24 Apr 1901
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Newspaper
Daily Evening News
Location
Modesto, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1901
Page
1
A fragmented timetable lists the Los Angeles Express going north with a noted destination Lakersfield and a Bakersfield Passenger heading north. It also mentions a southbound Freight at 4:35 p.m and another listed passenger service, with several garbled words for destinations and notes.
An 19th century notice markets 3,000 American heiresses in Indian Territory. It claims aristocratic brides, good looks, and average fortunes around $8,000 in unbroken prairie land. It warns fortune hunters delays and hints at limited options, while inviting bold youths to settle and seek prominence in a future state.
The piece notes European sovereigns including Emperor William and Empress Augusta Victoria investing in American railways such as Atchison and Topeka Illinois Central and Santa Fe. It claims royal and papal figures hold millions in U S stocks with annual returns around 5 percent, suggesting royal faith in stable government by the people.
The dispatch notes Mrs. Potter Palmer spoke proudly of her son’s election as alderman in Chicago. The piece questions what a term in the city council may bring him and mentions a Paria dispatch on a condemned play by a French censor, deeming it likely merely stupid rather than immoral.
Mr Chamberlain told the British house of commons that the war exempted the South African Company from financial responsibility for the Jameson raid, remarking on a change in obligations amid recent hostilities.
A garbled passage discusses protecting a fortune linked to Cecil Rhodes and associates and mentions a shop scenario. It includes stray phrases about hardwire stores and a pickax, with unclear names and places. The text is incomplete and reads as an OCR error.
A Chicago News item notes that the first savings bank in the United States was established in 1816. The line contrasts folly and wisdom, presenting the historical fact as a period reflection.
Mrs. George Long of New Straitaville Ohio reports a severe cough that kept her awake nightly. After trying many remedies she used Dr King New Discovery for a month and was cured. Her husband Mr Long also recovered from a serious lung attack. Trial bottles free at J B Ziple drug store.
Manchester Michigan man recounts relief for his wife after five years of paralysis-like weakness. Elsetric Bitters is advertised as a supreme remedy for nervous debility sleeplessness melancholy headaches backaches fainting and general weakness. Each bottle is guaranteed and sold by J P Zips with bold claims of rapid improvement and life transformation.
A LaGrange man claims to have suffered intense eight months with a frightful sore on his leg before Bucklen's Arise salve cured it in ten days. The advertisement touts the salve for ulcers burns boils pain and piles and lists local retailer J. P. Zipt as seller at 25 cents.
Splendid health and tremendous energy promised by Dr Kings New Life Pills. Claims include restoring brain and body power when stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels are out of order. Available at Zipt a drug store for 25 cents.
An OCR fragment advertises Lane's Family Medicine with claims of instant relief for headaches and nervous pains, priced 25¢ and 10¢ eight boxes, plus testimonials. It also promotes other items by Husband & Turner druggists and a printing service for billheads, letterheads, and envelopes at reasonable rates.
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