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Newspaper
Eldora Enterprise
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1897
Page
8
A garbled frontier note reports eight head of cattle counted at a site near Idahd gidg or ignake Rivex, across from A aay C a Winean, where deaths occurred after tumbling from an overlook. The fragmentary text suggests a fatal accident involving livestock.
A compact, period style ad card mixing health quackery and a shoe comfort remedy. It touts Stomach Bitters to calm nerves and ease digestion while promoting relief of dyspepsia and rheumatism. Also advertises Alien’s Foot-Base powder for foot pain, plus Allen’s Foot-Ease trial offer.
An 1895 advertisement compiles various claims and endorsements. Hall's Catarrh Cure is pitched as a constitutional remedy for 75 cents. Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers is praised as the best beard coloring. Piso's Cure for Consumption is cited as a personal testimonial from W. B. McClellan of Chester, Fra.
Mrs Pinkham invites mothers of large families to seek free advice for weakness and bearing down. A Chicago woman, Mrs A C Bunum, aged 51 and with twelve children, credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Satiative Wash with curing her long weakness and bearing-down pain.
Lazar Greengard of St. Louis, aged 104, will celebrate his 105th birthday on November 15. Born in Werbehin Russia, he married at 28, moved to the United States 23 years ago, and worked at a Macksmith forge until age 100. Survived by six children, thirty-six grandchildren, fifty-eight great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren. He attributes longevity to equanimity and temperance, saying the Lord’s chosen people should have patience and that his happiest years were the first ten of his marriage and the last ten after arriving in America.
India has 2,053 towns with a total population of 27,251,176. Twenty-eight towns exceed 100,000 inhabitants, with Bombay and Calcutta leading. Other large centers include Madras, Lucknow, Delhi, and Cawnpore amid varied regional sizes.
A series of home management tips urges systematic work to ease chores, advises setting daily task schedules, keeping peace to prevent worry lines, and highlights garden party wear. It covers sewing habits, hairpin production, lemon flavoring, Alaska wedding customs, a divorce bargain, portrait tips, and a box based picnic method.
A dated domestic column offers home remedies for hives and toothache, and advises simple diets for toddlers. It suggests a pine nursery table with drawers as a safe bath stand and urges quiet, practical parenting, independence within limits, and managing household resources.
In Calumet Harbor lie the wrecks of two notable ships, the Progress and the John A. Dix. The Progress, built in 1843 in Westerly Rhode Island, earned its owners about 200000 dollars in two seasons before later serving as a store ship and being sunk off Charleston. The John A. Dix, a renowned revenue cutter, served 16 years and was later sold to an excursion concern. its engines remain valuable. Both vessels sit within feet of each other in the harbor, now faded from their former fame.
An Antarctic voyage reports sighting a flat topped island fifty nine miles long. It proved to be a floating iceberg of unprecedented size with an estimated 2600 feet above water and about 4000 feet depth. The crew cheered a christening before learning the truth. The tale includes a seaside joke and a quip about a boy proving counts with fowls.
A list of U S senators deemed ineligible for the presidency due to foreign birth includes Knute Nelson of Minnesota born in Norway Gallinger of New Hampshire born in Ontario Jones of Nevada born in England McMillan of Michigan born in Ontario Mantle of Montana born in England Pasco of Marida born in England and Sewell of New Jersey born in Ireland.
The article notes wartime practice of packing hair behind ship plates to cushion metal, citing its elasticity as effective backing. It describes using hair to form a kinked fender thrown over a vessel’s side to prevent scraping at docks, highlighting its role among rope coils used in naval work.
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