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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1898
Page
6
A fragmented report outlines odd sums in the Spatoth Chef Industry with figures like 436,0010 and 96,000 Pesutas. It notes a New York architect and hints at professional exploits, including occasional nonprofessional acts, amid a murky financial context.
The notice describes an Astor House exhibition in New York showcasing a man who can pass pins through his cheeks lips and calves and drive nails through his body, alongside demonstrations of rubber war vessels that could be inflated to threaten ships, highlighting unusual feats and curiosities of the era.
Mary Langard of Woodstock Ontario recounts how years of pain from tumors and a dragging life turned to vigor after using Dr Ayers Sarsaparilla. She followed a spring program of bottles, credits the remedy with curing and preserving health, and urges others to seek the same result.
The report notes Gladstone is dead at five this morning with peaceful moments and no pain. May 18 Kong dispatches discuss consular actions in Kowloon and insurrection leaders. calls for more American warships and force. May 20 Nebraska troops arrive for Manila duty. more train detentions precede. Fifth US squadron to be formed for Atlantic coast defense with Columbia as flagship. Nebraska regiments and commission news precede Japanese statement opposing annexation of the Philippines.
May 19 report from Washington note s Britain is amassing coal in the western states and storing it at Eghamnah yard. Naval officials say the move aims to ensure fuel for a possible crisis in Asiatic waters, though the exact reason remains unclear. A Havana dispatch also reports Col Rodriguez routing rebels near Gaines, dispersing 400 fighters with many killed or wounded and captures of horses and arms.
In Sangamon county indictments under the anti-trust law against coal companies in Springfield were quashed by the county circuit court. The case, People vs. Springfield Coal, concerned a winter price rise by the association of coal firms.
A chaotic collage of street vendor chatter, frayed product pitches, and legal squabbling over Dr Clark's Foot Powder. The article notes claims of genuineness, patent status, and a Supreme Court injunction against Hudson and a Brooklyn retailer for infringing Foot-Ease. It also mentions Allen’s Foot-Ease and a blind bat dodging obstacles, underscoring quirky era advertising and court action.
A collage of 19th century advertisements and notes appears. Mentions Rev B Waad ie Morrison recipes and tonics, druggist claims, No To Bae, Sterling Remery Co, Dr H H Green’s Sons, Piso’s Cure, Tichborne claimant fund, German regiments, Cascareta candy, and a Paris tree statistic. Ends with a street tree fact about Paris.
A fragment discusses saleswomen and the hardships of their work, noting movement as relief from bodily discomfort and citing laws in some states requiring resting places. It references energy needs for varying workloads and ends with a garbled line about wages or items.
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