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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1900
Page
3
Conger reports armistice holding but risk of collapse if shelling continues. Legations run low on ammunition as relief seems distant. Japanese envoy notes looming week for possible relief, while world learns of brutal siege and high casualties on both sides.
Reports from Washington and London say foreign ministers and their suites in Pekin survived the legation district attacks with wall fortifications. China faces consequences as France and Britain threaten accountability for Chinese government actions. the United States signals willingness to join punitive measures. Germany vows unwavering retaliation.
The passage describes a sudden mucous membrane weakness across the body that allows disease to establish in any organ such as lungs head throat stomach or bowels. It asserts a single underlying cause for all variations.
An advertisement claims catarrh inflames the delicate membrane causing winter ills such as pneumonia colds coughs and fevers. It asserts Pe-ru-na is the sole remedy that reaches the right place and cures catarrh, warning that other diagnoses are possible but ineffective without this treatment.
A sandstone quarry on the Connecticut River in Massachusetts yields rich fossil slabs. A recent slab shows tracks of a gigantic bird perhaps twenty five to thirty feet tall with five foot apart prints fifteen inches long. Insect traces rain pits and wave ripples add scientific and decorative value. Sir Edward Grey is noted for tennis and angling across Britain.
The governor telegraphs United States Consul Fowler at Chefoo that Tsung-li-Yamen directs delivery of only plain language messages to ministers, stating military operations at Pekin and Tien-Tsin are unsettled and no cipher or military references will be used.
A sales note for investment and book offers from E G Gunsotus Co in the Rialto Building Chicago. The piece adds a quotation from a crowd debate about earning all one’s wages and includes a testimonial claiming Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved a life in 1908 Norwich New York.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note recounts two young men harassing three women with a cheeky greeting and a tall woman’s stern warning. The piece then pivots to a bold advertising critique praising CASCARETS CANDY CATHARTIC as world famous and urging readers to beware substitutes sold in bulk by unscrupulous traders.
A light exchange on wall decor weighs the best spot for family portraits. The reply suggests hanging them in a hall, with a nod to a dark back ball as the ideal setting.
Lane's Family Medicine is promoted as a daily bowels aid and tonic for health. It is described to act gently on the liver and kidneys, cure headaches, and is priced at 25 and 50 cents.
Fifty years ago Europe counted about 250000000 people and now exceeds 360000000. Dr H H Green's Sons of Atlanta Georgia offer free dropsy treatment and advertise themselves as the world's leading specialists. Good nature signifies virtue and a generous soul, the ad notes.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad offers Homeseekers Excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesday of June July and August to states including Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indian Territory Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas. One fare plus 2.00 round trip with fifteen day on going limit and twenty one days returning. New wide vestibuled train from Chicago to Waco and Fort Worth departs daily at 1 50 p m. Through Pullman sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars. For details contact any agent or C L Stone G P and T A Chicago.
Advertising copy touts this ruled and unruled table with 100 sheets as superior. It lists Letter size at 25 cents and Note at 15 cents, urging buyers to ask their dealer and not accept alternatives. It also promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething in children, claiming gum relief and wind colic cure.
A humorous exchange imagines work in the afterlife with a Plumber remarking on shared vocations and a Carpenter questioning the need for plumbers where water is absent. The dialogue plays on irony and practical concerns about future labor.
A person soliciting for home charities confronts a parent at a gate. the parent asserts the children are theirs and slams the door, echoing through the street.
A society predicts the world ending this year while touting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia digestion constipation of liver and kidney troubles. The text notes that many believe and that a trial will convince.
The Emperor of Austria is described as the sole imperial family member who never walks in public. In youth he enjoyed weaving through crowds, but now he shuns even small gatherings and remains unseen in cities and towns.
Classic 25 cent foot powder remedy promises relief for sore tight and new shoes. Claims cure for corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet. Sample offered free with mailing address in LeRoy N. Y. area.
A Sicilian tribunal has sentenced a famous forger to 189 years in prison. He posed as an advocate and committed sixty three acts of fraud, even stealing the court chancellor’s seal to back fraudulent documents.
A family friendly dessert suggestion to quick prepare Jell-O in two minutes with no boiling or baking. Simply add eight parts hot water and set to cool. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers for 10 cents.
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a committee barring the poem Rock Me to Sleep, Mother, Rock Me to Sleep as too hackneyed yet deemed rocking infants barbarously unhealthy by policy.
Advertisement touts Grain-O as a nourishing grain based coffee substitute for kids. It promises similar taste to coffee at lower cost and notes it is sold by grocers in 15 and 25 cent sizes. Also mentions Red Cross Ball Blue and a humorous note about a rummage sale.
Niagara Falls excursion from Niagara Falls, Toronto and Thousand Islands offered by Nickel Plate Road on Tuesday August 14. Usual stop at Chautauqua Lake with no extra charge. Toronto tickets $1 extra, Thousand Islands $6.50 extra. Return valid within 12 days on Peerless Trio Daily Express trains. Reserve sleeping car space early.
The excerpt touts Cascar e ts laxative candies promising quick bowel relief without gripe and urges starting at 10 cents. It also proclaims milk as a perfect food and argues for milk over meat with water intake to prevent constipation in children. August Ladies' Home Journal.
Multiple ads tout Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from grains with 3¢ coffee price, and Jell-O dessert in four flavors at 10¢. Additional messages tout an Air Cushion Rubber Stamp, an Eighteenth Annual Excursion via Nickel Plate Road to Niagara Falls leaving August 14 with Toronto and Thousand Islands add-ons, and travel details from C. A. Asterlin, Fort Wayne, Ind.
A brief dialogue capture shows She accusing Alfred of faults and demanding specifics. He responds with agreement and a calm acknowledgment as the exchange unfolds with angular tension.
An OCR fragment advertises Alls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75. The text mentions a bald headed man and a suspicious character, and a note to ask for Red Cross Ball Blue when buying bluing, with a large package priced at 5 cents. The tone imitates late 19th or early 20th century advertising.
The Fourteenth United States Infantry unit, formerly stationed in Manila, has arrived in Tokyo. Mission details and future postings were not specified in the report.
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