17 Aug 1901
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Newspaper
Daily Evening News
Location
Modesto, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1901
Page
1
A fragment from the Daily Evening News dated Saturday August 17 includes a brief item or ad notice with unreadable details. The readable text provides no clear event, person, or organization to identify a full news item.
A Chicago county hospital milk supply was found adulterated with formalin rendering it non nutritious and poisonous. Health officials urge milk examination. Crescens the trotter sets speed marks as two minute trot remains sought. New York City directory shows Manhattan Bronx growth. population estimates rise.
The article notes hundreds of young men from Minneapolis and other Minnesota cities leaving to work in harvests in the Dakotas. It contrasts city youths tending fields with rural laborers and cites official figures for France showing 902 in the republic and 222,714 involved, against a long-term average of 362 per year.
The text notes steel tree exact a $220 chante and pound for all castings sold to the government, while selling others abroad for 43 cents a pound. It adds that American materials can be bought by the government for its warships.
London correspondents rail at Lord Kitchener for blocking transmission of news, calling the policy unreasonable. They warn that if reporters were allowed to send reports, General Kitchener would have less to do and the press would lose a key role.
A Kingston youth who died while stealing a ride on a wagon is cited as another warning about parenting under pressure on children. The writer suggests a contrived device to admit air while keeping dust out as a metaphor for safer invention, referencing young Mr. Vanderbilt.
A young Kentucky woman wed Mr Ice in a small ceremony and deserves congratulations for choosing a sensible partner.
A gander uses large wings to confront a goose that bites with its beak while a man wields a Gat and a woman uses her tongue in a clash described in fragmented terms.
An advertising notice touts Dr King s New Discovery for consumption and allied diseases. It claims swift relief from coughs colds asthma croup hay fever and bronchitis with guaranteed satisfaction or refunds. The ad mentions Modesto Pharmacy and E B Maze as distributors offering trial bottles and larger sizes at set prices.
B J Green of Lancaster New Hampshire credits Electric Bitters with curing chronic indigestion and nervous debility after other remedies failed His wife also stays healthy claiming the tonic aids female troubles and invigorates weak worn down women The Modesto Pharmacy E B Maza proprietor advertises the product with satisfaction guaranteed and a 600 price tag
Fragmented OCR text advertises 250 a box at Modesto Pharmacy run by E. B. Mucs, Pharmacist. Claims broad cures and personal care products, mentioning cuts burns boils and pains in dense nonsensical wording.
An advertisement touts Dr Kings Now Life Pills as a gentle liver and bowel stimulant that cleanses the system, claims to cure constipation and headaches, and lists Modesto Pharmacy as the seller with a 25 cent price.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to calm tired hot feet, relieve swelling and ingrown nails, and ease bunions and blisters. It claims quick comfort, lists 25¢ price, and notes availability at druggists and shoe stores with a trial sachet offer. Includes company name Allen S. Olmsted of LeRoy, New York.
An old ad notes increased deaths from consumption and promotes Kemp's Balsam for throat and lung ailments. It claims instant cure for a cough and guarantees relief, with price 25c and 60c, trial size free, sold by Husband and Turper.
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