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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1900
Page
3
The piece labels The Non-Producer as a critic of modern reliance on government and industry. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion constipation and dyspepsia claiming it restores health and purity by strengthening the stomach.
Ally Sloper notes Jimmy Small applies for an assistant role in the milk business. When asked about experience the applicant mentions helping pump the organ at his church.
A report lists inventors from Northwestern and the patents issued last week including Abbe Duibenner Holmes Jaeger Knapp Ray Russell Stewart Tucker Whames and Merwin Lothrop Johnson with titles such as adjustable milk can holder plow hammer bicycle chain wrench and power hammer. The notice also covers Scandinavian servants in England with a Newcastle Chronicle report on importing reliable domestic workers from Scandinavia to South Shields and Sunderland.
At the St Louis State Fair of 1899 Miss Sabina Riordan of Dubuque displayed a painting in oil that drew art lovers. The art committee awarded it the second prize. Riordan, a student of Mount St Joseph Academy in Dubuque, painted the scene as a pupil there.
The speaker recalls asking for a job place and hearing the man say he knew the speaker but the luck to the father. Patrick asks how the reply was received. the son says he told the man it wasn’t good luck he sought, but a recommendation.
A compact collection of quotes and quips from Chicago Record and others. It pairs a seance joke about Esop with aphorisms on advice, affection, and knowledge, reflecting humorous and moral musings from late nineteenth or early twentieth century tone.
A quotation from James Russell Lowell urges writing that awakens free nature in the weak and friendless, praising those who speak for age and truth. The piece links women and home life with learning through cooking schools and simple, earnest verse.
The piece urges the domestic minded girl to be a "business girl" at home, balancing duty and thrift. It argues a wife should earn respect by sensible service, avoiding needless extravagance while advocating thoughtful spending and saving to improve the home and her husband’s affection.
A visiting gown in drab velvet with black gauze underskirt and jet sequins, velvet tunic draped at the left, sable band, velvet corsage shaped like a cuirass, and long basques. Mentions a face shampoo and its claimed magical effect.
The author argues a practical approach where a business minded woman stretches a small income and finds real happiness. She must also learn charitable governance, avoiding indiscriminate giving and prioritizing thoughtful, well researched distribution of aid.
The piece contrasts men’s claimed 6 to 7 am starts with women’s full routines from dawn to night. It notes wives rise to prepare breakfast, manage a clean home, care for children, shop, visit neighbors, and iron out the evening, while husbands rest after work.
The passage describes a facial care method using warm water, soap, glycerine, almond meal for scrub, cold water rinse to close pores, then drying with a towel and light application of Fuller’s earth powder. It emphasizes refreshing effects and gentle, thorough cleansing.
A cooking lesson details duck scraps simmered in claret with shallots bay leaf thyme pepper stock butter and shrimp or mushrooms finished with lemon juice served over fried bread. Chocolate pudding combines milk cornstarch grated chocolate vanilla eggs with a meringue topping and warm oven set.
Sufferers nationwide report Cascarets relief for constipation with many letters praising the remedy. Readers describe benefits for head aches biliousness malaria and general digestion noting its pleasant taste and mild effects. The ad urges buy in druggists 10 25 or 5c with booklets and samples free from Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
A collage of quotes and ad blurbs notes social distinctions with wry punch lines. Short anecdotes reference marriages, fashion, and wit, while medical patent remedies tout cures and famed doctors claim success. A mix of jokes and aphorisms closes with classic quotes on virtue and happiness.
Humorous quips and front matter from the era reveal a joke about a conductor charging for a child. A sobbing wife explains she must pay for Harry as they go downtown. The husband dismisses the nickel as trivial, while the wife denounces the conductor’s insinuation.
A Yonkers Statesman quip recalls a theater scene where a man seizes a woman in a play and locks her in a closet. A theatergoer applauded the moment, revealed to be the actress’s husband, making his first time witnessing such a shutdown. The joke notes the irony and raises questions about consent and decorum in dramatic scenes.
In this Stray Stories fragment a quarrel emerges over saving for a rainy day. Henry critiques the budget while Mabel defends her fashion purchases as rainy-day skirts, revealing domestic tensions. The scene centers on frugal thrift versus spending, set against farm life.
In a stray story a woman who threw a brick at a neighbor hits a man behind her. The judge notes contributory negligence by the man saying he would have stood in front of her and dismisses the case.
A sarcastic girl tells a companion that she has never received a marriage proposal. The other replies that no one has said so, but she is commonly thought a spinster. The exchange illustrates social expectations about marriage and spinsterhood in polite society.
An 1890s ad-style excerpt promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy. It claims catarrh is widespread and incurable locally but curable systemically, offering a $100 reward for any failure and urging readers to send for testimonials.
A Washington Star quip notes fewer poems as bicycle manufacturers quit advertising, reflecting a change in culture and commerce. The exchange features a young woman and man debating poetry versus advertising in a fading era.
In a Punch-like sketch a refined gentleman argues with a usher about seating, insisting his seat has cost ten shillings while the hat wearer boasts ten guineas, both seeking recognition and visibility in a sharp social exchange.
Classified notice for The Humanitarian Home and Sanitarium for Invalids and Health Seekers, Inc. invites applications from both sexes. Send 2c in stamps for full information to Adoce J.UM. Testioraum, Treasurer, East Las Vegas.
A humorous exchange from Brooklyn Life shows a defeated pugilist boasting that he refused to fight without 60 percent of gate receipts and exclusive picture privileges. The piece ends with a quip on marriage, noting pre and post marriage worries.
The note urges readers to study advertisements for amusement and bargains and asserts advertisers deliver as promised. It also reports a threat by St. Louis undertakers to boycott any man found alive in a village, signaling a dramatic but unclear local dispute.
Dialog excerpt from Chicago News shows Maude recounting an evening after an introduction to Mr. De Jones and Clara noting Maude sang the previous night while questioning why he did not ask her to sing.
A trimmed exchange contrasts opinionated humor with rustic manners. The snippets include a hint of reproach over a kiss and a playful test of taste, followed by a humorous request to remove a hat for a parish procession.
A tourist in reduced circumstances asks to see the mistress of the house at a kitchen door. The woman replies coldly that he can only see her with eyes, calling him a purist and not a philanthropist. He exits with a stiff good afternoon.
A humorously framed forecast has a skywatcher predicting cold raw weather while a servant girl problem aide asks whether the talk is about the weather or dinner. The exchange captures a light colony-era banter style with a Washington backdrop.
Quoted from Puck, described as a battle where the enemy holds the advantage, reflecting on a dramatic clash and the perceived superiority of opposing forces.
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