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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1900
Page
14
A notice lists Jas F Coffee and associated bill posters in Dubuque offering bill posting, distribution, and yard tacking services at reasonable prices. It names trustees and Iowa State bill posters with a motto promising a place for every bill and every bill in its place.
The twelfth American Derby at Washington Park is billed as the west’s premier equine event with a rich history and heavy spectator interest. Noting past purses from 8 000 to 50 000, the piece recalls legends like Boundless, St Leonards, and Imp, and highlights the race’s social spectacle, betting harvest, and enduring prestige amid evolving ownership and competition.
A woman named Taune is plagued by a persistent tune that fills her day from morning until night. She cannot whistle hum or play, and the melody commands her actions leaving her unable to talk walk eat or think. Her reprieve comes only after she finally exerts revenge by pounding out the tune on a piano.
Daniel Murray head of the congression al library has sent 250 volumes and 160 pamphlets to Paris for display on Negro literature. Congress allotted 15000 dollars for the exhibit. Included are rare works like Behind the Scenes and A Colored Man's Reminiscences of President Madison recounting private life with humor and pathos.
Commissioner of Pensions Evans estimates about 925,000 Civil War veterans survive with 742,467 on pension rolls. In the year 24,787 pensioned veterans died, a rate near 313 percent, implying total deaths around 30,855 if non pensioned die at the same rate. Average surviving veteran age about 59. 1940 may see a few Civil War survivors.
Letters from Vryburg recount a comical incident before British occupation. The town’s postmaster, fearing a distant marching force after Kimberley and Ladysmith, heard a phonograph on a front porch play a military band and fled a mile and a quarter before a Transvaal policeman stopped his panic.
Scientists in Egypt for Mrs. Phoebe A Tearst have unearthed a vast Ptolemaic papyri treasure for the University of California. At Gharak el Fayum Greenfell and Hunt report eight inscriptions three cases of papyri and a packing case of crocodile papyri. The collection surpasses all existing Ptolemaic holdings and is destined for California.
Dubuque physician Dr F F A Seeman, trained in homeopathic and allopathic schools, touts the only Roentgen X ray device west of Chicago. He claims guaranteed cures, lists patient testimonials, and urges “nervous” and chronic cases to seek examination, citing rapid stone detection and dramatic recoveries.
Nervous diseases epilepsy nervous prostration are treated. Diseases of women such as bearing down pains weak backs and swelling of limbs suppressed menses leucorrhea ulcerations sterility cured by my treatment. No injurious drugs used. Married or single men or those contemplating matrimony should not miss this. Office Lincoln Block corner of Eighth and Local streets hours 9 to 1 4 1 30 to 5 30 and 7 to 9 Sundays 10 to 12.
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