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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
3
Mrs Pearl Griffin of Baldwin Michigan touts Jood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for eruptions and scrofula. She claims it purifies the blood and is the best preparation she knows for spring health.
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route announce a series of low rate excursions to the West and South-West. Tickets go on sale March 6 20 April 3 and 17. Maps time cards folders and illustrated pamphlets on the states mailed free on application to H C Townsend G P and T Agent St Louis.
Report highlights grim infant mortality in Calcutta Muslim community with a rate of 634.5 deaths per 1000 births. Details focus on the impact within Mohammedan households and the broader public health concern.
Advertisement from International Distributing Co. Chicago Illinois promises easy earnings by handling their goods in country towns. Similar note mentions tariffs and uniform stripe dimensions for textiles as a separate nonrelated claim.
An excerpt from a private letter extols Idaho Snake River Valley irrigation. It claims guaranteed crops, large wheat yields, abundant fruits, and rich orchards. The author praises western farming, notes Idaho’s 3,000,000 acres of arable land, and urges eastern readers to relocate via Oregon Short Line Railroad materials.
M Denayrouze, a leading figure in incandescent lighting, presented to the French Society of Civil Engineers a system that uses alcohol heated flame under a Welsbach mantle. He mixes alcohol with hydrocarbons in solution so carbon deposits on the mantle boost light output without raising alcohol consumption.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company releases two pamphlets for 1900 Western Canada and British Columbia with useful information for settlers west of Lake Superior. Free editions are distributed in Great Britain, the United States, and the Dominion, with contact for copies at 228 So Clark St Chicago. The piece ends with a quip about a literary man being a bald headed writer with long hair.
In a Saturday Evening Dost piece the speaker recalls daguerreotypes sealed in cedar, their faded faces and gilded frames evoking grandparents and ancestors. He laments exposing ghosts of vanished youth and asks the portraits to return to their quiet cedar chamber to dream of bygone days.
In Goshen Miss Sanders, once begged to share meals, gains luck through Addie White who orchestrates a plan to bake and ship cream candy to Springfield. Uncle Albert Evans orders 100 pounds after rapid local demand, with sugar, flavoring, and wholesale pricing fueling a bustling new small business.
Regular weekly shipments keep demand rising as hardship fades. Miss Sanders and Addie enjoy carefree days with candy, while Addie hints at helping Uncle Albert with orders. The pair remain close friends as the scene closes with light, domestic warmth.
A Leslie's Weekly report surveys Manila's Arroceres slaughter-house on the riverbank near tobacco factories and botanical garden. It describes night operations, native butchers, blood collection by women and children, and rapid meat distribution to markets as tropical heat accelerates spoilage.
Southampton reports describe Briton and Garth Castle taking on crew for Cape Town. Accommodations resemble third class with basic dining, dormitory bunks, and four meals daily including a hot meat dish. Men organized into messes of fourteen, self-managing as ships depart amid cheers.
A humorous anecdote from Collier's Weekly features a man presenting a column manuscript to an editor who quips that the wife should first “make fun” of it. The editor declines the draft and requests the wife review it before resubmission.
A health feature promotes Peruna as the sole safeguard against catarrh, claiming a cold starts catarrh and that Peruna cures and prevents it. It urges families to obtain Dr. Hartman’s free book Winter Catarrh from the Wartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
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