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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1899
Page
3
The clipping mentions cotton Bedford cord outing dresses in navy or brown with white cord, shirts of plain cotton broadcloth, and various belt and bodice styles. It also notes Nicaragua Canal cost estimates from 115 to 150 million dollars and hints at advertisements for bitters, seeds, and remedies.
The document lists global thunderstorm regions with many days per year and notes Captain Ogle’s northern limit passage. It then reports Chief Engineer W T Manning of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad introducing a new economical rail design claimed to cut wear costs by 37 percent per ton yearly, with tests ordered by the Baltimore and Ohio and Carnegie Steel Company and further orders from Pittsburg and Western. It ends with a promotional note on the Monon Routes sleeper service from Chicago to Washington.
Readers learn of Hall’s Catarrh Cure claimed to cure catarrh as a constitutional disease by internal action. The ad promises one hundred dollar reward for any case it cannot cure and mentions testimonials. Also lists promotional notes for other products and services with various claims and contact addresses.
A family gathers on Valentine's Day as Dorothy and Nell share valentines and roses while Grandma recalls her late husband Benjamin Worrell. She recounts courtship, wartime letters, and the shock of his death at Fort Sumter, ending with a poignant tale of a torn valentine.
Grandma shares a childhood tale to Nell about her valentine. She reveals a faded work box, a Queen of Hearts card, and a hole punched through as a sign of the era. The narration traces courtship and a photograph kept for a lover as Christmas-like memory.
A verse fragment by H. W. Dixon depicts a lone speaker on a stone on Saint Valentine’s Day lamenting a cruel maiden. He recalls her blue eyes and fine hand while admitting heartbreak and despair, wishing for death as youths and maidens celebrate nearby.
Tolman of Lacombe Alberta recalls moving to Western Canada in 1894 with cattle horses and cash. He reports yields in 1897 and 1898 of wheat oats barley and potatoes and asserts farming costs and land terms favor settlers. He praises free homesteads cheap Canadian Pacific Railway and schooling and notes personal payments and satisfaction with the purchase. Richards' Magic Catarrh Expellant Co. Omaha Neb. ad copy ends the piece.
Periods of pain during menstruation are described as common yet disabling for many women. The text promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments and includes a testimonial from Miss Jennie Miles of Leon Wisconsin praising relief from symptoms. It invites other women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
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