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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1900
Page
8
The Herald announces home study courses for workers and students including bookkeeping double entry, electrical work, and basic mathematics. Aimed at facilitating practical trades, the program emphasizes self paced lessons, correspondence work, and tutor guidance to prepare learners for real world tasks and procurement of employment.
The text presents arithmetic clues with products and equations, giving figures like 660 inches, 660 square inches, and 176 square feet. It lists algebraic factorization patterns such as (6x- Ty) and (2x-3y) and includes a solution path referencing (X-1)4 minus x99. The content resembles a math puzzle page with multiple itemized problems and computed results.
A dense extract shows problems about area of four squares, diagonal calculation, and square roots. It mentions inches and feet, with examples solving for side lengths and areas, including a 72 by 72 relation and a 25 by 12 right triangle. The text mixes steps, numbers, and notations without complete coherence.
The record lists six figures: (1) 18816 dollars, (2) 48 half pints at 3 percent gallons, (4) 19594 half pints, (5) 7 cents, (6) 64 percent pints.
A cryptic list of numeric problems and answers appears, including costs, areas, lengths, and conversions. The page presents multiple choice style results such as costs per square foot, areas in square feet, yards and rods, with totals like 20865.60 and 5671.95, and assorted unit conversions and measures.
An attack on C F Cotlier of Cherokee Iowa left him nearly unable to stoop or sit without pain. He found relief after using Electric Bitters, reporting a wonderful change and renewed health. The medicine purifies blood and helps backache and kidney issues. 50¢ at T W Ruete’s drug Store.
La Patric, organ of J Israelarte, cites McGill students Lavall College agitation and Tory papers as causes of unrest in Montreal. The editorial declares a decisive hour for federation and urges harmony between English and French Canadians, while blaming neither side for violence yet calling for swift action.
Rumors claim Siberia will abolish brutal exile customs and be cultivated as a fertile region. The piece links this to overall reforms and contrasts with sensational ideas of punishment. It then promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and other ailments, claiming fifty years of use and urging health benefits.
Pittsburg reports a recall for a nationwide convention of electrical contractors in the city on March 16. The Pittsburg Electric Contractors’ Association says the meeting aims to decide on forming a combined supply houses group and to discuss possible price increases for materials. An effort will be made to create a national organization.
London reports an immense wave of public joy after Boer War victories led by Roberts. Crowds flood streets, students march to celebrate, while Catholic and royal circles react to Osservatore Romano coverage. Church and press debate papal stance, with Irish unrest rising alongside renewed nationalist fervor.
A compact historical explanation shows how the Julian calendar drifted and how Pope Gregory XIII reformed it. It notes that 1700 and 1800 were not leap years, 1900 has 365 days, and 2000 and 2400 are leap years, with the Gregorian system staying accurate for about 100,000 years.
An OCR fragment shows medicinal advertising for Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar claiming quick relief and stock market lure with profits. Also a court note mentions Justice Kessler drawing blank in police court.
At the Grand Opera House, Otis Skinner brings The Liars by Henry Arthur Jones to town with a strong supporting cast led by Nannette Comstock. The bill also features George H. H. Broadhurst’s What Happened to Jones, a farce set in Ebenezer Goodly’s family, with two sub plots and a climactic riverfront confrontation.
New York opening weakness hit sugar, Consolidated Gas and tobacco before a rally lifted many issues. Third Avenue rose on rehab hopes, while Tennessee Coal and other sectors gained. After the bank statement, sugar and high priced stocks surged. closing showed broad gains across rails and utilities as demand intensified. London and Chicago markets followed shifts in wheat corn oats and provisions with mixed yet firm trends.
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