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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
5
A quoted exchange questions the necessity of law. An archist asks why law is needed, while a flippant responder says law is needed to conserve personal property and others moral standards. The Indianapolis Press presents the brisk exchange as a reflection on law.
An historic idea plans two Civil War cannons melted and recast into a statue symbolizing peace. A health tonic claim follows, praising Hostet ter’s Stomach Bitters for curing constipation dyspepsia and weak kidneys with a call to try it.
In a Detroit Journal vignette a man in the second row of the orchestra notes he will go to the lobby to stretch his legs. His wife pleads softly with tears, asking how long their ordeal will last.
An advertising blurb promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a natural bowel remedy that guarantees relief from headaches to cancer and promises easy, painless movements. It claims a 10 cent starter cost and notes genuine tablets bear C C C stamped on metal boxes amid imitations.
A Chicago Times-Herald blurb notes the upper class pedigree of a young woman, with a wry remark about her proper habits and family praise. The piece highlights social etiquette and observations about her brother’s claim that she eats pie with a fork even at home.
The W. L. Douglas Shoe Co of Brockton Massachusetts sells a $3.50 shoe equal in quality to $6 competitors. It operates direct factory-to-wearer sales in 60 major cities with own retail stores. The Brockton factory employs over 1100 workers under union labor and arbitration. Weekly payroll totals $17 435. The firm makes men’s shoes and boasts over one million wearers.
Readers share old quips and ad lines highlighting curious quotes. A 1900 postal fragment notes a bookkeeper weighing 225 pounds amid humorous exchanges. Anil Allen's Foot-Ease advert promotes its powder for swollen burning feet with a free sample offer.
Advertises Northern Pacific travel offering free regular ticket rides on the North Coast Limited with no extra fare for most passengers. Observation Car access has a modest charge, while first class sleeping car passengers may use the Observation Cars free. Includes unrelated ad snippets about dye and a joke exchange at a bank.
A newlywed couple confronts trust and forgiveness as they discuss accepting each other’s pasts. They agree to move forward without dwelling on old ghosts, while she fears she is not worthy of him and he reassures her of his unwavering belief in her goodness.
A couple in a Chicago American story flirt with forgiveness and past sins. The man confronts a bruised ego and the woman jokes about a blot on his life. After a tense moment, repentance and gentle teasing restore balance as they acknowledge the danger of their past.
A New York Press critique describes a man who, earning at most $30 weekly, funds three large farms over twenty years through strict installment payments. His thrift keeps him abstemious yet reluctant to spend, living on small pleasures while maintaining control of his assets.
The Academie des Sciences reports a 1899 meteorite event near La Paz Bolivia seen on November 20 at 7 24 pm. The disk shaped reddish white meteor traveled southwest to southeast for six seconds, exploded near Pazedon, and scattered meteorites over the ground. Also notes Oxford toast to Norton and a cocoanut joke.
The piece recalls Col Gordon known as Chinese Gordon who led the Ever Victorious Army in the 1860s and warned of a massive Chinese resistance to European pressure. It notes his forecast of a future rise in Chinese military capability, distrust of mandarins, and European missteps, and suggests his 20 year old views prove prophetic amid contemporary events.
Professor Frederick Lee of Columbia University described experiments showing sugar presence in muscles boosts contraction speed and strength when fresh, while removing sugar with phlorhizin mimics fatigue. He noted recovery with dextrine and sugar, suggesting sugar aids physical work and even supports army provisioning. He also explained causes of deafness from wax blocking the ear canal to disease in the middle or inner ear.
An inventor Will J. Durham of Knoxville Tennessee has patented a cheap new device to protect against mosquitoes. A company is formed to manufacture it. The headboard carries two brackets with pivot pins for a tilting main frame. The rear of the frame is spring connected to the base, and a wire yoke extends toward the footboard from the front portion of the frame.
The passage explains a netting cover spread over a bed, with a wire yoke secured to the footboard. After the sleeper retires, the yoke can be released with a light touch, letting springs move the frame and canopy to tighten against the headboard for a rapid, convenient operation.
A description of how hearing works through three ear divisions external middle and inner each handling gaseous solid or liquid matter. Deafness arises from defects in any of these parts and a common form of deafness stems from impairment in these structures.
Inventor James Andrew Malone of Grayson Ky claims a device that increases leverage by longer crank throw while restricting full leverage during parts of the cycle. Cranks mount in tubes on the shaft with outer wheels guiding in and out to adjust pedal distance on down and up strokes.
M Dufour reports experiments on quartz as a construction material for thermometers and instruments. A tin liquid fills the reservoir, yielding a reading from 240 to 580 C, with higher ranges via cadmium and zinc boiling points. The device uses a quartz tube and aims for high temperature accuracy. War kites in South Africa aided photography and wireless messaging, with Major Baden-Powell smuggling them in as medical comforts.
Patents issued to Edward P. Arsean Duluth Ralph P. Felton Minneapolis Olaf O Field Mayville Frank Hall Minneapolis Charles Mon Geng Minneapolis William Relichow Princeton Henry E Rolph St Paul Laura Bassett Princeton and Merwin Lothrop Johnson patent attorneys at 011 and 012 Pioneer Press Building St Paul include a weighing and recording scale gratin Separator wheel and axle honey box machine spark arrester wagon brake and pastry mixer design.
The Peabody Medical Institute at No 4 Bulfinch Street Boston stands nine years before the death of philanthropist George Peabody. In the 1880s it gained wide distinction with medical publications read by millions. Its latest pamphlet for men titled Know Thyself runs 94 pages and is mailed sealed for 9 cents postage.
A humorous exchange about revealing feelings contrasts with a quip on bread as the staff of life. A humorous ad and a medical specialist name appear in the compact gossip column style.
Miss Edna Ellis of H. Ginsport Ohio recounts decade of monthly agony withside pain and nervous break. after visiting physicians and a specialist predicting surgery she used Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound and reports relief. She offers to answer letters for those seeking details.
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