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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1898
Page
6
A satirical list contrasts perceived Chinese practices with Western norms, noting compass direction, gender roles, language, writing, reading order, surname placement, greetings, dress at events, bridal roles, ship and horse handling, and meal order. The piece presents exaggerated contrasts to critique civilization.
Fragmented ad text promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy and claims it cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for corns bunions and foot comfort with sample offer. Describes a memorial barrel monument with a coopers trade inscription.
A Dutchman from Weert has devised a method to spin thread from peat and weave it into clothing. These fabrics are inexpensive and intended for everyday use. Mrs Tu ey Wallace of Marquette Kansas cites Piso's Cure in preventing rapid consumption. Australia is said to contain nearly 7,000 plant species not found elsewhere.
The passage describes 1702 social entertainments with empty chair processions, footmen, and doors asking if Lady A is home. It notes inviting friends to rent rooms, hosting lavish card parties for card-money, and servants skimming tips. A prudent hostess kept the coins from candlesticks. A late October scene shows a devoted wife and frost protection for geraniums.
A Clinton Daily Herald clipping cites John B. Cook's 1907 interview claiming 48 pound gain after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He describes prior invalid health from drink and dyspepsia, and credits the pills with relief, appetite return, and renewed vigor. Also notes prison wagon imagery and broad moral about pleasant thoughts.
An old advertisement extols Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous exhaustion and related female ailments. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Lucy Goopwig of Solly West Virginia who claims regained strength and weight after using the product.
Miss van Cortlandt, once lauded as a great artiste, suffered a public concert collapse at the Metropolitan Opera House. Stricken on stage as she attempted The Queen of Sheba, she faltered on a carpeted riser, faced crowd derision, and fainted backstage. She recovered from delirium fever, but will never sing in public again.
Theodor Mommsen, celebrated on his eightieth birthday in Germany, is ranked among great historians alongside Gibbon. His monumental Roman History began in 1854, with three volumes by 1856 and the fifth issued in advance of the fourth in 1885. It traces Rome's political and social growth up to Actium.
The excerpt praises a new history blending comparative history ethnography and anthropography. It notes Monrisen’s work and the multilingual publication of Roman Jurise prudence. It mentions Wernr Momsen born in Schleswig educated at Kiel lived in Italy and studied non Latin inscriptions of pre Roman Mary including Sabellian Oscan and Umbrian studies.
A historical note describes a device to prevent drawer binding by applying two push or pull actions on one side. A rod beneath each drawer carries a toothed wheel at both ends to rotate evenly and supports grooved plates at the drawer ends as it moves in or out.
The Princess of Wales attracts numerous anonymous letters often about gifts. A recent item was a small box with holes on the sides from which a tiny white dog jumped out. She has kept the dog and is fond of it.
A compact dictionary offering definitions for 10 000 useful English words published by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY Advertised as complete concise and correct it omits no common words and aims to be highly informative in limited space One may obtain it by writing with a two cent stamp and mentioning this paper
The Louisville Courier Journal notes that after her engagement broke off Julia traveled to Petoskey and cried for six weeks, with others mistaking her sorrow for hay fever.
The piece notes diplomatic entanglement with Spain over Cuba affecting stocks but expects no serious complications. It then endorses a patent remedy, Hosftens Stomach Bitters, as a cure for bilious ailments and related disorders.
A Philadelphia North American item reports a curious claim about buried treasure and a personal remark involving a dive into a spouse’s pocket for cash. The snippet references makeup in a whimsical search and hints at a mystery surrounding hidden riches.
France has established about 300 monuments over the past twenty five years to individuals described as distinguished henchmen, reflecting a sustained program of commemoration across multiple decades.
An old time advertisement showcases Allen's Foot Ease powder for feet with claims to ease new shoes cure corns bunions chilblains frost bite and sweaty feet. It offers free samples and lists Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY along with other patent medicine lines and prices of 25 cents.
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