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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1899
Page
7
Mrs A Edwards of San Francisco endorses Ayer’s Hair Vigor after many years use praising its satisfaction and recommending it to many friends who are all satisfied with it in this February 9 1899 testimonial.
Advertises Hair Vigor claiming users are highly pleased and spread the word. Promises to restore color for graying or white hair and improve roughness, split ends, thinning, and falling hair with a complete haircare solution.
On Tuesday January 25 a limited first class train of Pullman palace cars depart Chicago for the City of Mexico and other major Mexican cities, returning to Chicago. Tickets cover all expenses. The tour is guided by Mr. Dean Campbell, general manager of The American Tourist Association. Maps and tickets available from Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway agents.
Japanese theaters arrange boxes to let ladies change dresses. staying in one gown all evening is not considered stylish. The practice reflects social expectations about attire and display in public performances.
Fragmented OCR reveals a boastful cure claim by J Cheney Co Toledo and a warning about overcoats bringing poisoning from zinc chloride dye in Birmingham street cleaners. The report notes sixty cases of dermatitis and swelling from damp dyed cloth and poisonous vapors.
Postmaster Monfort reports a huge mail backlog in the Philippines and issues a directive to address letters to soldiers by their name, company, and regiment, or to sailors by home vessel, or to other public service members by their branch. Letters misaddressed will not be delivered.
The piece notes eighty five registered medical women in London and expanding roles across towns and islands, with positions in dispensaries hospitals ophthalmic posts examiners and lecturers. It contrasts Benedict Arnold’s reputed withering glance at a willow with a superstition linking traitor gaze to the health of the tree.
A South London church school vicar finished a scripture lesson and wished the top class a coming holiday with the hope they would return with clearer and better brains. The class greeted his wish with a universal “Same to you, sir,” leaving him surprised by the cheer.
An advertisement promotes Dr Franklin Miles M D L B of Chicago offering $2.50 worth of his new treat ment free to readers. It touts a nerve brain heart and stomach remedy system with elixir tablets laxative pills and a plaster. It cites testimonials and notes location 201 to 209 State Street Chicago.
The Russian department of prisons reports that in the past two years the total number of persons sent to Siberia has reached 20,006, including 14 women.
Phoebe Doty Hedges marked her 101st birthday at the old Doty homestead on the New Providence Summit line. Born July 27, 1708, she descends from Samuel Doty a Mayflower marcher. Her survivor is Jeannette Mortis, 74, who lives with her, and the Doty lineage includes Revolutionary Minute Man James Doty.
Renee of White reports the discovery in Borbolya Hungary of a gigantic ante huvian animal unearthed nearby. Prof Bella of Ogdenbure confirms the find as a whale species eight meters long and the oldest European specimen, surpassing Antwerp and Bologna finds, with excavation to continue upon Budapest experts' arrival.
An article touts a land offer along the Port Arthur route as ideal for homeseekers and investors. It notes excursions twice a month to Joplin Hot Springs Houston and Galveston. Mentions public drinking fountains in New York and rough passenger figures amid warm days and water transport mentions.
John M. Smyth, head of The John M. Smyth Co., is praised as the driving force behind a leading Chicago institution. The ad notes the company offers an analogue of everything to eat wear or use and should interest readers across the paper.
Wives of pensioners are using a postwar provision allowing half of the pension to be paid to the wife on proof of abandonment. More than 2,000 claims have been filed with the pension bureau and most have been granted favorable action.
A testimonial letter from Maniia M. Kine of Nostra Attleboro praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing her backache and abdominal pain after a year of illness. The note urges women to seek health through the product and to write for guidance, presenting a period voice of the era.
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