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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1900
Page
7
A collage of historical clippings notes health claims for tonics like Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Dr Kane’s Invigorating Tonic, a tobacco cessation pledge with NoTo, boat and shipping statistics from British and American fleets, an Earth life life-on-Earth lecture by Lord Kelvin, and political notes on Vermont law and a Missouri university chair offer.
An 19th century household column offers craft notes for home decor and sewing with a leather dish, a sitting room layout by William Morris, and a soap making recipe from Ladies' Home Journal. It also includes winter comfort advice, cold weather care for the elderly and children, ventilation guidance, and several dessert and cake recipes with ingredients and steps.
A critic notes differences between men who succeed and those who fail. The successful man acts with greater urgency and attention to detail, serving employers while pursuing self improvement. An employer benefits from his selfish drive which pushes for better positions and loyalty, contrasting with riskier, unmotivated peers. A young lawyer demonstrates how initiative, study, and social connections elevate him to lucrative practice and top status.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that several hundred commercial size diamonds have appeared with gold placer workings in California. In twelve months twenty seven stones were found in a Feath er river placer mine, mostly rough, one with a crystalline structure, largest at one carat. It also mentions nearby zircon deposits and high quality turquoises near Manuel in San Bernardino county.
A garbled ad laden fragment discusses candy Cathartic cleansers for blood and liver, dubious cures for constipation, and various claims. It oddly cites court cases and medical authorities, mentioning Hall’s Catarrh Cure and testimonials, with references to New Jersey and Harrisburg figures, all in a fragmented old newspaper voice.
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