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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
2
The president of the Hungarian state railways seeks ministry consent to trial accumulator cars between Vienna and Budapest to assess if traffic can be carried by this method. The ministry has approved the experiment, with hopes electric locomotives may later be used on all state railways in Hungary and Austria.
A recipe for a Rowan Pudding style dish mixes macaroni with veal ham tongue or chicken and Parmesan, seasoned with pepper and lemon, baked then glazed with brown gravy. The article also warns housewives to watch for worms and to remove them using Wahte's Cream Vermifere, priced at 240.75 cents, with an abrupt, garbled death note.
In Mr William Heerley Smiths Walks and Talks a tale recounts a reward offered for an Irish friend who faced various misfortunes. The narrator recalls a bishop and church service, recounting a Sunday street encounter when asked why the bishop was not present. The reply hints at reluctance to attend the bishop’s duties.
An advertisement for Botanic Bred Baim claims deep seated rheumatism and catarrh are cured by its formulas. It asserts the remedy reaches bone joints and blood to remove the poison causing illness and offers free samples with personal advice and diet tips.
A wry chulers Evening News cartoon caption shows a warm stranger offering help to a hungry figure. The gold seeker threats to shoot a wolf at his door, framing hunger and danger amid a New Mexico reference about outdoor living and illness.
Goshen Indiana resident Lewis Ackerman notes DeWitts Little Early Risers aid his headache and avoid gripe as they cleanse and invigorate the bowels and liver. Sold by W Li Long on May 25.
Minnesota mother recounts using three bottles of Heothier’s Friend during long labor from 12 to 14 hours. She claims it eased pain, relaxed muscles, reduced sickness, and aided recovery, asserting the remedy produced a strong healthy boy and quick postnatal improvement.
An old world town legacy marks Marseilles as ancient, tracing Massalia to Phocaea now weak in wealth. Invitations to Kasradja-Foki failed as Phocaea could not send officials, while Athens and Rome sent delegates. The piece notes Ionian heritage lingering in Marseille's populace.
A fragmented 19th century circular mentions Manasseh Cuter of Massachusetts predicting events around Buulanders and Chin at a harbor mouth. The text is garbled but hints at a forecast tied to a prodves one mer shan sors and a crowding scene near a Hagac launch and a fret steataboat in a weekly issue.
The Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets from all points to Asheville North Carolina for the Young Women's Christian Association Conference June 15 to 25 1900. Tickets on sale June 13 14 15 and 16 with return by June 30. Information available from any Southern Railway agent.
An advertisement-like note quotes W H Jones and Harries Evans of Kinsdale praising One Minute Cough Cure for relieving children and curing coughs colds and throat and lung diseases. The text reads as a testimonial on the product’s reliability for ill children.
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