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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
3
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female illnesses and kidney troubles, claiming monumental proof of cures from over a million women and inviting sick readers to try the medicine to restore health.
The article notes the largest loaves in the world come from France and Italy. It describes long French rolls four to six feet and Italian pipe breads two to three feet, with Parisian bread largely distributed by women starting at 5 p.m. and delivering to apartment doors.
Odd telephone line runs between the Salinas superintendent's office and the Gabilian ranch along a nine mile route fenced with barbed wire. The under ground wire connects each crossing with regulators, offering full functionality at low cost. Also notes Great Northern Railroad president Hill ordering capacious ships for a transpacific line. Cavarian Pencil Factorien in Bavaria reports 28 factories employing 10,000 people producing millions of pencils weekly and over 220 million pencils last year using cedar on 1,800 acres.
A solicitous ad seeks 100000 agents nationwide to sell Tokko Foon ing Soap and other soaps with prizes per cake. Mentions H Marshall Co Chicago and a UK factory, plus overseas notes and general promotional hype.
The fragment notes a six thousand year old wooden statue from an Egyptian tomb depicting a village headman with glass eyes. It contrasts with a garbled advert for Garfield Tea, touting cures and a claim to be the world’s largest workhouse in Liverpool housing six thousand inmates.
A colorful Variety section features light quips and satire. Mr. Meekton confesses fondness for whist while Henrietta notes a lively game. A Washington Star quote rails against critics who claim expertise beyond Henrietta.
A quirky exchange has a thief perched in an apple tree claiming he fell from a balloon, prompting the king to question the intruder. The odd confrontation blends humor with a surreal line about balloon descent.
In the American Journal of Psychology article The Effects of Mind on Body as Evidenced by Faith Cures, Mr. Goddard discusses Christian science divine healing relic cures hypnotic therapeutics and patent medicines and concludes that all mental healing works by suggestion. The strength of the health idea governs the outcome and opposing ideas hinder it.
A Washington Star cartoon caption jokes about language study on travel. The speaker claims progress by distinguishing whether a brakeman calls a station name or watches the weather as a pun on attention to language learning.
Quotations and jokes about social life from Philadelphia Press Judge and New York Weekly columns. A visitor offers to donate to the fresh air fund, a misattributed ancestor tale unfolds, burglars joke, an artist and critic exchange quips, and a playful lovers exchange ends with a comic remark.
A Chicago News item records a humorous exchange about Lent and behavior. The first boarder asks why the second enjoys Lent, while Mrs Meeks and Mrs Wooke discuss the boarder’s peculiar conduct and sobriety.
Fragmentary OCR notes recount a Brown tale about Walker and Tobinson with a question about a baby. A mother asks Willie if he is making the baby cry, and the response claims he holds his hand over her mouth to quiet her. The passage is incomplete and whimsical.
The article notes a near earth approach of a planet named Pluto possibly in 1900s and 1924, with further mentions of Belgium’s drink problem and consumption. It cites Meary Drinkers in Belgium and crime links to drink, and reports British war ministry issuing 25,000 patriotic books to troops to aid marching discipline through singing, citing Gen Poulone’s French experiment.
In Wicklow County the Avoca valley is famed as The Meeting of the Waters where Avonmore and Avonber g converge. Two British tourists ask a girl with a water pitcher the river’s name. She replies it never has a name it always comes of itself.
Alt-Strelitz in Mecklenburg is the first European city to be lit throughout by acetylene gas. Since November 1 public street lamps have used acetylene gas, and private residences formerly coal gas now use methylene gas. The light is bright and satisfactory.
Homemakers seek a durable wall coating as winter ends. Alabastle cement is proposed as a clean, pure option easy to apply with many decorative tones. The ad notes wall coverings as costly and short lived and touts alabaster cement as long lasting and wholesome. It also mentions luxury gold tableware among Sultan's treasures.
A collection of letters praising Peruna. Mrs Hamilton of Columbus Ohio and Mrs Margaret Danben of Racine Wisconsin credit Pe-ru-na with improved health and relief from female complaints. Annie Wyandotte, a Kansas City opera star, says Peruna restored her voice and career. Other women describe catarrh relief and overall wellness, urging others to try the remedy. The letters highlight chronic catarrh, pelvic disease, and general health gains while inviting readers to request Dr Hartman’s treatment.
Reports from the division in Germany cite severe illness among troops, notably typhoid fever, blamed on spalled, unhealthy rations. The War Ministry ordered a strict stock inspection in military warehouses and will send an inspector and physician to camp canteens at intervals to examine food and drink. Port Allegany firm unveils glass piping to transport gas and sewage, claiming corrosion resistance and less leakage than iron.
Parla presented the most radiant wedding dress for the duke of Manchester’s bride in white satin overworked with opaque shell and pearl spangles. A duchess of Hamilton’s daughter wore a fawn cloth dress with spangled vine embroidery. A Madrid paper criticizes Paris commissioners for debating literary conventions beyond the peace treaty, noting Indika’s famed literary scene.
Authorities debate hair growth rates noting six and a half inches per year as common. Men's hair rarely exceeds twelve to fourteen inches. women's can reach seventy to seventy five inches though averages sit at twenty five to thirty. Also covered are health claims about Lane's Family Medicine, cold water as a stimulant, and a striking coal power calculation.
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