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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1901
Page
3
This Pacific Commercial Advertiser piece profiles Herbert Ossig, a young German in Samoa who rejects meat for a fruit and nut based regimen. He claims clear health benefits, deeper thinking, and greater vigor, attributing them to minimizing earth salts via distilled water and citrus drinks.
The excerpt surveys obituary humor in newspapers, noting editors who publish on deathbeds, prewritten notices, and witty exchanges with readers. It cites a Kansas editor who preprints his own obituary, a subscriber teased about future births, and a quip about advance payments earning longer obituaries.
The piece recounts petty uses of obituary notices for business gain and a sharp prank by Lord Brougham on the London Times. It notes a boot shop at No 15 Calle Estrecha and describes a funeral card advertising goods and prices.
The piece argues men increasingly excel in dressmaking and related women’s trades. It cites tailor made costumes as a male strength, notes skills like cutting and pressing, and claims training differences push men ahead. It concludes that gender lines blur as women and men compete in each other’s fields.
The Wichita Eagle reports a spiritualist gathering where Elijah Crosser, long deceased, was invoked by spirit. A voice affirmed he is in heaven and an angel, and a final exchange asked how tall he stands, prompting a playful but mystic moment.
The glove cutters in Brussels and France command higher wages than London and New York tailors. The trade’s masters are known by name and fame, and their specialized knives are treasured heirlooms handed down through generations.
Brazilian officials report 299 lotteries drawn in Rio de Janeiro last year with aggregate capital around 3.6 million milreis about $7 million. Charitable institutions received roughly $170,000. Despite doubts on premium payments, the jogo remains a national pastime across classes, with tickets sold from a few reis to 40 milreis.
F. H. Woodworth and his nine year old daughter Helen hunted near Hartford when a large bald eagle attacked. Woodworth fired twice hitting the bird in the wing and neck before it fell. The eagle measured six feet three inches from tip to tip and was the area’s largest in years.
A three year old prodigy from northern Spain named Pepito Airola astonishes at the Paris psychology congress. Though he cannot read music, he improvises with remarkable expression, bowing to the audience with a childlike laugh after each performance.
An old Plymouth epitaph on Tabitha Plasket, a widow who died in 1807, notes her private school and thrift while spinning. To discipline unruly children she reportedly passed skeins of yarn under their arms and hung them from nails, a method met with mixed reactions from parents.
The Long Hill tungsten mine eight miles north of Bridgeport Connecticut yields wolfram and scheelite in unique combination. This rare ore powers U S defense experiments for armor piercing projectiles and currently sells at 450 to 650 dollars per ton. The Shagawaum mountain source holds unmatched value and global market control.
The correspoding New York Tribune piece notes Germany’s transformation over two decades into a modern industrial and commercial power. It claims socialism is no longer a dangerous force as workers unite in centers, boosting domestic prosperity and expanding activity abroad through organized industry.
Rudyard Kipling, a boy, sails with his father Lockwood Kipling. An officer warns the father his son has crawled out on the yard arm and may drown if he lets go. The father responds that he is relieved nothing serious is the matter and that the boy won’t let go.
Bangor News reports sightings of a huge monster moose in the upper Great Work stream area. Tracks are described as numerous and very large, suggesting an immense animal roaming the region.
Exchange from Smart Set shows Miss Fuller discussing society as an empty construct while Chapple dismisses the idea as blase. The dialogue highlights social critique and urbane irony in a magazine vignette.
The text links upcoming prosperity to health and suggests Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for stomach trouble. It frames health as essential to national and personal success and mentions cures for dyspepsia indigestion and biliousness.
A witty exchange on engagements appears in a Smart Set style quip about being the first fiancé. The remark plays on social expectations and humor as a woman's reply pivots to needing someone to begin with.
Best for the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CASCARETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Be ware of imitations.
Dr Melville Black argues woolen underwear harms the skin by creating tenderness and hypersenstivity, adding that minimal protection is needed for normal skin function. He cites personal experience of staying warm in linen mesh and avoiding colds, while noting some patients resist the idea.
A Lincoln Nebraska open letter from A C Bonsor of B M wallpaper at 2115 O Street outlines a ten year kidney disease and claims Dodd's Kidney Pills cured him after three days of use. He praises the remedy and urges publicity for the public interest while noting the product costs 60 cents a box and is sold by all dealers.
A book binder responds to Mr Nortside with a quip about turning a collection of campaign speeches into a book. The exchange highlights the spellbindery as a witty pun in a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item.
A Knowing Boy shares a playful exchange about his teacher's upcoming marriage. He notes she is from Chicago, and contemplates marrying her when he grows up, reflecting a curio about personal ties in everyday life.
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, building constitution and aiding nature, with a $100 guarantee if it fails. Includes address for F. J. Cheney & Co. and a note that Hall's Family Pills are best.
Polly jokes about becoming the empress dowager and quips about cutting her dressmaker’s head if frocks fail to fit, in a light Detroit Free Press comic exchange.
In a curious social note, Mrs. Smith is described as economical for sewing her own dresses. The description adds her dowdy look that allegedly deters her husband’s friends from lending him money.
A boxed remedy advertises Laxative Baomo Quin ine Tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. The box bears W Grove's signature and the price listed as 250.
A playful exchange features a sentimental young man urging patience while a girl rejects lingering outside, captured in a witty Detroit Free Press fragment indicating romantic tension and modern flirtation.
Chicago Tribune reports a living skeleton at a dime museum faces eager questions from a curious visitor. The Freak resents being asked if he is dead, insisting on his living status amid public fascination.
A bashful man at a terminal waits for a train. He left his grip under a seat and rushed back to retrieve it only to find a girl sitting on the spot. He diffuses the moment by remarking her dress is torn and seizes his grip before boarding his train.
Putnam faces claim that all goods share identical color across fabrics as the Dye company markets its dye as color uniform in one boiling.
A cat and a rabbit at 130 Archer Street become inseparable companions after the rabbit wandered into the yard. They share meals and a box, with the cat avoiding other cats and even fending off neighborhood dogs. The pair romp and the rabbit often chases the cat up a tree, nervous until the cat returns.
An Argonaut item recounts a tale involving Prof. Tait of Edinburgh who, after harassing a lady pianist with bagpipes, faced explosions from his room during a surge of oratory studies. The landlord reports Tait began experiments in high explosives, ending the elocution lessons.
Advertisements announce the sale of Rousseau’s home Les Charmettes near Chambery where he retired with Mme de Warens in late summer 1746. The estate remains largely as it was, with the garden and pavilion tied to his famous Confessions era.
A terse exchange notes a boiler blast near a warehouse with two men blown over by the force. The golf reporter allegedly penned the headline, underscoring a concise, punchy local style.
A storekeeper can supply Carter's Ink or arrange delivery. Car loads are sent annually to every state in the Union, and customers are urged to ask for Carter's ink.
A brief exchange hints at absinthe use with a humorous warning that consuming three or four drinks may lead to death, reflecting period slang and social attitudes toward the liqueur.
A jumble of vintage ads and quotes features Mrs Wintlow’s soothing Syra rene for teething and Adams’ Tutt Frutti, plus pleas for loans, investments, and curious lines about fashion, manners, and Egyptian mummies.
The advertisement proclaims the compound as the world’s best for women’s illnesses with widespread endorsements and cures. It warns against competing medicines and urges readers to obtain a bottle and write for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A brief clipping notes comments on Claribel using extravagant language provoking amusement. A reader quips it gives a thousand fits to hear her talk, reflecting social humor from an Indianapolis Journal item.
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