07 Nov 1905
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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1905
Page
1
A collage of remarks on advertising, coffee consumption, wealth, Russia, free speech, bank cashiers in Iowa, railroad plans, life insurance, silent votes, and political figures. Mentions Dr Wiley, Hall Caine, Count Cassini, Col Bryan, Finns, Poles, J A McCall, John A McCall, Sultan of Turkey, Czar, Japan, Bryan, and an Oregon Congressman.
One hundred dollar reward offer for an incurable catarrh case. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo claim a cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsers Walding Kinnan & Marvin certify Cheney's honesty. Product touted as acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials and price mentioned. pills for constipation also advised.
Tales from Europe recount dream inspired luck in lotteries, including Signor Fozi of Milan who won substantial prizes using a dream as the number guide. An Italian peasant pursued dream numbers, suffered ruin, then won the grand prize after another dream. Early English lottery lore tied dreams to luck, as shown by an old Post Boy advertisement and Spectator letter.
A Parisian woman devised a fraud trading on fake diamonds and pearls, manipulating pawn loans and receipts to dupe wealthier targets. Fourteen victims lost funds while the con earned the swindler up to 7,500 dollars per scheme, with one man losing 12,600 before pursuing fraud charges in London. Henry H. Rogers, Fairhaven’s notable benefactor, interviews highlight his rise from a boy with long limbs to a city builder and Standard Oil advocate.
A compendium of old world maxims on women and marriage from diverse regions. It quotes Spanish, English, French, German, Beoth, Scottish, Arabian, Persian, Corsican, and Indian proverbs, highlighting attitudes toward wives, wisdom, obedience, beauty, and power, with brief attributions to sources like the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Georgia legislature added to the state’s 145 counties, raising total to 145, versus New York with 61 and California with 57. The piece notes concerns about many independent counties and compares Texas with 248 counties, citing wildly uneven presidential votes in some counties. It lists Mississippi with 76, Kentucky 119, Arkansas 75, Florida 45, and Tennessee 96 counties.
A New York Tribuna report tells how a supreme court judge invited a friend to sail. A gale worsened the ride and the guest grimaced in distress while the judge offered help. The friend whispered a plea to overrule the motion, seeking relief from the rough seas.
The piece reviews faults of famous leaders from misused words to genitive errors and notes Gladstone's critique of a letter. It cites Sir Edward Hamilton recounting a homily on the misuse and mentions Gladstone's speech preparation shift. It also observes a surge in tall, strong women and enduring beauty past fifty, noting Illustration Landon Ma wa.
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