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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1899
Page
2
A London swindler defrauded pawnbrokers of over £100,000 in one year using dyed yellow diamonds. He frightened buyers with evanescent color, then pledged stones at inflated values. The dye is undone by nitric acid, revealing fakes and doublets.
A new aluminum hut for Klondike miners is described as a four sided portable dwelling with a roof of thin sheets of aluminum. When packed for transport it weighs 110 pounds and, when erected, yields about 190 cubic feet of space. India’s plant diversity is noted with 15,000 native species versus Europe’s 10,000.
A garbled health advertisement cites Lyme like Lagrippe with claims of daughter’s past severe illness and a cough cure using Foley’s Honey and Tar and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It promises refunds for remedies, lists various ailments, and imitates a medical quasi endorsement with dubious handwriting and pagination.
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