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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
4
A period piece advertises a women’s health remedy guiding about midlife changes. It touts that Mrs Pinkham, with vast experience, offers free advice and provides a Lynn Massachusetts address for letters seeking guidance.
The Washington Star recounts Representative Kay Eddy telling a campaign anecdote. He recalls a veteran drummer who stirred crowds with a drum act during a district speech. A 12 year old observer told him the captain should keep drumming.
Reviews from 1899 and 1900 clash over Violet Florida Waters in Camille. The Daily Grind praised her stage command in 1899 while the Indianapolis Press derided her performance in 1900, calling her a frost and back row ornament.
A lower Broadway clothing merchant priced a batch of bargains at 15 dollars each but saw no rush. He discovered the sign read These suits $15. They won't last long. Passersby laughed at the blunt message and the designer clerk lost his job.
A vintage drug ad promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It states all druggists refund money if the remedy fails to cure. The price is listed as 25e.
Trate Gentleman vents anger at canvassers for disturbing him. The canvasser boasts a dictionary of English words and slang phrases, claiming it will help him express himself without loss.
A fragment shows Evangeline asking about acquaintances in the social circle and Angelina replying with a sly remark. The page also advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents.
The piece highlights Mr Wu’s preferred address among friends, translations of Barrie works in Germany, Marcus Daly’s rough garb in mines, Lord Roberts and staff impromptu concerts, William E. Ellis deed of his Wilmington home to a colored orphans' home, Mrs. Esther Baker Steele’s Steele Memorial library, Henry W. Stratton’s verse book and block toys, and the death of Lady John Scott Spottiswoode at 91 in London with notes on her eccentric manners and kinship to nobility.
Lord Roberts endures a string of near fatal incidents during the Indian mutiny era. A bullet through a cap pouch spared his back near Delhi. At Bulandshar his horse head struck by a bullet as a Sepoy fired. Lucknow campaign saw his horse fall into a nullah and his hand cut, yet he remounted. He planted flags atop Moti Mahal turrets despite rapid-fire and staff damage. In pursuit of rebels he felled a man and wrested a flagstaff, narrowly escaping a second shot as a musket failed.
Experiments show finlike propeller vessels gaining propulsion and transforming water travel. Meanwhile Hostetter's Stomach Bitters gains trust as a harmless natural medicine from strengthening herbs. It claims to cure constipation indigestion biliousness and weak kidneys.
A brief report notes a local dispute over a nine Muses team contest with the Bluebirds in Richmond Dis patch. The exchange hints at competitive matchups where the Bluebirds are favored to prevail, though no game details or scores are provided.
Western North Carolina's Asheville is praised as a world famed healthy climate and year round resort. The city sits where the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers meet, hosts wealthy homes including George W. Vanderbilt's estate, and lies high above Denver in elevation with modern city life.
An American writer recalls college days and a black gardener named Sambo who playfully outwits students with sharp banter. A spring scene has Sambo burning grass to clear old turf, a freshman teases him about turning the grass black, and Sambo replies it will turn green again. Ad for Allen's Foot-Ease promotes foot relief for new shoes and foot ailments.
A Dun-I calls to settle a small account prompting the Debtor to remark that the inquirer is the most curious man he has known. The exchange, reported by the Boston Transcript, highlights interest in a minor financial matter.
A compendium of patent medicine claims and quips from early 1900s newspapers. It markets Yucatan Chill Tonic improved, Grove's TastiLess CaiL i Tonic, Dr. Moffett's Teething Powders, and Pise's Cure while weaving witty quotes about opportunity, manners, and social foibles from Chicago and other papers. Contains price hints like 50 cents and 5c, and notes on tonics and tonics’ tasteless forms.
An Irish horse tamer named Sullivan is praised for his skill in breaking vicious horses. Observers say his method involves secret confinement followed by a controlled release, leaving the steed calm and tamed as if a child could ride.
Detroit notes a graduate professing deep patriotism as she plans to address dangers facing the nation in her commencement essay. The piece humorously ponders a secondary concern about whether freckles can be permanently removed without risk.
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