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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
5
A poem in a Chicago Standard style laments tyranny and pride. It contrasts tyrants who prosper by wrong with the coming justice at the turn of the tide when the judge decides and right prevails.
In a rural county, Horace Stringfield finally conquers gossip and age as he asks Miss Hill, the 25-year widow, to marry him. The minister, set to perform the ceremony, safeguards a quiet union as neighbors remark on the unlikely romance between an elder suitor and a once-shepherded heart.
Boer commandant Christian De Wet tricks three captured yeomanry scouts by claiming a dispatch for Gen. Rundle. The trio pledges to deliver it in person and hands the letter to the general who reads a note demanding the three be chained. De Wet’s humorous yet harsh mischief endangers the prisoners.
Frederick Palmer, war correspondent with the relief expedition to Peking, recounts carrying four vottly of ale from Tientsin to the Chinese capital. He notes the beer's purpose was to comfort a friend in a bomb-proof shelter and mentions the friend's weight gain while rice and horse meat appear to fatten the relief column members.
A New Orleans style notice describes the Trustees of an old bachelors fund selecting dowerless girls aged 16 to 25 in a lottery for dowries. Candidates must read write sing and dance, with birth certificates to prove age. The lottery method ensures fair distribution amid concerns of fraud.
The last Proceedings of the Royal Society describes Prof Copeland's study on distemper in dogs. A cocco-bacillus microbe causes the disease and can reproduce distemper in inoculated dogs. A vaccine, heated broth culture with carbolic acid, reportedly protects small dogs. large scale tests are ongoing.
A Yuma coverage describes a young Mexican Apache marksman atop Arizona’s penitentiary walls wielding a Gatling gun. His test feats include hitting a six inch can at 700 yards four of five times and piercing 87 of 100 flying tins at 250 yards, with a 400 shots per minute rate noted.
In Guildford England villagers revived a seventeenth century custom of throwing dice for the maid’s money. A mayor created the pot that grants 12 guineas yearly to a long-serving servant girl. Two applicants competed and Martha Shingler won by throwing woven dice. The same dice box has been used for six decades.
An Englishman wagered he could cook plum pudding ten feet beneath the water in the Thamen. He sealed the pudding in a tin case and placed it inside lime. The lime’s chemical reaction with water produced heat that cooked the pudding in two hours.
The article argues that popular goods sell themselves when quality is evident and promotion tells the public why the product is desirable. It describes manufacturers, jobbers, and retailers benefiting as word of mouth and strategic selling expand markets beyond a small circle. It warns against complacency and notes outsiders may enter to challenge established shopkeepers.
George Schau of New Lebanon Ohio, a steady Dayton Volks reader, bought Chamberlain s Pal uly for his wife after eight weeks of back pain. After a few days of use she reported relief and soon could resume chores. The liniment is sold by Lovelady & Co.
Advertisement proclaims Botanic Blood Balm cures blood poison scrofula ulcers and bone pains by destroying syphilitic poison in blood while rebuilding constitution. Claims 8000+ testimonials six decades of testing and offers free trial treatment and medical advice from Blood Balm Co Atlanta GA.
A local notice urges families to buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints. It claims wide acceptance as the most successful medicine for children and adults and notes Lovelady & Co as the seller.
N E Palmer of Kirkman Iowa cites a severe burn from a gasoline stove injuring a woman. Bucklen's Arnica Salve allegedly cured the running sore. The ad extols the salve for cuts, boils, bruises and other skin conditions and notes it is sold at R F Love Hady's.
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