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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
6
The ad promotes Pape's Cold Compound for cold symptoms with two-hour dosing up to three doses. It promises to relieve nasal congestion headaches feverishness sneezing and stiffness and claims the product is quick sure relief costing only a few cents at drug stores. The tone urges immediate use and notes it acts without assistance.
A damaged OCR note outlines a British patent concept involving heating sulphur with carbonates of strontium and calcium to form a strontium carbonate rich product. The mixture is heated to about 148 degrees and then processed into a liquid paint using varnish ingredients such as mastic and turpentine or drying oils.
An advertisement claims Jad Salts, a grape and lemon juice acid blend with Athia, cleans sluggish kidneys. It warns backache and urinary symptoms from heavy meat use and urges daily intake before breakfast to prevent bladder issues and rheumatic twinges.
Returned soldiers have taken up about a thousand acres of free land in four western provinces over the last year. The Soldiers Settlement Board reports entries up to August 7, 1768: Manitoba 1724, Saskatchewan 1702, Alberta 1702, and British Columbia 04. Each grant is 100 acres. About two thirds of soldiers have chosen homestead land as well.
An old newspaper item claims Garfield Team Adv cures constipation indigestion sick-headache and bilious conditions with a course of treatment. The note presents a health claim tied to the remedy and mentions its use for general ailments.
An observer recounts buying a new phonograph and boasting its toughness. He drops a record to prove it cannot break, only to have it shatter into many pieces, prompting the quip that it must have been defective.
An old advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh taken internally, saying it acts through the blood and mucous surfaces and has been sold by druggists for over forty years with testimonials available. It quotes a political quote by Macaulay about politicians needing to speak.
The Netherlands plans a vast project to reclaim the Zuyder Zee as a new province area of 27 square miles. The work, begun soon, aims to restore land and former trading sites, with an estimated cost around 1200 million dollars. The project will create a 30 mile dike and support about 300,000 people, financed by state loans and land rental revenue. The effort reflects centuries of shoreline changes and hopes to revitalize Holland’s economy and geography. not yet concluded.
The Mastern hotel at the Battery, one of Manhattan’s oldest, opened shortly after 1812. Notable guests included Robert Fulton, Daniel Webster, Commodore Vanderbilt, Jenny Lind, P. T. Barnum, and General Grant, before the dry law forced its closure.
Dr Juvkian outlines a vast project to build a 30 mile sea barrier from Wieringen to Privan onart. The dike would rise 1 to 7 feet above sea level with a double track railway on top. Nine year construction, cost high, total reclaimed area 7 square miles, a 600 square mile reservoir would hold floodwaters during storms. Land dry in 14 to 16 years after completion.
The Tokyo based rick shaman who saved former Emperor Nicholas II during a 1901 attempt to kill him gave up a pension he had received for years. After aiding Nicholas with critical interference, he resumed hauling ricksla, despite a perilous escape and prior poverty.
Lampe, a Vermilion gillnetter, designed a Noahs ark inspired craft that proved its seaworthiness on Lake Erie. The United Fisheries Co built six such vessels, with two more due for spring, promising safer spring and fall seasons by reducing losses to storms. The four existing ships feature twin power plants, reinforced hulls, and patent-like upper works, earning praise from company president Charles F. Mischier.
The text describes preparing rabbit stews and other meat dishes with simple steps. Rabbit is boiled briefly then simmered with butter, flour, milk, and seasoning. Virginia Brunswick Stew uses onions tomatoes bacon and meat simmered until tender. Stewed pigeons are cooked with batter and browning, and pickled lamb's hearts are preserved in a spiced vinegar mix ready to use after days.
Recipes describe meats and desserts to prepare in winter and warm weather. Indian Pudding and Buckwheat Cakes are detailed with milk, cornmeal, suet, raisins, spices, and browning techniques. Directions cover soaking, mixing, baking times, re heating guidance, and caution about soda and milk batter separation.
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