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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1904
Page
3
A San Bernardino judge credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring kidney function after 18 years of backache and profuse secretions. The ad claims a free trial mailed nationwide and that the product costs 50 cents per box, sold by dealers.
The report lists active naval vessels over 1,600 tons by country with displacements for Great Britain France Germany Russia United States Italy and Japan. It notes US tonnage could more than double if current builds finish, shifting ranks to third place behind France and Britain.
The outlook for the next naval campaign is disturbing. If submarines fulfill expectations, their use in real war could paralyze imagination and force ships from the seas. The piece notes that submarines are the least known yet highly anticipated weapon among battleships cruisers and torpedo craft.
The Czar shows musical gift by composing verses with religious themes. The poems praise the Orthodox Church and its saints and emphasize Christian self sacrifice and renunciation of worldly goods and prosperity.
Missouri coal industry made rapid strides last year employing 10 517 men in winter and 7 837 in summer for an annual average of 9 177. A total of 348 mines were operated during the year.
A reader from Detroit testifies to relief from female weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter, signed by Miss Guira Gannon of Jones Street, claims drastic improvement in six weeks and urges other women to seek the remedy. It also notes a $5000 forfeit for fake authenticating letters and references ongoing newspaper publications of similar testimonials.
A blended recipe uses lithia glycerine to make a flexible putty cement for repairing enameled stoneware and metal items and preserving wood hall seating. It notes curing time varies with cement type and suggests inexpensive methods to fashion a plain wooden bench with a box cushion and corduroy tufting for a rustic antique look.
A column offers at home methods for washing eider down comforters on a bright day with ammonia or salt to set colors, hot soap suds washing by squeezing, and line drying with frequent shaking. It also presents several recipes including Consomme Milanesa, Cocoanut Pie, Sugar Puffs, Venison Chops with Chestnut Puree, and Caramel Sauce. A brief essay extols reading as a cure for illness, praising Cervantes and Dickens as mental tonic, citing the London Globe critique.
An experimental Chicago plant on Forty fifth street near Lake Shore tracks tested a method to produce layered ice. The Cook process uses wooden supports and progressive flooding to create successive ice layers, forming blocks about four inches on a side within a frame 25 by 56 feet. The project began freezing in February, yielding four to five layers of ice before thawing late February.
A Paris area tale recounts an old lady’s hidden fortune in a statuette containing banknotes and valuables. In England, Jesse Amos Baker known as Big Billy Bonno was buried in Preston after dying in Blackburn. he weighed 42 stone and stood six feet tall, with a 73 inch waist, in a grand grave and pine coffin.
An advertisement featuring Samuel R. Sprecher praises Peruna for curing catarrh of the kidneys and related kidney troubles. It argues doctors often miss kidney catarrh, claims widespread testimonials, and invites readers to write to Dr. Hartman for free advice.
In a brief exchange between Knew Hham Brooks and Mr. Swaddleford the topic centers on a light bet about making remarks. A sharp weather debate follows, with Swaddleford reframing common phrases as he notes the miscommunication of conveyed ideas. Brooks concedes, paying a dollar to Swaddleford.
Belgium has 1 360 miles of navigable waterways and 11 373 square miles of land giving about one mile of waterway per 8 5 square miles. Sixty percent of waterways are state controlled. Beziers in Beziers France held the camel sacred for sixteen centuries and its museum features a papier mache camel effigy. If the sun were hollow it could hold 500 000 earth sized globes and an eye viewing 16 000 square miles per hour would need 55 000 years to scan the surface.
The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for cure failures and cites endorsements from Toledo wholesalers. It also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and notes Edinburgh authorities offered half a crown to vaccinate, provoking a rush.
Instructions describe placing a penny in a wine glass then covering it with a dollar and blowing to eject the coin without touching either. A sharp blast on the dollar tilts it so an air current pushes the penny out as if the dollar remains in place.
Advertisers pay yearly fees as Manchester cuts back on car advertisements. The article hints at eroded revenue and mentions terms from old advertising jargon dating to earlier eras.
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