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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1898
Page
4
The Philadelphia Times notes Greek women face rigid betrothal customs with dowries, and girls are trained to be social spectacles. French language and culture dominate households as girls learn music, dance, and domestic crafts while painting and cosmetics shape aging perceptions.
A New York Commercial item describes Russian peasants near Moscow using ant baths to treat rheumatism. A sack of ants and eggs is heated in a warm bath, releasing formic acid that irritates the skin and purportedly draws out the disease. Caution is given about possible skin disorganization from the acid. The column also notes a Canadian political anecdote about a gentleman and a tailor.
A fragment from a Chicago Post snippet notes a New York widow seeking a barge office bride described as respectable and good with children. Other items include dental hammer counts, Wadkin’s economy claims, a British Museum lion head, toad spit for shingles, and thoughts traveling by medium, ending abruptly.
An 1898 advertisement describes sleeplessness among the elderly as caused by weak brain blood supply and proposes Paine's celery compound to improve circulation, restore nerve energy, and purge impurities. It extols the product as a universal nerve and blood remedy used by physicians nationwide and notes local health matters and community notices.
A reader from Stilesville Indiana extols Pero-Na in a letter to Dr Hartman describing improved health from catarrh asthma and kidney trouble after using ten bottles. He claims weight gain from 134 to 161 pounds and praises doctors before discovering Pero-Na. The note invites readers to request a free Pero-Na almanac for 1898 from the Dup Manufacturing Company in Columbus Ohio.
An elderly Utica man, uneducated by schooling, speaks of learning from Noah Webster's spelling book. He recalls spelling accuracy at age twelve and recounts the popular reach of Webster's spelling book, noting sales figures through 1860. The exchange occurs in Cogburn club rooms cited by the Utica Observer.
The Sentinel declares the largest state circulation with extensive coverage of McKinley era cabinet policy and ascendant events. It touts reliable state capital reports and strong dispatches, emphasizing Republican state government control and comprehensive news service.
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