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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1899
Page
14
Jas F Coffee Bil Posting distributes and card tagging at reasonable prices. Member Associated Bill Posters U.S. and Canada, treasurer Iowa State Bill Posters. Motto a place for every bill and every bill in its place.
A 1900s column portrays Christmas in New York as a shrinking social display with wealthier families giving less, favoring money gifts and quiet charity. It notes Lenox and Cu xedo houses hosting gatherings, English customs, and a shift toward golf and county-style entertainments while acknowledging charitable giving as a modest burden for millionaires.
An author notes frequent errors in public notices where sentences misplace subjects and objects. He cites cases like presenting Admiral Dewey to a house rather than the house to the admiral, and educators or others being named as objects of actions rather than recipients, causing confusion for readers.
The dowager empress of China receives a sumptuous English New Testament edition in royal quarto size with bamboo motifs, gold borders, and a 1014 pound silver casket. Presented by British and American ministers as a birthday gift, it prompts eunuchs to seek a common copy for comparison.
A New York restaurant keeper notes that many so called imported cheeses from Wisconsin and the central U S resemble the real article. He cites Greene County Wisconsin cheese production, Swiss and Limburger styles, and widespread domestic imitation. The piece also covers origin of crackerjack slang and a New England tale of summer eggs and boarders.
An advertorial profile extolling Dr. Fr A Seemann a dual trained physician and pharmacist in Dubuque. It touts his Roentgen X ray machine as the only one west of Chicago with no danger. The piece includes patient testimonials from locals in Guttenberg and Dubuque about cures for catarrh deafness rheumatism piles and general chronic ailments.
An advertisement touts cures for epilepsy nervous prostration and women’s diseases through electricity and non injurious methods. It appeals to married or single men seeking matrimony, invites distant patients to write in German Swedish or English, promises free confidential consultation, and lists office hours and location at Lincoln Block corner Eighth and Locust streets.
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