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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1898
Page
7
The article notes Colorado's excursion business is booming with the Colorado Midland handling more trips than ever, touted for low fares, superb scenery, and top rail service through the mountains to tourist resorts. It also mentions older adages about Swiss thrift and other scattered remarks on balloons and lengths of days.
An assortment of ad copy and notices outlines wheat prices, seeds, and farming tips including Salzer Seed Co offerings and a description of agricultural products. The page includes miscellaneous notes on cosmetics, photography, travel, and humor, reflecting promotional material and trivia from the era.
Empress Elizabeth of Austria has returned to Vienna after more than six months away and taken residence in the Villa of Sainz. The aged ruler, 61, is described as frail, obsessed with her weight and diet, surrounded by flowers, statues, and a private chapel. She moves with a Greek companion and forbids most sight of her, while maintaining lavish, ceremonial displays in her rooms. Her routines include precise weight checks, restricted meals, and avowed dislike of past projects like Villa Achi Jean. Her daughter Marie Valerie and grandchildren stay elsewhere to avoid unsettling her.
The Pacific coast reclamation near San Francisco's Golden Gate Park uses sand Arundo arenaria to stabilize the shore for two years then plant Monterey pine and cypress. The project costs about 330 per acre, with 1040 acres in the park and several hundred acres already planted with pines.
An appeal stresses that regular menstruation is vital and pain can derange nerves and age women. It cites Miss Grr TRADE Lines and Lydia E. Pinkham products as remedies and invites women to write for health advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
An inquiring neighbor asks a four year old what he will be when he grows up. The boy thoughtfully replies that he plans to be a man, and the observer nods in approval at the ambition.
A London style promotional feature from J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co offers four porcelain game plaques by Bruvilie, depicting American Ducks, Pheasant, Quail and English Snipe. Free reception for customers buying three ten cent packages of Elastic Starch before October 1.
Vintage railway ad explainer notes 1 cent per mile Cincinnati route with return Sept 6 to 18, 4 cents postage for illustrated stock. Mentions Frank J. Reed G PLA Chicago and Be Sessions TL PF A Minneapolis. Listings reference Monon’s Cincinnati Encampment and promotional timelines for Sept 3 sale and Sept 6 to 18 extension.
Fragmentary text discusses a fuchsia plant name linked to Leonard Fuchs and mentions Chicago and a historic brick house. The readable parts reference a death nearby and faint notes on patients and a blood gate, with garbled phrases and unclear dates.
The oldest engine in the world, built by Boulton & Watt in 1777, is preserved by the Birmingham Canal Navigations. It was at Rolfe Street Smethwick for 120 years before being moved to Qoker Hill Tipton for display. The firm later supplied two modern triple expansion engines for the Walsall pumping station rated at 240 horsepower and a daily capacity of 12,713,600 gallons.
The New York Press notes a Jersey City bureau man, R B Caldwell, who answers about 10,000 questions daily for the Pennsylvania Railroad. A remarkably patient, all knowing aide, Caldwell recalls every traveler, politician, and incident he encounters, serving as the railway’s main dependable information source.
A Chicago Journal piece muses on life with a field army mule and its driver. It describes the battered blue baggage wagons, faded army overcoats, and the caravan from Fort Reno moving across the Florida highway. A profane commander disciplines six mules as the driver’s frantic exhortations mix with unexpected names Lena Paulina and Sadie, all in a vivid, poetic tone.
German workshops adopt biitig paper for cleaning machinery replacing cotton waste and sponge cloth. Workers now use 150 grams of cotton waste and ten sheets of bint ing paper weekly at 20 cents total, reducing soil and dust and improving cleanliness. The paper is cheaper and less dusty, and even more combustible than cotton waste.
A quirky exchange questions the future of the United States as a nation and entertains the notion of a broader unity. The jokey banter imagines renaming the country the United States of the Earth and mocks annexation debates.
In a breezy exchange, Helen asks about Kate's new wa soca while Mattle comments on the mage look. They note Sirlish tones and color choices, with Helen remarking that Sheya patched her tea neatly.
A man in Indiana reportedly has not slept for five years while thousands suffer insomnia from dyspepsia headaches and constipation. The remedy promoted is Stostetter's Stomach Bitters sold by all druggists.
Mrs Gabley jokes about a new instant process portrait and wonders how she posed with her mouth closed prompting a playful exchange about the photographer’s method.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as taken internally with price listed. An alarming Bourgogne disaster mention contrasts with vague notes. Also promotes No-To-Bac tobacco remedy, Winston’s Syrup, Cosmo Buttermile Toilet Soap, and dynamite explosive force comparison.
Amon Kelner of Cherry Valley reports recovery after using Pisots Cure for Consumption. The item notes a testimonial dated November 29 and mentions a claim of disease recovery and a local quotation. The fragment also includes unrelated promotional and sensational phrases about cosmetics and sports.
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