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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
3
A Swiss newly married couple climbed Mt. Norn for a wedding breakfast but their champagne froze solid. Health was toasted by biting into the frozen champagne instead of drinking it, as onlookers watched the unusual scene.
The sneeze is viewed as portending misfortune across Oriental countries, regardless of religion, believed to stem from the influence of evil spirits.
The Ramsbottom Borland education committee granted all town schoolchildren a half holiday for a circus visit to allow poorer children a chance to see unfamiliar animals.
The longest lived trees in northern Europe are the pines of Norway and Sweden with a maximum age of 670 years. Germany's oldest oak trees live just over 200 years.
The Cynic laments isolation while noting that many museum items and private collections may be spurious upon expert review. Authorities warn that overhauls could reveal a large portion of pieces are not genuine, challenging established curatorial assurances.
A humorous exchange in a hotel scene features a bellboy and a guest identified as Noy or Napoleon and a request to check a neighboring room for moans or singing. The gag relies on the idea that four hours of sleep keeps one beautiful, a notion satirized by Napoleon’s supposed vanity and the absurd house physician instruction.
Catherine Devine of Sacramento Kentucky describes four years of severe Rheumatism improved after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says pain eased from the first box and now enjoys better health at age seventy three. The piece ends with a note on good manners from the Chicago American.
A SheMeld writer from England comments on razor desirability noting that more razors are bought in America per sign than in any other country, highlighting strong consumer demand in the U S market.
A piece notes that the convent of St. Catherine on Mount Binal is a place for woman haters. It claims no woman has entered there in fourteen hundred years, framing the site with a historic, provocative angle.
An advertisement from Postum Co claims their coffee substitute improves health for a Texas family. The letter praises Postum for helping a breast feeding mother nurse, relieving bilious habits, aiding a brother in law with constipation, and pleasing the whole household. Battle Creek, Michigan, is named, with a reference to The Road to Wellville.
In 1866 a Yorkshire village staged Whit Monday events with Horbury Bridge scholars marching to a new hymn. Rev Babine Baring-Gould drafted Onward, Christian Soldiers on a Saturday night, creating a hymn that became world famous.
Patrons notice three Paris imported stained glass workers moving on tiptoe in a quiet art gallery. The proprietor explains they are trained in European churches where they repair windows and move softly, causing the habit to persist in their new location.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat poem extols youth and love as steadfast against care and adversity. The speaker vows that true affection remains unbreached by external foibles, praising a calm, content bond stronger than trials.
The Sunday Magazine recalls Nat Goodwin the comedian hosting house parties by the Thames near New London Connecticut. A guest praises the riverfront lawn and Goodwin replies with a bon mot about seasonal lawn and river arrangements.
A pink velvet clad dressmaker laments no new winter gown ideas. His apprentice boasts a novel frown design that would make a woman appear as a broken backed ape with wines, and the master approves to rush it into production.
The London Globe reports General Svietlov ordered all Tartars in the Bahu district to surrender their weapons on a set day. On that day two rusty daggers and a Waterbury watch were turned in.
A Baltimore Sun remark cites Bulwer stating that when a man falls, an ounce of help is worth more than a pound of preaching. The note contrasts charity workers’ faith with the aphorism’s call for action over rhetoric.
Porters in the Paris market carry heavy baskets strapped to their backs. The sight includes workers with oversized cabbages and plentiful garden produce carried through the bustling marketplace.
A medical authority warns against anti proprietary medicine campaigns while endorsing Defiance Cold Water Starch. The copy argues the product is safe and effective, offering a full pound per package at a 10 cent price and claiming it never sticks to iron. It urges buyers to demand Defiance to save time, money, and ironing trouble.
John Coward, a Pontefract farmer, offered the sow as his excuse for tardiness, claiming a three mile chase to catch the loose animal before prosecuting at the police court. The item blends with a local ad for Defiance Starch offering a one third extra and a satisfaction guarantee.
An 19th century newspaper item touts a phrenological point about captains of varsity crews and features an ad for Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullenis Nature's great remedy. The advertisement claims cures for coughs colds croup consumption and lung troubles with doses at druggists.
In Carlow Ireland a lawyer defending a case was surprised to see his client wearing the attorney’s boots that had been stolen from the lawyer previously. The incident adds an odd twist to the courtroom proceedings.
A marketing claim touts De fiance Starch as the key to top starching results with claims of high yields for money and no cooking required. The ad stresses the product stands out for efficiency and convenience in starching tasks.
Chinese monkeys have long aided natives in tea packing earning indulgent pay in various luscious morsels. This labor is portrayed as cheap and contented as a historical note on animal assistance in local industry.
A compilation of ad mottos and tips from a historic newspaper page. It mentions CABTORTA for infants and children, plum varieties derived from two Caucasus native species, Defiance Starch value, a midday rest with raised feet for facial smoothing, Lewis' Single Binder cigar claiming top price and quality, and a quote attributed to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu about people’s folly.
The article notes that sour milk is a daily drink for Bulgarians and compares it to beer for Germans, claiming Bulgarians are among the world's longest-lived. It also explains the origin of the term Devil's currency as wampum used by Dutch settlers in Manhattan and New Netherlands, adopted from Indigenous people.
The French Academy of Sciences offers a prize of 20 000 dollars for discoveries enabling communication with another planet. The note cites Ives of those ip monastery and a lamp shop filled with eilyer and gold as example prompts, reflecting on what can be learned from such ventures and the limits of human achievement.
Women urged to inform mothers about puberty and use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease symptoms and regulate the coming change. Letters from young women praise the treatment, claiming relief from headaches dizziness and irregularities, urging others to seek advice and use the product for healthier womanhood.
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