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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
8
The figure known as Winston Churchill gains renewed national attention as a political comeback rumor grows. Once defeated for Parliament before the war, his exploits have sparked wide public interest and potential offers for prominent positions in England.
A Massachusetts Hospital for Consumptives reported last year that 30.97 percent of cases were arrested, 46.10 percent improved, and 21.23 percent not improved. Mrs J Nichols of Princeton Indiana claimed Piso s Cure for Consumption cured her lung trouble in 1895. A man s ideal figure is often said to include a dollar sign.
South Omaha stockyards show strong demand for cattle and feeders with cattle loads firm. Hogs mostly sold around 4.55 to 4.69. lighter hogs eased after midmorning. Sheep and lamb prices varied by grade with good to choice fed lambs near 7.50 to 8.90. Chicago and New York markets report steadier cattle and mixed grain prices amid foreign buying and market shifts.
A report from Colesberg says Dutch sympathizers flee toward the Orange Free State as evaculations loom. Boer forces around Rensburg number 6,000 to 7,000 with a separate 2,000-casualty tally during Ladysmith siege. British shelling aids eastward. Rough totals place Boer losses at about 200 dead up to five, with republican sources noting overall losses near 60 men plus 2,000 casualties in Ladysmith siege.
The duke of Marlborough departs as stall officer for South Africa today. The duchess and Mrs Belmont accompany him to Southampton but she will not join the Cape expedition. Marlborough travels with only a valet. the usual officer's striker may replace him on entry to service. The London volunteers also depart amid a hearty send off at Southampton.
The United States steamer Bangor will leave San Francisco for Panama to conduct a survey. It also will deliver instructions to the Iowa Marblehead and Philadelphia at Magdalena Bay. Philadelphia is to come to San Francisco while Iowa and Marblehead head to San Diego harbor for further orders from Washington.
A survey of early 1900s patent ideas includes a Connecticut bottle seal extension cork, a three-thickness pneumatic tire by a New York inventor, and a Chicago Water Massage apparatus with a return pipe and mist. It also mentions free legal patent advice, a Chicago pamphlet on the Land of Bread and Butter along the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, and various travel routes and seasonal tours. Heritage quotes, railway ads, and brief social commentary complete the page.
A Bombay consul reports that permission to introduce electric traction in Bombay has been sought, with current horse transport in use. He notes horses are well treated and humans receive humane care in India. Public faith in rising Indian populations in the United States is widely claimed by statisticians.
Willian B. Gage a Boston lawyer who died recently was a lifelong friend of General Butler. He prepared material for a life of Butler and often defended in murder trials where he achieved notable success. The piece also notes the scale of college education with 426 colleges and 175,900 students, an invested capital of $250,000,000, and 26,000 employed in teaching and administration.
A Minnesota farmer, Jacob Reichert, recounts his 1839 Manitoba settlement venture. He describes homesteading near Virden and Hargrave, the quality of land, crop yields of 2700 bushels, and plans for future farming, water depth, and local market access.
Claims the medicine holds the record for most cures of female ills and cites Lynn letters showing a million women restored. Notes Mrs Pinkham answers letters by women only, with endorsements from the Lynn mayor and postmaster and others. Invites sick women to write for free advice and a free book.
The Lynchburg Virginia and Augusta Georgia Walter Clarks share identical parental and auntial names, including father Samuel mother Walker and uncles Charles and John, yet no traceable kinship exists. Experts ponder the implausible link in this striking coincidence.
A street car in Philadelphia struck Giuseppe Marate, a sailor, on Christmas Day, knocked him down and dislocated his shoulder. He was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital where surgeons found the shoulder intact and sent him back to his vessel. Gravity is only the bark of the tree for wisdom, but it preserves it.
Mrs Belva Lockwood a Washington barrister and presidential candidate extols Peruna in a letter to Teruna Medicine Company. She says she and her mother Mrs Hannah J Bennett use it for cold catarrh hay fever and as a tonic for the elderly and run down.
The Atlantic's first six months of 1209 will showcase The Autobiography of W J Stillman detailing his career as artist editor and foreign correspondent. It traces connections with figures like Ruskin Kossuth Emerson Holmes and others while noting Napoleonic diary excerpts and a Century editorial preface about Dr B K O Meara’s St Helena manuscript discovery.
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