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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
3
The piece touts a tonic claimed to cure sick women and notes it is widely known from coast to coast. It states that Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts offers advice without charge and has restored a million women to health.
A New York letter reports a Bronx project costing 300000 funded by the Baron de Hirsch fund to improve working people housing. Two rows of seven story tenements face a central glass roof arcade with a kindergarten and recreation spaces on the ground floor. The plan includes two elevators, ornamental bridges, light pressed brick and Indiana limestone, aiming for near fireproof construction.
A new toy features a cardboard battleship with a central detachable deck. A percussion cap and spring mechanism inside the hull produces a timed explosion when the cord is pulled, demolishing the ship before it can be reassembled for another blast.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a colonel famed for engineering skill who rose to command a cavalry regiment thanks to connections. His war role was not field command, as a friend notes his fortune and racing interests shaped his career and led to a reassignment after a humorous aside about the regiment’s strength.
An antique advertisement touts cheap chemical electricity from Capantes water and claims Hoatetter’s Stomach Bitters greatly strengthens the body curing indigestion dyspepsia biliousness liver and kidney troubles driven by a mysterious tonic power.
A Detroit Journal piece uses light humor to question how a marginalized vocalist keeps going. The editorial quotes the artist and features a quip about practicing at home to avoid studio rent, while other items note grain based drinks, a biographical blurb on Osman Digna, and travel rates from Nickel Plate Road with a convention notice for Music Teachers’ Association dated June 1900.
A Birmingham dinner party tale recounts a lady’s sharp line about dangers of entering a church. She notes a canon at the reading desk, a “big gun” in the pulpit, a bishop charging his clergy, a choir threatening the anthem, and an organist trying to drown the choir.
Libby McNeill Libby offers ready to serve luncheon meats and fast prepared options. Their Chicago house provides superior meats and a free booklet titled How to Make Good Things to Mat upon request.
A London judge replies that it is preferable the murderer be suspended. A reader from San Francisco notes the irony that suspense proves painful. Endsley of Van Buren Indiana endorses Piso's Cure for throat and chest ailments in 1900.
Thomas E. Vale, chief burgess of old Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is the youngest burgess in the state at age 30. He holds the top town office and represents Carlisle in municipal leadership.
An ad blend advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a Dr Kline tonic offer, and outlines Homeseekers Excursions via the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. It promotes travel to southern states with a one fare plus $2 round trip, detailing sale dates and return limits, plus notes on trains and sleeping cars.
No. 1 leaves Buffalo at 1 00 a m and departs intermediate stations about one hour later than formerly No 5 leaves Buffalo at 12 50 a m and arrives intermediate stations about 40 minutes later than formerly No 4 leaves Chicago at 3 30 pm and arrives intermediate stations about 30 minutes later than the winter schedule Only slight changes on other trains at any stations Improvements in sleeping car service east and west Individual club breakfasts luncheons or suppers served in dining cars Contact A Asterlin Fort Wayne Indiana and Cock Box 2198 Fort Wayne Indiana Air Cushion Rubber Stamps advertised as the best and cheapest.
Mrs Archie on West Bape Superior Wisconsin declares freedom from neuralgia after five years of severe suffering. She credits a remedy from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co now available in 25c sample bottles and 1.00 large bottles. She reports restored appetite sleep and rosy cheeks and plans to order more drops.
A Ladies' Home Journal note states internal baths, when properly taken, are often more essential than external baths. It asserts that the four avenues of elimination must remain unobstructed to obtain or retain perfect health, enabling Nature to function as intended.
What Shall We Have for Dessert This question arises daily and is answered today with a delicious and faithful dessert prepared in two minutes no boiling no baking simply add hot water and cool. Flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry at your grocers 10 cts. California's orange crop this season is estimated at over 14 000 car roads or more than 4 000 000 boxes.
Excursion tickets sold to Philadelphia from June 14 to 18 at a single round trip fare. Tickets valid for return through June 26, 1900. Inquiries may be made by write wire phone or in person to C. A. Asterlin T. P. A. Fort Wayne.
An advertisement for Grain-O promotes a coffee substitute made from pure grains and safe for children, claiming mocha like color and easy digestion. A secondary note mentions Boers using Chinese tactics with masked positions against British forces at the Taku Forts.
Mail to Sears Roebuck Binder Twine Department Chicago the amount of twine needed and the desired delivery time to receive a lower price quote that could secure your order or push suppliers to reduce their price.
British pawnbrokers are prohibited from accepting the Victoria Cross as a pledge under any circumstances, reflecting strict wartime medal handling rules and national honors. The policy underscores the status of the Victoria Cross as a ceremonial and commemorative award rather than collateral.
An 1880s catalog styled note lists Hall’s Catarrh Cure at 75 cents and Red Cross Ball Blue for white clothes. It quotes a Colorado snow record at Ruby coal camp, noting 239 inches in one month and 780.5 inches in a winter, totaling 93.21 inches of water.
The fragment mentions a comic pharmacy ad offering corn cures and free samples, with a buyer address and price. It references Boer migrations from Cape Colony to the Transvaal, claiming 6,008 sons were killed to clear the way. The text also blurbs a medicine claim by Jeane's Family Medicine for daily bowels and liver relief, with brief price notes.
An advertisement promotes Jell O as a new dessert in flavors Raspberry Lemon Strawberry and four others. The copy urges readers to choose wisely to gain joy and health, contrasting ignorance with wise choices.
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