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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1899
Page
4
A pamphlet style exhortation denounces critics of the Philippines campaign and promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia fever and age. It claims the war is stubborn and requires a vigorous contest, asserting the bitters have won for fifty years.
An aged advertisement extols Tindley salve cures and Be thankful for mercies. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as constitutional and effective, offering one hundred dollars for a cure failure and urging readers to send for circulars. Also mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets and Grove's signature.
The Duke of Richmond, aged eighty one, refuses to entertain two women the Prince of Wales wished to meet at his country house. He holds seven noble titles across England Scotland and the UK, is Duke de Aubieny in France, owns 296206 acres and earns over 50000 dollars annually. He sat in the Commons for thirty years before inheriting the title and has led conservative factions and boards.
The article profiles Sinclair, McKinley s steward and former Cleveland employee, praised as a careful buyer. He served Cleveland years, was recommended to McKinley, earns 1800 dollars yearly by law, and manages all executive mansion property with a 20000 dollar bond. He has a basement office but lives on Sixteenth Street with his family.
A Kansas boy writes from Man about a bank deposit with the paymaster. Once money is deposited it cannot be drawn until muster out. Soldiers are deterred by this to save, as government pays 4 percent interest per annum on such deposits.
George Donaldson reports Russia is becoming a favorite with American tourists. He notes Russians extend more courtesies to Americans than to other visitors, promise better rooms, and a drosky driver in St Petersburg or Moscow may offer half fare. Buston Post.
Prof James E. Talmage attributes the lake's shrinking size to irrigation diversions from four tributaries, noting increasingly acrid water and predicting the lake may vanish into a salt bed in about a century.
Public health committee warns of rat borne plague danger aboard ships near Portugal amid growing bn ponic plague reports. Officials urge strict sanitation and rat control measures to prevent spread on vessels and to protect coastal ports.
An advertisement promotes Red Cross and Pubinger's Best starch with a limited time free premium for the first five buyers and discounted offers for others. It highlights starch quality, the creator Dr J C Hublager, and urges household use while mentioning Shakespeare prints and a calendar as examples of gifts. The text shifts to unrelated anecdotes and literary excerpts, typical of a scanned paper page.
Advice column style notice praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for womb trouble leucorrhea and female weakness. Includes testimonials from Mrs Geo BatwariDge Morea Pa and Mrs Susis J Weaver Philadelphia and Mrs M Baumann Chicago praising improvements after using the medicine and related products.
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