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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1900
Page
3
Highland piper travels with Gor Dons unit from Jellunder to Fort Kangra in the Himalayas. An elephant carrying sick soldiers rejects music, tossing the piper and his pipes into a ditch at the head of the column.
A witty Washington Star quip has a bright boy ask his father about knowledge and cube root skills. The boy notes his father’s failure to match his early brilliance and concludes that parents often disappoint their children today.
It is shown that paper can be profitably manufactured in the South. The Pensacola Florida mill has been operating successfully for several months using pitch pine for pulp. New experiments indicate wild cane, abundant across the Southern States, can also be used for this purpose.
Mary J. Kennedy of Armour & Co. lauds Peruna as a permanent remedy for summer catarrh. She suffered eight years from digestive upset due to changing diets and catarrh, tried doctors, found relief after about three months, and believes she is permanently cured. The company offers free samples of summer catarrh remedy.
The article recounts J N Maskelyne's claimed magic trick with an empty box after a curtain reveal. Clerks from Deptford built a similar box and challenged his £500 offer, leading to a disputed court case that the jury ultimately avoided ruling on. It also notes a London Poetic Hangman anecdote and warns buyers to seek Russ Bleaching Blue from their grocer to avoid imitations.
A humorous remark cites a man named Skinner who received a bill for his wife’s car trips and has been laid up. The doctor diagnoses an overcharge of electricity as the sickness, illustrating a lighthearted take on receipts and illness.
Every day in Philadelphia a tanneries process thirty five hundred dozen goatskins into leather, showcasing the scale of the citys leather trade and its industrial pace.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is a constitutional cure with a price of 75 centa. An advertisement claims the Is bor-saving machinery in the United States equals a hard-working population of 400,000,000. Jell-O is advertised as the New Dessert for the family with flavors Lemon range Raspberry and Strawberry at grocers for 10 cts.
The Newcastle Chronicle summarizes how England currently organizes magistrates into county borough and stipendiary forms. County and borough magistrates require no professional qualifications, while stipendiary magistrates must be barristers of at least seven years. Appointments follow crown and Lord Chancellor routes, with boroughs often guided by council recommendations. stipendiaries are paid and appointed via council petitions to the Lord Chancellor.
A reflection on how achievement begins with daily small choices. The idea emphasizes persistence and character in pursuing larger goals.
A Grain-O promotional note touts the grain based drink as nourishing and coffee like in taste and cost, urging parents to serve more to children. It claims all grocers stock Grain-O priced at 15 cents and 25 cents. A second fragment quotes a Chicago Times-Herald blurb about a concert incident where a woman threatens to faint and be carried out.
Foot powder promises to ease tight shoes and cure corns bunions and sweaty feet. Available at druggists and shoe stores 25 cents. Free sample offer with address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York. Three Prussian officers rode Berlin to Prague by balloon in three hours. The fastest express train needs seven hours for the distance. Piso's Cure is highly praised as a cough remedy by J W O'Brien Minneapolis January 6 1900.
London newsboys are barred from shouting the contents of their wares, a new regulation restricting street solicitation. The measure aims to reduce street noise and nuisance while affecting vendors, vendors’ associations, and city enforcement.
A daily query turns to Jell-O as a quick healthful option. Two minutes prep requires hot water. flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. Available at grocers for 10 ets. New Mexico federal courts cost the government 75000 yearly. Cushion Rubber Stamp The Pest The Cheapest. Send orders to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Ind. Mrs Winslow’s Teething Ointment sells for 8ooTHina Number.
The advertisement promotes Grain-O as a grain based coffee substitute safe for children and adults. It claims a mocha like color and price of 15c or 25c per package and notes it is widely sold by grocers. The excerpt also includes a brief comic exchange about thunder and storms.
The Chicago and Eastern Minois Railroad offers Homeseekers Excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of June July and August to 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 limit on going and twenty one days on return, with stop over privileges in Homeseekers Territory. A new wide vestibulined train runs daily Chicago to Texas with through Pullman sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars. For details contact the railroad office or G P T A C L Stone Chicago.
A brief advert describes a daily bowel movement product claimed to promote health by acting on the bowels liver and kidneys. It also mentions curing a sick headache and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents. The last line questions a man fixated on one ideal as a musical crank.
The notice touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women's troubles and promises free counsel from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. It invites readers to write to advertisers and mentions promotion by F W N U No 26 1900.
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