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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
3
A brutal initiation in a secret Kansas order escalates when a neophyte draws a revolver and fires at Brother Sherwood. The shot misses, causing powder burns and halting the ceremony. Officials consider new safety rules including leaving deadly weapons with a ceremonial guard.
The book Nerve Waste by Dr. Sawyer of San Francisco, now in its fifth thousand, offers practical advice and marks itself as wise and sincere. Endorsed by religious and secular presses including the Chicago Advance, it costs $1.00 postpaid, with a sample chapter on nervines and nerve tonics available by mail for a stamp to Pacific Pub. Co. Box 2658 San Francisco.
An Atlantic Constitution excerpt presents a parson's blessing aloud after dining with a mean man and a minister. The scene ends with a formal prayer asking for thanks for small mercies and strength to return home.
Advertisements discuss Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising cure for colds in one day with no cure no pay. Testimonials praise Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for twenty years of poor digestion. Also notes jokes about Westerners and social struggles.
In January 1901 Mrs Clara E Wright of San Francisco began the Rampart Whirlpool in Alaska, an 86 page monthly periodical printed on a typewriter and sold for 1. She aimed to publish during the Klondike era, after relocating with her daughter Doris. The first issue appeared in January 1899 with 16 pages, produced on reddish brown paper, and miners lined up to buy it as “the warmest thing in Alaska.” The publication later settled to monthly issues on Manila paper.
An advertisement offers spray pumps to save vegetables and fruit with directions included for each sprayer. Prices range from $1.50 to $15, and agents are sought at H.8 Swan General Agent Clifton House Hamburg Iowa. The remainder notes a Peter sermon anecdote from the Chicago Tribune about baptizing large numbers without debating mode.
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