21 Apr 1896
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Newspaper
Daily Evening News
Location
Modesto, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1896
Page
1
A garbled OCR list outlines freight and passenger routes including Fresno Ogden Portland and Lathrop with references to morning and evening times. Mentions general manager Richard Okay and later officials. Indicates schedules from 6:30 to 8:04 PM and a figure resembling 7107.0e w. Aumaasa.
A Gourier Journal editorial from Louisville discusses the misuse of the term trust in economic and political dialogue. It argues trusts, while originally illegal combinations to control production, evolved into corporations that act to rob consumers, with the core vice lying in collusive, unscrupulous behavior rather than the formal structure.
The Vacaville Reporter urges California to pull together and subordinate individual schemes to the general good. It argues such unity moves the state toward front ranking power and cites a recent San Francisco breakfast where four hundred women discussed fashion wit and sensational topics.
A garbled OCR page shows promotional copy and political talk from a San Francisco suffrage guest, quack cures, and medicine ads. It includes claims for Shaker Digestive Cordial One Minute Cough Cure Bromo Quinine and DeWitt's Witch Hazel, with testimonials and supplier names such as Husbands and Turner and Sunbury Pennsylvania.
The clipping promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a cure for catarrh and mucus membrane issues, with claims of relief and a no cure no pay offer. It also advertises Smoke Claye’s five cent cigars and Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil for various ailments, and mentions DeVillaville pills for headaches and stomach issues. The piece ends noting The News is the county’s only paper with daily dispatches.
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