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Newspaper
Moulton Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
6
A Prignue bird reportedly flies at a remarkable rate, covering hundreds of miles weekly without landing. Experts note the animal maintains continuous flight for extended periods, challenging traditional roosting patterns.
A fragment of ads and notes touts melted Civil War cannon cast into a statue, then shifts to health products. Cures claimed for stomach bitters and dyspepsia, kidney weakness, and foot care with Allen’s foot-kase. Cascar ets candy cathartic sold for ten cents, warnings about imitations. A closing aphorism notes rich man’s troubles.
An advertisement extols W L Douglas Shoes made in Brockton Mass. sold direct from factory to wearer to offer $3.50 value equal to higher priced shoes. The note highlights union labor, high wages, 1100 workers, and a weekly payroll of 17435 dollars, claiming over one million wearers. It also mentions store presence in 60 major cities and a factory dispute settlement by the state board of arbitration.
The Peabody Medical Institute at 4 Bullfinch St Boston is among the citys unique institutions. Founded nine years before the death of George Peabody it bears his name and has earned wide distinction over 80 years. Its medical publications reach millions. A 94 page pamphlet for men only titled Know Thyself can be mailed free by request with 60 cents postage.
In Tunbridge Wells a masked duel unfolds between Dorothy Ingleden and Sir Harry Fortescue as she seeks vengeance for her sister Winifred. A moonlit duel ends with Fortescue slain by Dorothy who, tormented by love and revenge, flees with her maid Betty as dawn approaches.
The Chicago council passes a billboard ordinance restricting structures to at most 100 feet of superficial area or 10 feet in height, requiring incombustible materials and a minimum ground clearance. Boards must be 21 feet back from the street line to protect the street front, and consent of three quarters of frontage on both sides of the block is needed to erect boards on boulevards.
Nilsson the zoologist estimates a full grown Greenland whale at about 100 tons or 224,000 pounds. Some whales exceed this, with tales of 110 feet and 150 tons. Today a 70-foot whale is large, and a ton of oil has been obtained from a single whale's tongue.
Monza, a Milan province town nine miles from Milan, hosts the royal summer palace and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist which houses the Iron Crown and crown jewels with relics. The city, once a Roman colony possibly Modaetia, has a royal palace on the river, gardens, and a population over 30,000, with a history of independence and clashes during the eras of Theodoric and Charles V.
The Philadelphia Times reports on a deep waterway plan from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, arguing a 1 600 mile route would require 150 to 200 million dollars and could be built progressively. It details intermediate links from Chicago to Cairo and from Joliet to Utica, with dam and canal proposals, flood protection, and river improvements to reach twenty feet depth. The analysis stresses benefits to seaborne trade, grain and ore regions, and internal commerce, citing costs, routes, and potential state and federal roles.
A New York Press item describes a sly saver who tips well for others while drinking cheaper beer himself, and a city irregular who exploits three bartenders by serving water labeled gin to conceal a hidden pattern. The scheme repeats with a second bottle labeled gin for an unwitting companion, then hidden beneath the bar.
The New York weekly The Livery Stable prints a critique titled Heartless Woman charging the tight rein and docked horse as a moral failing. It warns that if ladies refuse driving behind docked horses and tight reins, both abominations will soon disappear, reflecting period gender humor and social norms.
A sensational tale from Park Row describes a seven foot wild man with long hair and a beard blamed for fires and missing farm animals. Reportedly seen near Montclair, the creature allegedly wields a gnarled club and inspires fear among locals and workers’ families.
A reader recounts months of painful illness and multiple doctors with no relief until Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound provided cure. Miss Edna Ellis of Higginsport, Ohio, shares how she followed advice and now feels well and offers to answer letters about her case.
The New York Press discusses the tippler who swears off then relapses after a few drinks. Before drinking he is cold and calculating. after the rush he grows generous and impulsive, returning to old companions and excess. Sober, he remains penitent, but in spirits he talks bravely and neglects the future.
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