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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
3
A dismissive caption scorns cough cures and touts Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as effective after sixty years of testimonials. It features a testimonial from R. N. Mann of Fall Mills Tennessee dated February 7, 1899, describing relief, restored sleep, and regained health at seventy four.
A brief note promotes a cough medicine priced at 25 cents per bottle. The text suggests quick relief and urges readers to try the product as an affordable remedy. It reflects a period advertisement tone and dated marketing style.
A New York Press piece by Post Wheeler on fashion for young girls highlights tasteful dress rules for a 12 year old. It contrasts modest styling with praise for innocence and springlike charm while warning against overexposure and improper adornment.
A columnist argues tasteful dress hinges on harmonizing hair eye and complexion with street home and evening wear. She warns against garish color clashes, favors black as versatile, and urges adapting fashions to one’s neck length and features for a distinctive look.
The piece argues fashion should suit personal style not dictate change. It notes how small touches like belt, veil, or necktie arrangement can transform appearance, stressing individuality over universal trends and urging readers to experiment to find what flatters them.
A slate gray cashmere garment features white cloth bands and purple velvet edging. The guimpe is white silk adorned with purple applique bowknots, reflecting a refined, period-appropriate ensemble.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note urges prioritizing the kitchen over drawing rooms. It champions affordable upgrades like oilcloth floors, labeled containers, and neat shelves. It says a pleasant kitchen aids cleanliness and contentment, with plants adding a touch of luxury.
A playful exchange from Stray Stories notes Mabel screams under mistletoe. The joke hints at danger of her whereabouts going unnoticed, pairing intrigue with humor in a brief literary fragment.
A simple home remedy states that two parts sweet oil and one part water applied to sunburn provides relief. The guidance notes this mixture calms irritated skin and can be used as a topical treatment.
A New York father tells his 18 year old daughter to charm the coachman and elope. She quips that papers would call her a reigning belle, but the real aim is to have headlines declare she is the daughter of a millionaire to boost her father's credit. The exchange ends with a prompt to visit the stable.
A Chicago Record remark notes a man’s superb shoulder and chest development as evidence of his eminence as an athlete. It then identifies Herr Spitzwoodle, conductor of the Wagnerian opera orchestra, in a witty contrast.
A Chicago Record quotation highlights character in movement and restraint. The remark suggests a man’s true grit is shown not in bold action but in what he leaves unsaid or unmoved.
A brief note records Mrs Jaggson asking Intoxicated again and Mr Jaggson replying I am too hic. The dialogue suggests a domestic scene centered on drinking in the home.
An editorial fragment cites a seminary preceptress who says education now includes teaching youths to cope with sorrow. She quotes teaching them to weep without showing it, illustrating a broadened educational scope beyond earlier times in Detroit Journal.
Mrs Van Fashion questions the clutter of umbrellas brought in by Mr Van Fashion as he fears guests may recognize them at the reception. The exchange reveals a joke about vanity and misdirection in a domestic scene from Life.
A Philadelphia Press quip plays with circular causality as a deep thinker and the worldly man discuss how a thing or entity begins runs its course and ends where it started, using a joke about a man and a jug leading to a jag and a jig ending in the jug.
A cannibal and his captive trade barbs as the captive argues that a strictly vegetable diet in a hot country promotes longevity. The cannibal scoffs, asking whose longevity, while noting humor often exceeds propriety in the native state.
A persistent lover believes progress is being made with her father who forbids visits. She notes the old gentleman is less harsh lately, sensing a gradual softening in his stance as he begins to relent.
Mrs Smith laments the cold day after Christmas as her husband quips that the price tag on her present lies in his other vest pocket. The Brooklyn Life excerpt captures a light domestic exchange with a touch of humor.
A brief Indianapolis Journal item notes a mother calling to her child about Bobby playing circus. The scene mentions a baby at risk of diving from the mantel, highlighting a tense moment in a domestic setting.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a rapid taxi surge with plans for 300 electric cabs in New York City. Citizens are urged to cross streets promptly as traffic scales up and street crossings become busier.
A Detroit Free Press cartoon caption shows a waiter telling a guest the steak is burned while noting another customer has one broiled to a crisp. The dialogue underlines humor about overcooking.
A brief, clipped note from the Chicago Tribune quotes a line about heartbreak. Lucy has thrown me over old man my heart is broken. Jack replies you must have fit pretty hard.
A nostalgic travelogue style advertisement touts Cascarets as the ideal laxative for natural bowel relief. It markets Cascarets as harmless, vegetable, mild yet effective with guaranteed results and refund if ineffective. It urges purchase at druggists or by mail and warns buyers to look for the COCC letter marking the genuine tablet. Some men ride a hobby merely for exercise.
An advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as acting on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials offered, and attributed to I. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The copy touts the product as non quack medicine and part of the Hall family line.
A letter from Mrs. S. A. Brigham, formerly of Mason City, Iowa, describes life in Ross Creek Beaver Hills near Edmonton. She notes rich soil, abundant hay, large potato yields, fruit varieties, long twilights, mild thunder and wind storms, and a cool dry winter with easy log cutting, but praises 40 to 48 below-zero snaps as mitigated by light winds. She cites large summer wheat and barley, plentiful water, and a population mix of Canadian, Scotch, Swede, and others, while warning of swarms of mosquitoes and a shortage of eligible marriageable women among bachelors.
A roundup of recent patents issued to Northwestern inventors includes Emil I. Drayer of Stillwater Minnesota dust collector Henry Hammer Mountain Lake Minnesota murie leaf turner Knudt N. Knudtson Beaver Creek Minnesota ore concentrator Jacob Lampert Hill City 8 D William McIntosh Winona Minnesota blow off cock Mathias A Patton Livingston Montana locomotive for elevated railways William H Walton Neche North Dakota harvesting machine Merwin Lothrop Johnson Patent Attorneys 911 912 Pioneer Press Bidg St Paul.
Standard Gas Lamp Co advertises live agent positions paying 25 dollars a week to sell a new gas lamp claimed to beat electricity and kerosene. The device is promised as a durable brass model retailing at 3.00 with full guarantee. The firm seeks workers nationwide and appeals to the able poor.
A fragment describes external and internal use of Coticura Soap to cleanse crusts and ease irritation. It mentions the product’s purported effects on skin humors and notes a single dose or use, with unclear accompanying names and details.
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