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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
3
A fragment notes a Cleveland Plain Dealer parody of a laxative ad urging Bromo Quinine tablets as a remedy. It mentions an odd scene with neighbor Bimnkinoff and a man attempting to drive a spigot into an ash barrel, suggesting the humor of the period.
A quotation from Life magazine notes Sopwith and Lombardo declaring no difference between genius and madness. The line contrasts a calm claim with Wagele-Paridon’s remark about daily meals. It also references Piso's Cure for Consumption as the only cough medicine used in a home in Minenburg, Pa.
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd Dorchester Maud are described as the largest manufacturers of cocoa and chocolate in the world. A fragment from Puck quotes Stickney Smith expressing a deep seated dislike toward someone and a vague money borrowing remark. A barber shop dialogue asks how to shave and whether to leave a beard or a clean shave.
An advertisement touts Dr Kyine's Great Nerve Restorer claiming permanent cure for fits and nervousness after short daily use. Includes address 931 Arch St Philadelphia and mentions trial offer of 82.00. Also features dubious health claims and a snippet about Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Advertisers claim Ayer's Hair Vigor restores hair color to gray hair and prevents dandruff. The copy asserts hair regrowth, heaviness, and reduced shedding, urging daily use and mentioning a $1,000 bet as proof, with claims directed at all druggists.
An advertisement for the No 10 Broadway institute in Fargo claims to cure illness with a combined treatment of Electricity Medicine medicated baths and massage. It stresses they diagnose with X rays before treatment and offer free X ray examination with a promise of rupture cures in 60 to 80 days with no pain or operation.
An industry boss explains live steer shipments from North Atlantic ports to Europe, detailing deck arrangements, feeding schedules, losses, insurance, and the logistics of routes to Liverpool, Glasgow, and London. The piece notes high costs, competition, and yearly totals around forty thousand steers.
Assistant Rector boasts about his address and compares it to a familiar sermon motif. Deacon Judkins notes the echo, linking it to scripture and a Balaam episode rather than Paul at Mars Hill.
A historical account extols Zulus as mahogany colored, stalwart and intelligent. It claims they govern themselves well and describe their adornments and climb to status, noting their peaceful nature due to prohibition of intoxicants.
A Ram's Horn proverb asserts sorrow cannot sever faith while indicating divine separation from foes may come in time. The line emphasizes steadfast devotion amid hardship and external antagonism.
Two rare Yaqui sacred volumes pass from an Indian priest’s corpse into a San Francisco collectors’ hands. The works reveal the tribe’s rites with crude depictions of Christ and archangels, drawing mixed appraisals from Father Demasini who warns they defy church authorization and Latin grammar. The volumes are exquisitely crafted, frontispieces vivid in red and black, and bound in gaudy cloth and shirt braid.
Chamber's Journal calls for a uniform pitch as the Philharmonic in London shifted to continental standards. The change faces cost for military bands and organs, though Broadwood & Sons endorse a general move. The debate notes A 454 vs 489 vibrations for piano A at 68F, affecting singers and composers.
The piece notes the irony in claims that Millais spoke to Cardinal Newman with intimate familiarity. It recalls Millais’s frank yet deferential manner and an anecdote where he praised the cardinal’s complexion, remarking on its childlike quality during a sitter session at Palace Gate.
A devoted wife asks a lawyer if he can clear her husband as he hesitates noting the suspect has lived there all his life and knows everyone.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a woman questions Tom about his facial expressions while he clings to her hands to keep his eyeglasses from slipping. The brief vignette highlights a charming awkwardness between the two characters.
In a December scene Matthew Deane, a hard pressed landlord, pressures widow Mrs Clarkson for rent. Olive Mellen, Clarkson’s niece, locks him in, rebukes his selfishness, and forces him to promise better conduct rather than seize the furniture.
In a tense office scene Olive Mellen uses a key and wiles to secure her and Matthew Deane’s unintended engagement. He worries over poverty and pride while she asserts control, foreshadowing marriage on her terms despite threats.
An Indianapolis girls school head Mrs Sewell explains physics term centripetal and centrifugal. A student offers domestic virtue as centripetal and a saloon as a centrifugal force, prompting a humorous aside quoted from the Philadelphia Post.
The text states Queen Victoria’s fortune exceeds 100 million but notes that most of her investments are secretly held. Henry Labouchere, a radical MP, disclosed that the total investments were far smaller than public impression, under a secrecy pledge.
The article notes the Russian imperial family faces heavy demands on its funds. Grand dukes Michael Vladimir Alexis Serge and Paul Alexandrovitch receive 185000 roubles annually each, plus private means. Wives widows sons earn varying sums, while Czar Alexander III required annual residence in Russia or risk losing a third of allowances.
The piece argues that fiction rests on four fundamentals: invention, construction, characterization, and description. It elevates character-creation as the central determinant of lasting literary success, asserting that vivid character-drawing breathes life into even simple plots and distinguishes enduring works from mere technical prowess.
A New York Herald note presumes a cryptogram linking Shakespeare to the Psalms. It cites two spellings of Shakespeare as the key, 46 as the Psalm division count, and finds the middle verse word "Voice" as proof of Shakespeare's voice in the Psalms.
Fergus Falls readers learn how Baker Drug Co. bottling and shipping Baker's Nonpareil for Catarrh boosts local business. The company reports a yearly eight hundred percent rise since last June, with ninety three Minnesota drug stores and operations in nine other states. Letters from customers praise the remedy and suggest expanding sales.
An advertising column extols Cascarets as a powerful germ destroyer that kills microbes in the body and promotes liver and bowel health. The pitch urges purchases in 10c 25c or 60c sizes, a booklet and free sample, and warns to look for the CCC letters on each tablet.
A courteous floor-walker directs a woman to the sixteenth floor to find nothing there while shoppers explore the large department store. The scene captures the bustle and varied assortments typical of a grand retail space.
Help wanted at the Humanitarian Home and Sanitarium for Invalids and Welfare Seekers Incorporated. Send stamps for full information to J It Teitlebaum, Treasurer, East Las Vegas New Mexico.
A Philadelphia Press whimsical riff notes how a man’s first drink leads to a jag and soon a jig, with the cycle ending as it began in the jug. The exchange plays on fate and repetition in concise, fateful wit.
A wild-eyed maniac is hauled into a van by two policemen as an elderly bystander muses on his state. The officer’s quip about solving Christmas poetry in magazines elicits a wry exchange before the van departs toward Anacostia Washington Post.
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