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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
8
Mrs Helen Kilkenny of New Portland Maine commends Hair Vigor after five years of use restoring gray hair color and keeping hair soft. She credits quick scalp relief and notes her mother also used it for twenty years with satisfaction.
An appeal promotes Swanson's Drops as a universal remedy for rheumatism neuralgia kidney trouble sleeplessness and many other conditions. Trial bottles cost a few cents and large 800 dose bottles are $1.00 prepaid by mail or express with six bottles for $5.00. The Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co. at 164 Lake St Chicago IL invites orders.
The article explains auction practices in different countries. In England and America the seller pays sale expenses. In France the buyer bears the cost with a percentage added to the purchase. In Holland the buyer pays 19 percent extra for sale expenses.
A visitor to Libby McNeill Libby in Chicago observes cutting rooms kitchens and canning lines and notes the firm’s enormous scale. The plant handles 100000 cattle and 100000 sheep yearly, makes forty million cans annually, about 140000 cans a day, and employs 2000 workers. A booklet titled How to Make Good Things to Eat is offered by postal card request.
Witness report describes a clash between a man named Jimmy and a preacher on wheels. The exchange raises concern for Jimmy and the preacher delivers a warning or message during the incident.
A grower notice from John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wis offers Speltz and Million Dollar Potato in a rare seed sample catalog. Send 10 stamps to request ten farm samples and the catalog. The note claims Salzer is the largest vegetable seed grower in America. The closing line remarks on wild horses’ muscular endurance.
The Sterling Remedy Co. urges readers to report dishonest drug dealers selling CASCARITS candy or substitutes. They promise a liberal reward for evidence of frauds that harm health and reputation. Mail tips to Chicago or New York offices.
Westminster notices promote Grain-O as a coffee substitute with 15¢ and 26¢ packages, claiming it suits children and adults with mocha-like richness. Also advertised are Lane's Family Medicine, Laxative Bromo Quinine, Piso’s Cure, Eagle Linen paper, and air cushion stamps with ordering details.
The Tshuktshi in Kamchatka north of Berlog straits live almost independently of Russia with minimal outside contact, last visited by Major de Winodt. The New Siberian Islanders communicate with the mainland only once yearly, hindered by bad seasons. Central African pygmies remain largely legendary, with only two white-led expeditions penetrating their realm.
An old advertisement touts Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for children. Claiming Grain-O is made from pure grains, it tastes like coffee when prepared and costs about 3 cents, with proofs it can be sold in 1 lb and 25¢ packages.
A short humorous quarrel between a father and son about a precocious youthful relative. The boy deflects punishment by joking that he opposed auntie spanksion, reported by the New York Press.
Vintage ads promote Kemp’s cough remedy with sample bottles and scent of urgency. Dr Kline’s Invigorating Tonic offers a free trial bottle and two weeks’ treatment from Philadelphia. Nickel Plate Road advertises Home Seekers Excursions to western regions on January 16 and February 6, 1900 with round trip pricing and return window.
An old advert promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims relief for sore gums, reduced inflammation, pain alleviation, and wind colic with a price of two cents per bottle. The text presents a period-typical marketing tone.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt playfully labels soldiers by color terms. The bewildered prisoner asks about the guards, receiving a string of racial labels from his captor and ending with a quip about a nation capable of a human rainbow.
Arrangements set for a select party not exceeding fifty for a thirty day, 7000 mile Mexico tour. Dining car will feature eye delicacy and observation cars offer hotel comforts. The tour costs about 10 dollars a day with Mr R G Thompson as Special Passenger representative, responsible due to numerous Mexico visits. For details, sleeping car reservations and rates, contact the listed address.
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