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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
1
Advertising rates listed for one square one time thirty cents per line for funeral notices by Loval. Rates for contract advertising provided on application. Entered at the Post-office as second class matter in Petersburg.
A collection of political salvos and social notes targets Roosevelt Bonaparte Root and Bryan amid warnings on war, tariffs, and prosperity. Pledges against tobacco, a tax on crime, and a lingering bank probe thread through a snapshot of national mood. An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a bold money-back claim.
Jade is described as used internally and externally in Chinese medicine for stomachic issues and skin blemishes. Historic notes mention jade in imperial lore, sources from Khotan to Kashgar, and a claim about a jade bowl preserving water in a tomb. Also covered are sawdust briquettes in Germany and a survey of age-old proverbs about women across cultures.
Rome 18 era its wolf emblem faded after a pair of cubs Romulus and Remus fought, Remus died, leaving Rome without a symbol for two months. A new wolf was placed in the Capitol garden, with talk of adding a mate but officials oppose to avoid reviving Romulus and Remus crime. In Servis a mayor jailed five years for lease majesty, cursing King Peter each morning.
Advertises reduced prices on linens and cottons including cannon cloth, counterpanes, quilts, shirt waists, embroidered robes, combs, talcum powder, linen cambric and silk. Highlights scattered sale prices such as quilts from $1 to $5, waists from 49 cents, belts of up to $3.75, and silk yard wide black tafle at $1, claiming superior value for the city.
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