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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1899
Page
10
A mixed set of humorous dialogue snippets and short notices appears. The text includes a playful exchange about mitts and a jab at the idiom of Injuns, plus an ad for Dr Kline's Restorer and brief observations about race horses, soap, and police canes. It preserves period voice with scattered references to everyday life.
Profile of Donald Alexander Smith later Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, English Canadian baron and Hudson Bay Company governor. He rose from pioneer life in Labrador to wealth and power with stakes in the Bank of Montreal and major railways, and now sits in the House of Lords. His Montreal mansion houses a famed art collection and Asian curios.
Lord Strathcona, a leading figure in Canadian politics, is linked to a bold colonial education project. The scheme would fund agricultural and colonial schools for British youths in Brandon, Winnipeg, Calgary and other sites with government buildings and diplomas after three years. The piece notes his vast ties to Canada and his role in development alongside discussions of vice regal succession and honors.
A profile of American poet Richard Hovey noting his birthplace Bloomington Illinois and upbringing in Washington and Andover Massachusetts. Mentioned Dartmouth graduate, years in New York Washington and Paris, translations of Maeterlinck, and works including Launcelot and Guinevere, Songs from Varabondia with Bliss Carman, and a new poetry collection Along the Trail.
A special letter recounts the sultan of Morocco ordering beheadings to deter tax dodging, with grisly scenes at Laroiche and depictions of crushed lives. It also notes Queen Wilhelmina insisting on accuracy in a Lenbach portrait, prompting his abrupt departure.
A Long Island farm reports an apple tree bearing two crops in one year, prompting farmer interest. The item also promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for dyspepsia and other ailments, and mentions various consumer products and ads from the period. The piece generalizes about health remedies and everyday curiosities.
Letters from Mrs. Lizzus Devery of Lowell and Mrs. Amos Tromponar of Ellenburgh Center praise the remedy for uterine ulcers, postnatal illness, and womb falling. A Troyes firefighter named Lang is named posthumously in a contrasting note about discovery after death.
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