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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1905
Page
3
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a simple prompt remedy to restore health and vigor, claiming benefits for nerves, appetite, digestion, and general vitality. It urges readers to send cents for a trial and promotes the pills as a cure for a range of ailments linked to fatigue and nervous strain.
George Gilbert visits Graybridge and reconnects with Sigismund Smith now calling himself Samuel, an author living with his friend. They travel to Camberwell to meet barrister Sleaford, finding a dilapidated home and a bell that never works as they discuss plans, ambitions, and life in the city.
In a court setting George Gil bert and Sigismund Smith discuss a fragmentary manuscript filled with dramatic suicides and sensational plots. They name a Duke who seals himself in a cellar and a ballet dancer who dies in a balloon, noting the public prefers lurid tragedy and fast writing.
In Isabel Sleaford's untidy garden a chance encounter unfolds as Sigismund Smith and George Gilbert find her absorbed in a book. The scene highlights Isabel's pale, ivory-like beauty and hints at a troubling longing tied to dangerous reading choices.
In a Camberwell garden Isabel Astrid Sleaford sits with two young men, reading a sentimental tale by fading light. Sigismund and George discuss Miss Sleaford while Isabel’s eyes glow and a mystery hush settles over the pear tree and the approaching father’s brusque greeting.
In Troy New Jersey some 10 000 women work in collar and cuff making and laundering earning 15 to 25 dollars weekly while men do rough work earning 10 to 12 dollars weekly. A 4 000 girl 500 man entertainment drew many invitations and weddings of factory workers are common with large bridesmaids parties. The industry pays about 200 000 dollars weekly and supports savings and social clubs with comfortable living.
The White Book shows 27 128 public schools in Japan with 5 084 099 pupils taught by 108 360 teachers. That equals 93.23 percent of all school age children. Enrollment rose from 29 percent in 1872 to 51 in 1883 and 59 in 1893, with major growth after the China War 1891 1895, about one third in ten years.
A humorous vignette from Lippincott's recalls a cabman quip about a hotel fare. The first driver asks the amount charged to a stranger, and the second replies four dollars and ninety seven cents, noting the traveler had only that much.
A mixed page of household tips and trivia covers foods and recipes such as old fashioned rice pudding and using nutmeg, notes on long lived trees in Europe, a planned consumptives camp in Chicago, heart photography by Roentgen, biting mosquitoes affecting bicyclists in India, and a quirky exchange about rheumatism and marital advice. It also mentions legislative activity in New York and a humorous bookstore exchange about a matrimonial book.
Leading medical writers and teachers endorse Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for chronic catarrhal stomach liver and related diseases. The formula uses glycerine and contains Black Cherrybark Golden Seal Bloodroot stone root Mandrake root and Queen's root. Endorsements come from Prof Bartholow Hare Ellingwood King Scudder Hale and others. A free booklet of extracts is available by request to Dr. R. V. Pierce Buffalo NY.
A. H. Stotts of Columbus Ohio chronicles a fifteen year struggle with kidney troubles. After heavy backaches dizziness and urinary disorders he collapsed and wasted away. Dean's Kidney Pills restored his health in two months and twelve boxes. he weighs 188 pounds now and has stayed well for two years. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A reader claims Cuticura offered fast relief for months of facial sores and scabs, reporting instant relief after the first use and complete cure after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The letter endorses Cuticura while warning against white court-plaster due to poisonous dyes.
A garbled ad claims Mrs Winslow soothing syrup eases teething pain gums and colic. It cites the British Medical Journal asserting men’s necks are longer than before, a dubious health assertion amid advertising text.
Two bottles of Piso’s Cure for Consumption cured a terrible cough for Fred Hermann of 200 Box Avenue Buffalo New York on September 24 1901.
A punchy item mocks aging gender norms and boozy men while noting women’s clubs avoid divorce debates as too personal. It also mentions elegant French plaids in exquisite colorings for waistlines and trims.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers $100 for any deafness case caused by catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation misstatement.
The ourgse covers newborn Armenian babies in Russia with fine salt for three hours to strengthen health and ward off evil spirits. Mothers believe the salting protects the child and enhances strength before washing with warm water.
The excerpt notes gender norms in Japan and fashion trends for Fall and Winter including black gowns navy blues and wine reds. It also mentions a glycerine remedy for coughs and the popularity of straight side and box plaited walking skirts with new millinery crowns and broad brits. A Northern New Zealand court case about a deserted wife and a note on cork buoyancy at depth are touched on.
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