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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1899
Page
3
A Missouri Good Roads Association session features a long address by M Meigs, civil engineer of Dakota, Iowa, discussing crude paper materials for road building, experiments, and cost concerns. Talks reference road surface tests, a plan to supply crude oil and materials, and inspector notes on value and durability.
An old man tells of a December visit in Red River country when the outlaw Jesse daanes entered a country store asking to be shaved. He watched the door with a Colt revolver while the barber attempted a hastily improvised shave with a Wade and Butcher razor.
The piece quotes a health advice panel with fashion maxims from a New York Commercial Advertiser column, then shifts to a sailor tale in a tavern. A street singer in the tale draws derisive remarks from sailors, debating whether he sings The Light of Other Days or The Banks of Man Water as they depart.
An odd article notes how grocery stock reveals nationality, with large potatoes favored by some and small by others, while mentioning diverse flora. It mentions bread fruit trees, a weeping tree of the Canary Islands that distills water, and a Sicilian ash sap used as sweetener.
The girl who gives out change in a retail store offers a broader view of being a businesswoman than a big wholesale house proprietor provides about being a business man.
Senor Matias Romero died in Washington aged 62. A renowned Mexican diplomat and prolific writer, he served as secretary of legation and secretary of the treasury, and held the post of ambassador without interruption to his death. He aided Grant and Ward’s failure fund efforts and earned broad esteem in Washington and among Americans.
The article argues against expecting instant fruit from ads, comparing advertising to planting trees. It says you cannot harvest a wagonload of apples the first year and urges steady, patient advertising rather than quitting after a single big campaign. It likens ad efforts to relationships, noting initial acquaintance does not equal marriage.
Objections to a law requiring dogs to be muzzled during certain months are growing political in England. Conservative MPs face opposition from dog owners, especially women, who use family influence to vote against the current party hoping Liberals will relax the muzzling and curb hydrophobia concerns.
Marion reports six fires caused by gas pressure and an incendiary blaze in an empty dwelling. Purdue notes 900000 hogs dead from cholera, worth $5 million, with limited remedy. A mysterious boxed body is found in Evansville freight. Additional items include train tracks haunted, fires in Anderson and Crawfordsville, a suicide note, and a hermit encounter in the dismal swamp.
A senior Australian executioner threatened a strike weeks ago seeking higher pay. He compared his wage with the higher rates for executioners abroad, notably France where the post pays £300 yearly. He was persuaded to abandon the walkout after talks with Efe.
The piece claims Asia Minor will depart from Mohammedanism, and that a Christian nation will ultimately prevail, asserting Germany’s role or lack thereof is secondary to this outcome. It also promotes Trostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestive diseases.
In the Fashoda region vast game is abundant with crocodiles hippos and large herds of antelopes and giraffes. The North African giraffe is especially noted as a prized specimen many zoos seek. The Central Sudan closure has hindered efforts to obtain one for several years.
A remedy advised for grippe patients is Kemp's Balsam, suited to throat and lung diseases. Do not wait for symptoms, get a bottle now to curb the cough and prevent pneumonia. All druggists carry the Balsam.
A mother struggles to make Johnnie take medicine. The father suggests placing the medicine on the table and forbidding touch, hoping the child will be compelled to take it. This plain approach hinges on parental control to ensure compliance.
An old promotional line extols St. Jacobs Oil as a sure remedy for back pain and lumbar issues, urging readers to write the claim in a book to remember its supposed lasting cure.
A royal remark envisions the Queen living seventy more years to witness the passage of the vast British Empire’s population. The statement frames a grand, if impractical, duration as a measure of loyalty and duty across nations and generations.
The item notes the Queen and Crescent service running two vestibuled trains daily from Cincinnati to Jacksonville and carries period quotes about dignity and honors being gained or withdrawn.
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