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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
5
Mrs. Ellen Elliott of Rockdale, Pa., owns a freak chicken that is half chicken and half owl. The creature shows odd traits, with nocturnal activity and an owl like head, hooked beak, and overstepping gait as it walks.
An ad promises PAZO OINTMENT cures for itching, bleeding, pro lapsing piles in six to fourteen days or money back. The text also includes a fragment of a dialogue about a murder trial and insanity defense, with no further context.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a fashion figure renowned for rising prices. A doctor asks what to remove, Mrs Judd complains about novelists, and a Todd inquirer notes a dog smoking unappealing cigarettes. The piece reads like a clipped, satirical newspaper snippet from a Kansas Star style column.
Outside applications quickly cure local pains from back cramps rheumatism and colds. Allcock's Plaster is described as the quickest safest and most certain method. It is praised for prompt action cleanliness affordability and long standing use spanning sixty years.
Mrs. Anne Hawkins of Houston County Alabama testified before a U S Commissioner at Troy that she owned a moonshine still seized from Driggers and others. Her statement failed to aid him as he was found guilty. The still was recovered in a remote area after a lengthy ride and she attempted to shift blame to the man, but the effort did not succeed.
How's his We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward or any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Fr Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. We the undersigned have known Finnegan for times and endorse his business and financial reliability. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 1.00 per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. 1906-52
Fergus Falls resident E J Oxley owns a Burmese palm leaf book of great value, presented by Sergeant Fret Stokes after the English-Burman war. The 6,000 year old text, carved on dense palm leaves, was deemed sacred and rarely handled, with scholars and ministers photographing leaves for the Smithsonian while interest in translation grows.
The Orpheum bill headlines comedy duo John Hyams and Lelia McIntyre in Two Hun Wives. Hoefer and Palfrey perform on bicycles. Julius Steiger and Company present The Fifth Commandment. Kathrine Nuggent imitates for another week. Chas Se equilibrist and Three Eighteen a Mile return. The Orpheum Road Show promises the year’s big vaudeville event the week of January 7.
The Grand Opera House advertises a week starting Sunday December 30 featuring Buster Trawn with Tige Mary Jane and a large cast of forty. The show promises lively musical comedy with many pretty girls and ample matinee and evening amusements for both adults and children alike in Los Angeles.
The New York Globe notes a demand for more martial uniforms in France beyond the baggy red infantry breeches. Sir Henry Roscoe recalls blueprints for madder dyeed breeches, a design tied to fostering madder cultivation. Madder is replaced by artificial dyes, while coal tar dyes prompt preservation of a cactus grown in the Canary Islands to support cochineal.
A humorous string from the Houston Post contrasts an Italian chemist who claims longevity comes from never bathing with a counterpoint about bathing, then cites the American hobo who supposedly never bathes and never dies unless hit by a train, illustrating editorial wit.
A guide explains cigar terminology from Cuban rebellion era anxieties. It details lid names like Pedro Marias and Villa y Villa, shapes such as Conchas and Reina, sizes like Infantes and Princesses, and back-end quality stamps ranging from Superfina to Bueno. It notes color indicators Claro to Oscuro and includes a brief, unrelated parenting ad fragment.
The article cites Fireproof Magazine figures on annual fire losses across the United States, noting Chicago’s high fire rate relative to population. It lists typical fire losses per week and per year, including theaters, churches, schools, hospitals, stores, jails, hotels, flats, and homes. It also comments on American attitudes toward risk and cites New York’s high annual fire figures.
A giant 16 inch artillery gun built in Great Hellan for experimental use is declared unsafe and will be scrapped. Only one unit was produced at an estimated loss near $100000. It failed after limited firings and was not capable of reaching its intended range. The article notes the long term impact and the need for new gun metal.
Fragmented OCR notes reference tariffs and subsidies for colonial territories, with stray phrases about Turkey and Germany's eight colonies, plus an ad line for a cold remedy claiming a one day cure and a drugstore refund policy. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent narrative.
A fragment from a seventeenth century style column, recalling Patrick Henry like sentiments on liberty. The speaker and spouse cling to independence, joking about vows and obedience as times shift toward different freedoms and a shift toward a magazine titled the Liohemian Magazine.
Harper's Weekly notes twelve battleships plus four armored and four protected cruisers and monitors with torpedo boats, submarines, and auxiliaries. The fleet’s displacement totals about 244000 tons, cost of the naval review cited at 300 dollars per ship in commission. Murder rates per million are listed: England 5.19, Germany 0.45, France 11.55, Austria 5. sun Italy 44.70 in Spain.
Fragmented ad page notes a puzzle prompt asking for name and address with two cents, plus a mix of vented classed lines and business offers. It mentions Mellus Bros. & Company in Los Angeles selling tents and canvas goods and Schaefer's Addition in Coos Bay Oregon promoting lots at $100 and up with terms, plus Marconi Wireless with installment terms via E. J. Owens & Company in Los Angeles.
An arcane Los Angeles classified fragment advertises government land parcels with rich loam valley soil near shipping stations and orchards. It urges attending buyers to send a dollar and the ad, plus a wallpaper offer and paint deals, listing Wilcox Building and Spring Street as contact points.
A suburban newspaper ad offering a cook and four hours wages with a bold pledge first change in ten years reveals a striking, prophetic line about labor and class. The miserliness of promises and the public reaction expose how such pleas shape everyday expectations of servants in the state.
A brief joke from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the playwright asks if someone saw him in the audience after the final curtain fell and the First Nighter replies that the usher forgot to wake him. The snippet captures a light theater quip from the era.
A quirky exchange unfolds with wordplay on sweetness and love as a rom asks what surpasses love. A plainspoken man replies with a deadpan line about another brand of taffy, the moment capturing a playful, small-town mood.
A garbled OCR fragment references a Chicago Tribune piece and a quoted line about preparing papers in an office. The legible bits point to a pop culture style fragment with phrases about a back and a ten thousand dollar amount, but precise facts are missing.
A jumbled fragment shows a quarrel over visiting plans with references to a Dubley Balklett and a wish to stay home. The text shifts to a Philadelphia piece and then to commentary on immigration stakes, comparing London and California.
A lawyer questions a witness about a defendant's alleged bigamy while a dramatic confrontation ensues as the witness grabs the attorney by the hair and hammers him. The text also recalls a Norse horse feeding practice and a foreign visitor commenting on Newport. It notes typhoid fever statistics across sixteen hospitals with a fatality rate of one in eight.
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