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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
4
A scientist proposes using milk to extinguish kerosene fires, arguing the emulsion forms faster action. An Atchison man rests at home after illness then returns to work Monday. meanwhile his wife asks for help with chores and baby care. Ruskin and Grove's Tasteless Chilli Tonic are cited in various ad-like lines.
Bill Arp writes from Darlington to Rock Hill recalling prosperity in South Carolina after the McKinley victory. He describes tobacco auctions, farm evolution, and the contrast between capitalists and farmers, noting cotton and wheat growth, a 50 000 bale cotton crop and 6 000 000 pounds tobacco, and his reflections on people, places, and old friends in Bishopville Rock Hill and Bennettsville.
A brief dialogue shows Mr Oldham-Oh claiming steady business and Mrs Oldham urging ambition. The exchange emphasizes current business mindset, pressure to outpace rivals, and a push toward broader productivity in the era.
An article highlights nerve exhaustion and sleeplessness from nervous prostration. It praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure after Mrs. Hartley of Chicago suffered indigestion, exhaustion, and backache, urging readers to trust the remedy.
Jonathan Reed, a former drayman, has inhabited his wife’s red granite tomb in Evergreen cemetery Brooklyn since her death in 1895. He built a comfortable living space around the coffin, keeping the body with trinkets and a draped coffin lid that he can slide aside to view her face. Reed says he keeps watch as a pledge made at her death and believes only a difference in life energy separates them.
A Wyoming cattleman fell in love with a wax woman in a Chicago State street show window. An amused patrolman recalls the scene and explains the man mistook the dummy for a real, perfect lady and was warned to stop his ardent gestures or face arrest.
Dr Newell Dwight Hillis faced a second examination at Peoria after already being licensed in Chicago. Hebrew was first, the Hebrew Bible was missing, and Hillis offered to recite Genesis chapter one in the original. The committee, astonished, moved to end the Hebrew exam as the crowd cheered.
An analysis notes increasing death by own action in most civilized nations, linked to scientific secularism and modern life stress. European rates from Saxony to Italy show a general rise since mid to late 19th century, with Norway an exception due to anti alcohol measures. Emigration is cited as an outlet reducing suicide rates in Italy. In the United States the rate is about one per 35,000, with Massachusetts and Connecticut showing significant increases since 1860.
A Baltimore News note reports educated young women in thrall to dreambooks placed with Bibles, seeking explanations for visions and misfortune. Some fear dreams of children, while others deny superstition yet exhibit anxious habits and bravado.
A feature on how a cold can lead to consumption and how Peruna allegedly cured Helen Murphy and others. It cites Dr. Hartman and a testimonial from Henry Henrickson in Iowa, praising Peruna for catarrh and la grippe. The piece urges readers to obtain the doctor’s book and Peruna from Columbus, Ohio.
A Washington hotel night clerk recalls a southern congressman demanding a room change over a German musician in the next room. The man complained of nightly carillon and joked about a key change disrupting the music, illustrating a humorous clash of neighbors. The passage then shifts to advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills as constitutional remedies with testimonials and a money-back claim.
A Detroit Free Press report recalls a lawyer telling a witness they should relay a straight story about the affair. The witness replies skeptically, noting the affair was a very crooked proceeding.
An old advertisement claims Cascarets relieve a wide range of ailments by restoring bowel function. It promotes the genuine candy cathartic in metal boxes with C. C. C. stamped on each tablet and warns against imitations while promising health benefits for just 10 cents to start.
Mrs. Fadallby agrees to go to the club while her husband jokes about making home attractive. The playful exchange reflects domestic tensions and social rituals in a lighthearted tone.
Advertisement touts a single day cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets sold by druggists. It promises money back if the remedy fails to cure the cold, pricing at 25 cents.
A jumble of advertisements and quips runs through the page. It features claims for Carter's Ink and Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti, a medical ad for Piso's Cure, Hale's Honey, and Pike's Toothache Drops, plus quips about indigestion and courtesy. The snippets reference Chicago and Pittsburgh papers and include a Maple Street Norwich address from 1900.
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