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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
3
About thirty years ago I bought bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor to stop my hair from falling out. One half a bottle cured me. A few days ago my hair began to fall out again. I found the old bottle of Hair Vigor just as good as when I bought it. J C Baxter Braidwood Til Sept 27 1899.
An old advertisement extols Aver's Hair Vigor as economical and effective. It promises to stop hair loss, restore color to gray hair, cure dandruff, and keep hair soft and glossy with little product. The copy praises long-term value and customer satisfaction, though some text appears garbled.
A cheerful woman aids households and workers with kindness while public works expand La Porte Texas. The piece highlights new harbor improvements, deepening the channel for larger ocean vessels, and notes royal interests in horse breeding and prestigious stalls near Cairo.
Rob Cloverdale, a strong athletic boy, prepares for a South American voyage but is seized aboard a steamer by smugglers. A fast schooner named El Gato Negro, The Black Cat, rescues him at night in La Plata River, bringing him aboard to safety.
Rob boards the Vigilancia with his mother for goodbyes then sails toward Rio de Janeiro. Captain Baker aids him as Rob befriends Lemuel Starne on the Royal Mall awaiting passage to Buenos Aires. On a moonless night in the River de La Pinta, a ruthless Black Cat crew plots contraband theft while Rob struggles in the water.
Chas Sweeney of Spokane recounts how Joe Bourgeois and Joe Morris prospected Trail Creek British Columbia in 1890 discovering five claims Le Roy Center Star Virginia Tron Masque and Idaho. Bourgeois and Morris later sold interests for about $100,000. Le Roy became a premier gold mine valued at up to $10 million, while Senter Star Tron Masque Virginia and Idaho were worth multi millions.
Three wind burned youths from Canada arrive at Grand Central with a 65 inch moose head, the largest ever seen in New York. Killed by Max Foster after eight shots, the 1,000 pound giant joins a smaller moose and record deer and caribou from New Brunswick. Also notes on public penance customs and kite meteorology at Blue Hill observatory.
A mangled reminiscence recounts a thief named Denis Minaonrt with a rambling memory of a harsh winter 1890 to 1900. Joseph H Turner of Auburn Maine reflects on snow and work, noting a brief gap between plowing and hauling wood. The fragment hints at aging and shifting understandings of youth.
Recent experiments in France and Germany to create artificial india rubber show partial success. The French product uses resinoline and treatments with metallic carbonates and acids, aiming for rubber-like properties. The German method relies on oxidized linseed oil and refuse, yielding a material with some rubber-like features.
In Japan travelers note street corner cleansing and public bathhouses in Yeddo where citizens wash openly. The practice, seen as a striking contrast to Western modesty, reflects differing cultural norms amid a civilization regarded as advanced. Also mentions a physician's claim about kidney liver and bowel purgatives improving purification of blood.
In Washington a fragment from Admiral Dewey's six inch gun is shown in the state department. It supposedly smashed the Spanish commandant's house at Cavite, caused $10,000 in property losses and killed five Spaniards. The fragment illustrates how shells, even when fired by American gunners, can produce extraordinary destruction.
Readers learn of a supposed cure for a disease called Cuburrh through Hall's Cure and Casardi Cure claims. The ad promotes internal use, outlines alleged universal effects, and boasts testimonials with a Toledo address, urging purchase via P. J. Cheney & Co and Hall's Family Pills.
A collage of quirky notices and jokes including a mock trial quip, a cold remedy ad promising a one day cure, a Spanish war quip about Gen Weyler, a Missouri preacher sermon at a bathing beach, a postman gadget in Geneva, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, a magnetic plant discovery in India, Piso’s Cure for Consumption praise, and a magistrate quip about a wife biting her husband.
Lord Rosebery calmly handles a guest's ice pudding misunderstanding. A farmer believes the dessert is frozen and whispers the error. Rosebery reassures the crowd, explaining it is a new frozen pudding, with the attendant discreetly guiding staff. The anecdote showcases the host's deft tact.
For years Kew Observatory near London drew sun spots by hand but will stop this practice as solar photography offers a fuller record. Photographs taken daily at various observatories now document sun changes more completely than sketches. In mining news, the Walton States deepest shafts include Red Jacket Calumet and Hecla at 4900 feet and Tamarack at 4500 feet. The Kennedy mine in Amador County California is the shallowest noted at 2200 feet. Gratified by hunting in the Carpathians Prince Ferdinand of Roumania sought bears, finding rings like holes on their noses and learning the district Amtmann sold bears to please the prince.
The London Westminster Gazette reports that Pete the black Pomeranian, constant companion to Mr. Gladstone for nine years, died last Friday. Pete pined after Gladstone’s Cannes trip, stayed with the Drews at Hawarden, and died upon Mr. Gladstone’s return.
Swiss public shows notable sympathy for Armenian orphans with generous contributions. A German Berne professor condemned the movement and sought naturalization in Herne, but the bid failed 300 to 200. A Russian owner built a giant paper house in Savinovka, Podolia, costing 0,000 roubles, with furniture to match. an English wedding featured a full sized traction engine as a bridal carriage. Quebec warns on liquor cuts risking federation, while Maine and Vermont cling to the Union for rum.
Thoroughly wash and drain 1.5 pints of rice, cook in a quart of beef broth with two cups of tomato sauce and salt. Stir in six ounces of clarified butter, cook vigorously, then seal and steam. Serve with hot beef broth and grated parmesan.
Twenty two wagon loads of human bones were buried in a pit at Leipsic's municipal square. They are the remains of French and Prussian soldiers from the Leipsic assault on October 19 1918. A municipal commission raised 20000 marks for a monument above the remains.
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