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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1899
Page
3
The author paints a grim Italy where 100000 go mad with hunger yearly and thousands die of starvation. Describes bread made from clay and acorns, produced by housewives who mix red clay into acorn broths until a dense mass dries into slabs for table use.
A fragmentary report describes a curious English town with distorted streets and unusual houses. It mentions nearby salt works and widespread damage blamed on an earthquake, with vague notes about the community and ongoing disturbances.
Fragmentary notes discuss the Nicaragua Canal cost estimates and value assessments. The text mentions figures and entities in a stray, garbled form, with references to people and locations, but specifics are unclear.
The text discusses the view among mailurelists that the dog species is not a domesticated descendant of a single wild stock but shares ancestry with different wild canid lineages. It references wolves and jackals as sources of variation across regions. The fragmentary remarks indicate confusion and partial terms.
A Cascia County Tolide native now in Lacombe Alberta recounts homesteading there. He describes acquiring land near section 7 and a Canadian Pacific Railway quarter, farming various crops with yields and profits higher than in Cascia, noting cheaper crops and a better school system with available schooling for settlers.
The latest estimate sets the combined wealth of Great Britain and Ireland at £11,866,000,000. This figure reflects the value of assets and resources across the two regions in a comprehensive financial assessment.
Shortest line from the field to Florida and the West Indies runs 109 miles via the Queen and Crescent Route and Southern Railway.
Mexico covers 751000 square miles about a quarter of the United States in size figures cited.
Mrs Elizabeth Witrneck of Iowa writes that after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Lozenges she passed a tumor and regained strength. She describes relief from heart palpitations smothering spells and bloating and urges others with female troubles to try the medicine.
The Polish nobles sold their estates to the government but did not emigrate. Instead they moved with new owners in the country and drew in Polish laborers, leading to the loss of Polish landowners in Posen.
Disagreeable February comfort wooing travelers to southern resorts. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad advertises winter trips to Florida gulf coast resorts, California and the West Indies with folders available from Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Indiana.
A German scientist notes the claim that kissing records are impossible within a set time. A Teutonic lover attempted to print 10 000 kisses on a woman’s lips in ten hours with consent, reaching 2 400 in the first hour and 71 000 by the next hour before lips paralyzed him and he fainted.
A rough mix of travel hints, an artist’s ingression, and multiple product plugs. References include St Jacobs Oil cures for rheumatic and muscular pain, Grain-O as coffee substitute, and a note on Roman war songs alongside trains Cincinnati to Jacksonville.
The advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil for penetrating to the sciatic nerve to soothe the nerve and wipe out sciatic pain. It emphasizes specific virtue of penetration delivering relief.
Czar Alexander sent to Sturiart for a birthday present to the Empress. He chose an ornate upright piano for her boudoir with a jeweled front, rich Louis XVI style case, ebony keys, and mother of pearl white keys. German experts call it the costliest instrument of its kind ever made.
The notice declares the firm Fd Catney and Company will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hanns Cars. Frank J. Cheney swears to the document on December 6, 1880, before Notary A. W. Gleason. The ad promotes Ball’s Catarrh Cure taken internally and claims blood surface action, with testimonials and a Toledo address for CHENEY & CO. selling at 76 cents, via Druggists.
The custom links the third finger of the left hand to the heart via a slender nerve. Ancient Keypthins valued that finger, and Apollo sacred metal used for rings, reflecting their beliefs in love and connection.
In winter use Alien Foot-Ease a powder shaken into shoes to ease nervous uncomfortable feet and ashenness. It rests the feet and improves warmth fights swelling blisters corns bunions and chilblains. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with free trial offer by mail from Allen 3 Olinsied Le Roy New York.
A terse street encounter shows a boyish gamin facing a puzzled man mulling his next move. Dialogue centers on what the youth is looking at and the adult's uncertainty about a possible mid course of action.
Grain-O invites shoppers to ask grocers for a grain based beverage that mimics Mocha or Java in color and taste. It claims to be gentle on the stomach and suitable for both children and adults, with prices listed at 15c and 25c per package.
The text explains that bees navigate by sight to home when away from hive. They rise to gain perspective then fly straight back, using a bee line as the shortest route between two places.
An item advertises German Coffee Berry and Java Coffee seed packages from Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. It invites readers to cut out the notice or send for a 3-package offer and a catalog, noting prices per pound and seed options.
In a Philadelphia North American piece a character asks if the powder smell scares his partner and receives a suave retort about thinking of her at first whiff, illustrating a playful exchange. The dialogue highlights romance amid warlike imagery in a dated, literary tone.
The piece notes the Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho and Southeastern Missouri together supply about 44 percent of U S lead production. It also advertises patent medicines including St Jacobs Oil Kemp's Balsam Piso's Cure and Pike's Toothache Drops and warns about health advice and sample offers.
An advertised remedy claims daily bowel movement aids health and cautions gentle action on the liver and kidneys. It offers cures for headaches priced at 25 and 50e. The note mentions a shipyard at Ominato, Japan, in operation for over 1,900 years.
Cafe and observation cars aboard superb through trains highlight the Queen and Crescent Route from Cincinnati south with excellent service on the line.
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