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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1900
Page
14
A young man in Washington society obsesses over deep questions and moral temptations while pursuing a romance. After months of chasing, a coy set of excuses and a pivotal moment lead to a confession and a surprising yes from Miss Kate Lachamp.
A profile of John Farson, banker and Oak Park resident, detailing his decorative barn named The Home of Experience, a double faced clock, electricity lit nights, and a blue blue red color scheme. The piece notes Farson’s public image as a generous, civic figure, rumored running mate talk for McKinley.
A Waterloo woman aged 393 matrimonials, claiming the title of oldest bride, wed Samuel Decker in a simple parlor ceremony after a history of widowhood and two prior marriages. She declared health as rheumatism, yet "party smart," while Decker remarked he was "smart" too.
The Gaikwar of Baroda, a 1561-born ruler visiting England for the fourth time, is lauded as an enlightened advocate of progress. Known for education, he funds schools and supports female schooling, plans sending his eldest son to Oxford and younger sons to English schools. He is a monogamist and travels with his wife, the maharani of Devas, by his side. In contrast, Hex River region of Cape Colony offers rich farming but no land for newcomers, with Dutch landowners unwilling to sell. Chinese port traffic in 1898 shows 52,661 vessels totaling 34,233,580 tons, of which 743 ships totaling 239,152 tons were American.
Cuba is described as the world’s leading sugar producer with a normal crop near one million tons, highlighting its global dominance in sugar production.
The Dubuque physician Dr. F A Seeman, a graduate in both homeopathic and allopathic medicine and a trained pharmacist, advertises the only Roentgen X ray machine west of Chicago. He claims rapid internal examinations through the body, cures many ailments, and cites numerous testimonials from local patients in 1898.
Nervous diseases epilepsy and prostration treated. Women’s complaints including bearing down pains weak backs and swelling of limbs, suppressed menses uterine ulcers and sterility treated with methods claimed to cure. Syphilis and skin diseases also addressed. No harmful agents used. Office and laboratory in Lian Block opposite Eighth and Lect streets. Hours daily with Sunday service morning.
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