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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
6
A grim tale set on Bleeker Lane describes Meddis the girl and her terrier Freddis as a devastating fire consumes a ramshackle three story building. The girl, barefoot and freezing, saves the dog but perishes with him, leaping into the flames to carry Freddis to safety only to be consumed by the blaze.
In a New York Tribune tale a fashionable Episcopal minister, lacking a cassock, wears his wife’s black petticoat to resemble proper robes. The ruse succeeds during service, but a hotel maid shouts at him in front of stylish attendees revealing the improvised attire.
A traveler recalls being laid up in a North Carolina mountaineer’s cabin with a sprained ankle. The host offered simple fare of pones, fried squirrel, and corn coffee, joking about changing the fodder. The exchange reveals simple rural hospitality and humor amid hardship.
Police uncover a curious trade in France where whip crackers earn their living by cracking whips to scare birds for hunters and to drive diseased cattle toward busy roads or vehicles. The practice is presented as a recognized but dubious profession.
In a flirtatious exchange a man suggests many marriage offers a beautiful girl has received and she pins him down to ask whether he aims to learn how to propose to her or to another girl.
The article argues Napoleon Bonaparte ranked among history's wealthiest exiles. From St Helena he bequeathed relatives and friends 49 million dollars, claiming he was richer than Cecil Rhodes in private fortune and power. It notes his exactions reached 375 million dollars, and he died forty times a millionaire.
In southern Lacrosse County Wisconsin near Prairie du Chien locals used quartz for road building and housework believing it common ore until Mrs N S Dousman’s farm revealed a heavy gold vein. Following the vein extended for miles touching longtime rock quarries while a lightning strike inspired Miss Violet Dousman to pursue the idea.
Uncle and Aunt Melcher visit a store seeking a clock. The dealer extols a model where the bird pops out at each hour and sings cuckoo. Uncle Melcher is impressed and urges his wife to buy, while she questions suitability for their lifestyle and time.
The piece traces Paris horseflesh eating from 1866 origins to modern shops, noting 25 horse shops in Paris, 30,000 horses slaughtered annually, and cheaper price per livre than beef. It cites Nell Gwyn, an English mare, whose race injury did not stop her from winning at Auteuil and Bois-Colombes.
A Frantz GLeonard article in Women's Clothing and Hygiene argues corsets serve esthetic and hygienic aims. He claims clothing stems from adornment, not weather, noting menswear favors straight lines while women's emphasizes curves. The corset, he says, preserves and enhances the waist’s curved outline.
The piece argues that the belief in finding coal, oil, or gas by drilling deeper is a flawed assumption held by many public spirited but misled locals. It cautions against assuming valuable resources exist under every locality and warns that capital alone cannot guarantee discoveries.
In Europe the era of royal thrift begins with King Howard. His appointment of Lord Farquhar as master of the household leads to sweeping cuts, dismissal of officials, and aggressive cost reductions. The policy aims for maximal returns from minimal outlay and routinely secures discounts on cash payments. Reported savings approach 1251,000,000 annually.
On June 3 next the anniversary of Jefferson Davis birth volunteers will collect in every town in Mississippi to aid the fund for purchasing Davis Besuvoir house near Biloxi for an ex confederate home. More than half of the required sum has already been raised.
A judge's wife urges readers to demand Peruna for catarrh and warns against cheap imitations sold by druggists. She cites a Minneapolis woman who claims cure after seven weeks and notes Peruna's maintained price, inviting inquiries to Dr. Hartman in Columbus.
An old advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue can whiten faded clothes. It mentions a 2 oz package priced at 5 cents and includes a provincial-sounding motto about truth.
A collage of 1900 era ads tout Defiance Starch offering 16 oz packs for the same price as 12 oz rival brands and promising no sticking to iron. The piece includes product pitches for Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, Red Cross Blue, Halts Catarrh Care, and laxatives, along with salesmen wanted, a nerve restorer cure, and travel info for Okoboji camps. It reflects period marketing, testimonials, and generic health claims.
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