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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1902
Page
3
A collage of light jokes and humorous exchanges from periodical humor pages. Cartoon captions and remarks cover romance missteps, political quips, and social observations. Notable bits include a playful tease about frostily calm affection, a golf-obsessed suitor, and a fairy tale exchange about choosing a partner or an automobile.
R G Dun and Company reports brisk business and strong export demand for wheat and corn amid severe winter storms. Despite holidays and production bottlenecks in pig iron and structural materials, overall activity recovered. Wheat and corn exports totaled 3,186,052 and 2,312,664 bushels respectively, with Atlantic shipments down year over year. Failures showed an uptick to 215 in the U S and 86 in Canada.
Amid rising counts within 25 miles of City Hall, New York, 6,000,000 residents live now with forecasts of 6,500,000 to 7,000,000 in ten years and over 9,000,000 in twenty. The text urges buying real estate along population growth paths for future generations to profit.
A lengthy notice from the Portsmouth era recounts Mrs Rabbets story of her husband Wes Paynes accident at His Majestys Dockyard and the relief found with St Jacobs Oil and Vogeler Curative Compound. It cites editorial attention and wide circulation, praising the remedies and urging readers to request samples.
Dr A F Linn of Springfield a chemistry professor at Wittenberg College develops a process to extract lead from solutions by passing an electric current for six to seven hours. Lead deposits as a smooth gray coating at the bottom, offering potential commercial and ore extraction applications.
A circulating paragraph claims jewelers' dummy clocks always show 3:18 to mark Lincoln's assassination. The note notes Lincoln reached Ford's Theatre at 9 PM, Booth fired after 10 PM, and Lincoln died at 7:80 AM the following morning.
The article notes unique goods from Philippine towns: Callasio produces bolo palm fiber hats and cigarette cases, Luchan makes finer hats, Paete is famed for woodcarving, and near Dagupan many natives are carpenters. An army officer’s request for boards could only be met by traveling to a neighboring carpenters’ town.
The Steel Trust Company of France sends reps to Chicago aiming to win contracts below American trust prices. Rene Blume and Causton Block report a contract signed Wednesday. They claim a secret process yields top steel at about half U.S. cost and say Burlington and Alton railroads signed for large consignments.
The Meteoro logische Zeitschrift notes a March dust fall across Europe may aid glacial movement studies. By coloring large glacier surfaces to track movement and fracturing, researchers gain a natural experiment that artificial coloring could not provide.
The Prince and Princess of Wales plan a residence at Craigowan near Balmoral and have chosen it as their home. Details note the site’s prior use by the King's Commissioner and reference local arrangements in Scotland. The snippet also mentions various unrelated ad and quote items from the period.
Mrs. L. A. Harris credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing ovarian troubles without surgery. She denounces surgical overuse and urges early use of the remedy, aided by a Sanative Wash, to restore health after years of distress and avoid operations. The letter promises a $5000 for authenticity.
An 19th century advertisement promotes Mall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh, claiming it treats the illness through the blood and mucous surfaces. It cites testimonials and a one hundred dollar prize for a cure and urges readers to request circulars and testimonials.
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