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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
7
Advert measures Grove's Chill Cure as superior to imitators with iron and quinine in tasteless form. It claims to drive malaria from the system while acting as a tonic and asserts only Grove's is the original chill tonic sold nationwide. No cure, no pay, price 50c.
A Compartean, Switzerland, termed the playground of Europe, hosts over 16 000 American visitors for health and pleasure. The piece compares Alpine elevations with Colorado peaks, rail and wagon routes, and scenic canons, arguing Colorado offers more varied high-altitude scenery and easier railroad access from Chicago or St Louis, inviting more travel westward.
The German Emperor sends Herr Etzdorf of Hibing to Windsor to study the Queen's model farm with hopes of introducing improvements in Germany. Red Cross Ball Blue touted as best in the world. Allen's Foot-Bane advertised to relieve tight shoes and foot ailments with free trial by mail. The essay closes with a quip about humidity and China.
New Yorkers consume daily milk produced by 140000 cows. The supply travels from farms across New York state New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts and Pennsylvania to reach city households.
A jumble of stray notices and mock instructions fills the page. It features garbled advice on pennant placement for sailors, a spoof for Allen’s Foot-Ease, teething powders, bath critiques, and a scattered array of ads and notices from diverse topics and locales.
War triaws padding audiences with talk of generals and tanks in the Philippines and Berlin crime reporting. A shooting school advertises realistic targets. Counterfeiting methods shift with left handed counting. The Rocket recalls Stephenson’s locomotive and Strauss manuscripts reveal Cinderella ballet and more for Berlin Opera next fall.
Theodor Mommsen, best known historian, wrote sixty poems for a 1843 Kiel published volume also featuring contributions from his brother Tycho and Theodor Storm. Storm provided forty poems and Tycho fourteen.
The Pinkham Record touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for obstinate ill health in women. It claims relief from disorders and displacements that sap hope and asserts free counsel from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts. The ad targets women seeking safe advice and cures.
A pennyworth tale from Detroit Journal describes a woman entering a shop and asking for two and a half pounds of Sunday newspapers in a hollow voice. The proprietor notes the meager supply serves a family of fourteen, illustrating hardship and scarcity in daily staples.
The Tyne is hosting construction of the world’s largest pontoon bridge for the Spanish government. The bridge will have six sections and is designed to bear 12 000 tons.
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