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Newspaper
Orland Zenith
Location
Orland, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
2
A reflective poem contrasts aging sadness with hopeful dawn. The speaker notes twilight life, gray landscapes, and fading joy, then hints at promise beyond the hilltops and a comforting glow as age advances. Attributed to the Bismarck Tribune.
In a Southern California town Pancho an aging bandit confronts a young American over a Santa Maria road hold up. Helena Parco, Pancho's daughter, dies as suspicions rise. at a funeral Pancho and Howard face off with a deadly plan amid tolling Mission bells.
A servant girl overhears a street vendor touting a new book on Etiquette and Department. The man contends with a stern resident, receiving blunt rebukes about mud on shoes and personal habits as the discussion turns to the woman of the house.
A Knight of the Garter appears in full regalia. He wears a blue velvet mantle with a star on the left breast, white trunk-hose stockings and shoes, a crimson hood and surcoat, and a dark blue velvet garter with gold lettering. The heavy golden collar holds twenty-six garter pieces and the George badge, with the lesser George on a blue ribbon. The Order’s star shows eight points with the St. George cross encircled by the garter.
H G Barnabee of the Bostonians recalls a baby in the gallery at a Patience performance. His thunderous delivery of lines about dust and tomorrow provoked the infant to cry, and his encore about a little thing of my own electrified the audience, the house shouting.
Somerville Journal notes that the frequent surprise stems from people not anticipating what they ought to. The phrase frames common expectations as a guide to understanding daily slips of foresight.
A strong minded man may read a persuasive patent medicine advertisement and still resist buying. The line suggests the ad's effectiveness in urging a purchase and hints at the reader's skepticism.
Advertisement promotes Grain-O as a nourishing grain based beverage for children that tastes like coffee but costs about 4 cents less. It claims to distribute health the more children drink and notes Grain-O comes in 15 and 25 cent sizes sold by grocers.
The article notes a secret service fund voted yearly by the English parliament to combat conspiracies against the state. Last year $65,000 was paid to spies employed for this purpose and Britain previously paid $200,000 for a copy of the Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia.
This ad asks what to choose for dessert and promotes Jell O as a quick healthful option. It emphasizes two minutes preparation with hot water, no boiling, and chilling. Flavors listed include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry with a price of 10 cents at grocers.
A reader from Trinity Springs Ind notes that smallpox deaths fell dramatically after vaccination across thirty-year periods, citing Austria’s pre and post vaccination figures. He questions Piso’s Cure for Consumption as an equivalent for coughs and colds.
A concise remark from Chicago News noting a man praised for his integrity. Miles calls it wonderful while Giles questions the mute nature of the person, suggesting ambiguity about his speech.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. Among proposed Nobel prize candidates are Prof Roentgen and Sig Marconi. Red Cross Ball Blue promotes white clothes. Cable systems cost about 2000 per mile with submarine lines over 200 million invested. Danish lighthouses receive oil for storms. N E A convention in Charleston in July with routes via Chattanooga Knoxville Asheville and Spartanburg return via Norfolk Old Point Comfort Richmond and White Sulphur Springs. Formas time cards etc address J C Tucer 234 Clark Street Chicago.
One fare for the round trip within 200 miles. July 8 and 4 return by July 5. Write wire phone or call nearest agent C. A. Asterlin T. P. A. Fort Wayne Ind.
A free prospectus for The Science of Life or Self-Preservation offers 365 pages with engravings bound in paper cloth or gilt for 25 cents, or $1.00 by mail. The Peabody Medical Institute, Boston, sells copies and mails prospects for six cents postage.
Mrs. Julia Clark of Dallas recalls being the sole woman in the gold hunting party that departed New Orleans in July 1849, a survivor recounting early American migration and the trek to California.
An ad touts Eagle Linen Writing Table with ruled and unruled 100 sheets, noting Letter size at 25 cents and Note size at 16 cents. It also advertises Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children priced at 2 cents a bottle, claiming gum softening and relief from wind colic.
An early 20th century advertisement promotes The Turn of Life as essential for women during menopause with Mrs. Pinkham's guidance and Lynn Massachusetts contact. It also touts Elixir Gouraud’s Oriental Beautifier to cure pimples freckles and blemishes promising beauty and skin care claims with various drugstores advertised.
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