman attests that Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy cured her husband after doctors failed, claiming one bottle did the job and thanking God for the medicine. Sold by M. A. McClain, druggist.
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Cuba
Minnie Jacobs
Houston
Texas
Chamberlain
Gor
M. A. McClain
Colors and Mosquitoes Dislike Yellow in Experiments
A New York Herald report recounts a young girl noting she received no mosquito bites while wearing a yellow dress. A scientist explains color experiments in a gauze tent showing mosquitoes avoid yellow and prefer dark blue, red, brown, and other hues. He proposes wearing yellow and using yellow netting, plus yellow-lined bed canopies and window screens, and using blue-lined boxes to trap and destroy pests.
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New York Herald
Chaffee’s Odd Spectacles and Local Medicine Ad
Lieutenant General Chaffee wears enormous round spectacles with heavy black rims that give a severe military look. Rumor says they frighten young lieutenants, though he claims they are bought in the United States. Also advertised for sale is Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets by M A McClain, druggist.
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Chaffee
Washington
War Department
Chamberlain
M. A. McClain
The Danish boarhound and the jealous guardian dog
A reminiscence recounts a Danish boarhound that followed Mrs Harlstone, seized her shirt as if a train bearer, then released the author’s hand from its large canine jaws. The animal’s jealous behaviour and dramatic performance unfold as the dog leads the author away and finally tears a finger or tissue during the encounter.
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Henry Hawkttus
Bring Your Whale Self to It With All Your Vowes Intact
A lengthy admonition urges workers to bring full energy and faculties to daily tasks, noting that partial effort leads to weak performance and poor outcomes. It cites how physical and mental condition shape achievement, then shifts to pensions and royal constraints as contrasting topics.
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