10 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
1
A devotional piece reflects on life as a tangled web shaped by God. It pleads for guidance to mend broken threads and to turn the worn pattern into a beautiful, useful work through divine intervention and faithful deeds.
Terradell, a former railroad engineer, builds a tramp settlement on swamp land by the river near the railroad and canal. He aims to rehabilitate aged vagrants by providing shelter and work, driven by his religious faith and belief that the tramp class can be a useful part of society. A raft of telegraph poles drifting downstream foreshadows how he will gather materials to begin construction.
The founder Terradell turns a swamp land into a four story brick complex with 27 cottages, a wood industry, and jobs for hobos, but hard times in 1895-96 bring mortgage loss. He battles hunger and bleak odds, yet clings to faith that Terradelphia will rise again for the unemployed.
The passage catalogs game animals across Australian regions from Gippsland to Western Australia. It notes kangaroos, wallabies, deer, wild horses, woomeras, and numerous waterfowl as common sport across districts, including wombats at night and elusive lyre birds. It reflects hunter tales and regional abundance in a National Review tone.
A Colenso dispatch notes General Buller leaving his naval battery position near Long’s guns at ten o'clock to ride to the Tugela guns with his staff and Natal police. The Boers fired as the 12pounders came under threat, marking a dramatic moment in the bombardment.
The Boston transcript reports Dr. Tate’s plan for pets in public schools and cites a student with a bull terrier who accompanied him to class. The scene aroused astonishment as pupils watched the duo enter, hands over mouths in anticipation.
An eyewitness recalls Sir Redvers Buller and aides returning from battle where ten guns remained, with Buller lightly wounded. A dog named Grip sits with a teacher, affecting classroom calm as students enjoy his quiet presence during lessons amid the siege’s aftermath.
A chaotic report details a general under heavy shell fire while eating sandwiches. A Natal police escort member was killed, one doctor on the staff was slain, and a hearse was blasted in the fullock with a man wounded in the chest and mouth by shell fragments and bullets.
The passage notes the Boers’ precision in December Tugela fighting with 305 British wounded. More than half were hit in extremities, usually spared by attackers. Nearly all wounds came from mauser bullets, described by British surgeons as immune in the extreme, with twenty six hit about the head and nine in the body.
Pr Colan Doyle, a rapid writer, once recalled an evening cricket outing with a friend. The friend urged him to turn the day’s incident into a story, and Doyle replied that he had already done it. An English artilleryman notes lyddite shells are overblown in effect, designed for naval use and need armour penetration to explode.
Advert shows Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier curing eruptions scrofula and catarrh. Testimonials from Miss Preautr Guierin Baldwin Mich Orna B Mount Mount Hope Wis claim removal of sores and facial eruptions after taking the preparation.
Ad offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from B J Cheney Co and others. Mentions 15 years of trust, internal use claim, price 1.00 per bottle, sample bottles for 25 cents, address Swan son Rheumatic Cure Co Chicago Illinois. Includes a personal Rochester/Meg Archy Young 1917 testimonial about neuralgia and relief.
The John A Salzer Seed Co of Wisconsin reports receiving 6434 orders on February 26, a monster day they expect to surpass by mid March. The firm shows strong demand for onions cabbage peas and beans with popular varieties Early Bird Radish and Lightning Cabbage leading sales.
An Atchison man has been henpecked by his wife and five daughters for most of his life. He was forced to take homeopathic pills instead of quinine and attend Episcopal services over his Baptist preference, with a recent vaccination by a woman doctor.
Free sample offer for Allen's Foot Ease powder to relieve chilbs brains damp swollen feet and tight shoes. Also advertises garden seeds and a knife offer from T. M. Roberts Supply House Minneapolis. Includes testimonial gag about extravagant father and a Kemp's Balsam cough cure with free sample.
Working Women are invited to write to Mrs Pinkham for free health advice. Mrs Pinkham offers confidential guidance for painful periods backaches and other illnesses. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is advertised as widely known and trusted for women’s ailments.
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