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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
8
Reports from New York describe the Witmore Method healer whose analytic and ampagnetic treatments claim rapid, lasting cures for paralysis, rheumatism, dyspepsia, and chronic diseases. Visitors from all classes seek private and public demonstrations, with many claiming miraculous improvements after a single session.
The Doctor promises another week of demonstrations as an analytic and imaginetic healer. He claims diplomas from a lost medical school and offers 1000 reward for falsifying credentials. Readers are urged to consult him for nervous trouble pains and aches with no charge for curing.
New lineup and improved grounds promise a record Pittsburg Exposition opening September 5 with the Banda Rossa led by Eugenio Sorrentino and later Emil Paul and the Metropolitan Opera House orchestra. Sousa and the Tamrosch ensemble follow with extensive electric and film attractions, while the main building features exclusive decorations by women and expanded visitor services.
Generous promoters claim over a million bottles donated of this cough medicine that allegedly cures consumption roughs and chest lung diseases. Asthma bronchitis hoarseness and throat complaints are said to be relieved. Call ZT Balty drug store for a free bottle. Regular sizes cost 50c and $1 with a guarantee.
Idaville Indiana boasts a testimonial that Electric Bivers restore strength and appetite for a man run down by stomach liver and kidney troubles while a local sale at Pille's offers boots and shoes at cost. The ad claims the products aid nervousness head pain and fatigue and guarantees every bottle.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece quotes a physician on poisons arsenic and strychnine as death agents. It covers real cases from Barcelona to Mrs Maybrick, a physician’s mystery cases, and how fiction often misrepresents poison methods in novels and plays. It notes dangers of disguised poisons and pitfalls in detection, with examples.
A London News note tells of Lord Sandwich who loved two white dogs. One dies despite care, and he buries it. The surviving Pomeranian grieves and then shuns the master, believing he caused the death and burial of its companion.
A New Orleans Times Democrat column argues that professionals face longer, tougher hours than laborers. It asserts that brain labor demands exceed muscle toil, with professionals often working 12 to 14 hours daily and up to 20 hours in pinch.
In a Springfield Republican story Uncle Jess, famed hunter, gets trapped in a hollow tree while shaking a raccoon. As a bear peers from the stump, Jess clings to the bear, both struggle, the bear falls and dies, while Jess survives to tell the tale for his grandchildren.
John Bartlett described Siam with a 6 million population and a Chinese trade presence dominating Bangkok. He noted about one million people in the priesthood, with temples along a 35 mile river stretch housing 10 to 360 priests each. Of the priests, 200,000 were active while 700,000 were in transit through the vocation.
A brief civic reminder links Franklin’s proverb to practical frugality. It urges keeping string wound in balls ready for use and folding empty paper bags for future needs to avoid ruined or wasted goods. The piece emphasizes preparedness and thrift in everyday tasks.
Antrim era note mixes humorous reminiscences about biblical youths and playful scenes with brief editorial quips on cleanliness. It contrasts stories of Shem Ham Noah and David with advice on grease baths, then offers a farmer’s pragmatic remark about getting along unless things go against the grain.
An essay envisions the final human presence on a dying planet. Astronomical and geological forces threaten extinction, detailing possible fates from madness and suffocation to drought, frigid polar collapse, and ultimate celestial cooling.
The article notes that the dot over i appeared in the 14th century to distinguish i from e in hurried writing. It explains that the letter 7 once stood where the current i is used. The i and j distinction emerged with Dutch printing, and the dotted j evolved from the dot on the original 4 shape.
A compact writing tip urged by the Nauvoo Rustler to harden a cheap steel pen. Dip in ink, heat briefly over a flame, wipe clean, dip again, and the pen will “make glad the heart within you.” The quirky instruction promotes a makeshift method for better ink flow.
Mrs Hunewell questions eternal fitness of things at breakfast. Munewell recalls belief faded after she began making his shirts in a lighthearted Chicago News humor item.
An amateur editor earned fortune through his pen. His father died of grief upon reading one of his editorials and left him 150000 dollars, as reported by the Nauvoo Independent.
Rou Hot from the Gun drove a fatal wound on G S headman of Newark Michigan during the Civil War era. The ulcerative infection lingered for twenty years, but Antsica Bulve claimed a cure. The advertisement promotes remedies for ulcers burns boils eruptions and hemorrhoids with a 2 percent centenbo cure. Sold by Z T Bailey druggist.
Advertising list for 100 farma of all sizes in Ashtabula County with addresses for HN Ban croft & Company in Jefferson. Includes round trip fares from Chicago to Denver and Colorado destinations via Union Pacific and North Western lines with set dates in August to October, plus other Western routes and Rail services. Full particulars via DLW Aldridge at 284 Superior Street Cleveland.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway announces a through sleeping car service between Chicago and Mason City Iowa via Belle Plaine. Through sleepers depart Chicago 5 30 p m arrive Mason City 7 00 a m. depart Mason City 8 00 p m arrive Chicago 7 42 p m daily. A Chicago 10 30 p m departure offers Mason City connections daily except Saturday. Through tickets available from principal agents.
The text urges selecting Marinette county Wisconsin farming land along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. It extols best crops, ample work, good markets, favorable climate, pure salt water, and cheap long term land sale. It promotes buying a farm cheaper than rent via C. E. Rollins, land agent in Chicago.
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