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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1909
Page
1
A selection of brief notes outlines rising cane sugar production by 2.2 million pounds annually and a $6,313,256 U S production value, alongside musings on prohibition, aviation prize by King Leopold, new explosive research, and a reflection on human knowledge versus discovery.
Readers are told that Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive treatment for catarrh, a constitutional disease. The ad pledges a $100 reward if it fails to cure and urges sending testimonials to J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Bold by druggists at 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The article describes an ancient Egyptian festival at Foum le Kha ng in old Cairo celebrating the Nile’s height and the start of canal irrigation. It recalls past practices of tax collection and a brutal ritual of sacrificing a young girl to ensure flood waters, now replaced by a symbolic doll cast into the Nile. Crowds gather as sheikhs greet attendees, fireworks rise, and modern western amusements encroach on traditional rites. The piece laments the potential loss of Sham el Nessin and the Cutting of the Khalie as remaining vestiges of ancient Egyptian ceremonies.
A discussion on coffee froth as a weather barometer notes froth patterns indicating rain or fair weather. The piece recalls Edwin Booth receiving a minister’s letter seeking private theater access to avoid voices, to which Booth replied that no door can hide from God.
Workers at the Toulon naval arsenal supplement their salaries with side trades during leisure. Some are hotel carpet boaters, prospectus distributors, or parcel carriers. A few say they are too busy to practice their primary trades like masseur. Additional artisans include shoemakers, watchmakers, and harborers operating in the yards for extra income.
Clayton resident Wer temeyer, known as the poetic Justice, sets a new local record by marrying six couples in one hour at his St Louis office. He uses verse styled ceremonies while guests and couples, all from St. Louis, echo his playful madrigal like salvos.
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