08 Aug 1901
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Newspaper
Daily Evening News
Location
Modesto, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
1
A dated excerpt discusses athletic training among native and white youths, praising play as true physical culture. It notes directions and names in a travel-like fragment while contrasting play with formal exercise and asserting greatness comes from self-assessment.
A long column discusses Montana timber land frauds with perjury by dummy claimants and calls for reform. It then shifts to President Kruger and Boer resistance, noting doubts about European intervention and the Transvaal condition. Admiral Kimberly’s health and naval inquiry are mentioned along with a reflection on hobbies versus fads and a note on physical culture in schools.
Experience teaches yet people bow to costs and follow rules akin to other schools. The line highlights tension between practical lessons and formal discipline while noting shared structures across institutions.
Mrs W K Haviland of Armonk Minnesota writes that her daughter nearly died from whooping cough and bronchitis until Dy King’s New Discovery saved her life after other remedies failed. She credits the medicine for a full recovery, and claims the same for a relative with advanced consumption. The ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as infallible for coughs and colds, with bottles priced at 60 and 1 and trial bottles free.
Friends in Lexington Kentucky watched M A Hogarty turn yellow as kin changed color and he described the illness as yellow jaundice. After left doctors failed, he tried Electric Bitters and reports being wholly cured after two bottles. The medicine is sold at Modesto Pharmacy.
Advertisement claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures piles and injuries with a guaranteed result. It asserts thousands of cures and lists Modesto Pharmacy as the seller, price 25 cents per box.
An archive of local advertisements touts Dr King’s New Life Pills for clear skin and rosy complexion at 26 cents with Modeste Pharmacy. Lane’s Tea is advertised to purify blood and destroy pimples, plus a malaria quininetonic sold as tasteless Chill Tonic for 50 cents.
Advertises Sherman’s Headache Care tablets offering instant relief for headaches and neuralgia. Promotes keeping a box for emergencies with 25c and 10c per box options. Mentions Rye band Turner as sellers and notes News printing services for billheads letterhead and envelopes at reasonable regional rates.
A questionable OCR fragment advertises a tea by Husband and Turiper promising health benefits such as constipation relief clearer skin sharpened appetite and a refreshed feel. The text is incomplete but implies a retail sale item with multiple claims.
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