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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
6
In Dormouth, Matilda Burns recalls a Christmas past when she lived in two rooms with scant food and rose to own a thriving food business. Her daughter Edith just wed the mayor’s son, while Burns presides over a fleet of delivery wagons and a comfortable home, after turning hardship into prosperity.
A brief exchange between a young bard and a reader shows playful remarks about poetry and a joke about confusing the speaker with Tennyson. The scene hints at mutual appreciation and literary pride in a casual, magazine-style vignette.
The Philadelphia Press defines ferment as a chemical process of yeast activity turning sugar into alcohol or gas. The article uses a classroom example with Minnie saying I love to help my mamma ferment about the house.
The Buffalo Express quotes a supposed philosopher offering blunt guidance about baking and gender roles. The remark ridicules reliance on cookbooks and asserts women should not be in the pie business if they need a book.
Mrs L B Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced gall stones and worsening stomach trouble and jaundice. A doctor warned only surgery could save her but Electric Bitters cured her liver stomach and kidneys. The remedy, sold for 5 cents by Clendenin's drug store, is advertised as guaranteed.
United States minister to Austria Robert 8. McCormick has given Chicago Public Library European newspaper clippings on McKinley’s assassination and original hymn copies used at the Christchurch Vienna memorial. A letter explains the service and phonetic English rendering of the hymn words. The clippings span Great Britain through Russia.
The piece notes aristocrats turning to trade and mentions Mrs George Fitzgeorge, wife of a colonel, as the latest entrant in a hygienic beautifying business in Mayfair aimed at improving wrinkles and blemishes for fashionable clients.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for rheumatism and catarrh via blood treatment. It claims 20 years of testing, safety for all ages, and free medical advice from the Blood Balm Co. Atlanta. It lists Hawthorne Pharmacy as a seller and asks readers to describe symptoms for gratis guidance.
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