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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1900
Page
7
An account recalls the intricate process of shaping steel and weighing a hall to the exact grain. Bishop Whipple of Minnesota notes his experiences abroad, including a joke about an Englishwoman mistaking a bishop for one from South Africa after a sermon in Rome.
A customer letter praises Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound for helping weight gain and health. The message says a woman rose from 85 pounds to a fuller figure and reports others ask about her improved appearance. The ad claims Mrs. Pinkham has fifty thousand similar letters from grateful users.
A collection of household hints and recipes includes making water pith and bottle storage, flood of notes on white rooms from Paris and St. Petersburg style, and advice on saving coal ashes. It lists squash griddle cakes rice balls twin biscuits corn with peppers horseradish sauce and tapioca desserts with citrus, cream, and macaroons.
A historical profile describes Queen Victoria’s health tied to open air living, her pony rides and donkey Jacko, and her daily regimen of work. It notes dispatch reading at Windsor, private correspondence with family, and hands-on management of housekeeping and staff for nearly 2,000 people.
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern Roman Empire derived from Byzantium the city name of Constantinople. After Theodosius the Great died in 395 A D the empire split between Arcadius and the western Roman Empire. It endured over ten centuries facing decline before the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and was also called the Greek Empire.
An old ad snippet promotes Tetterine from Savannah Georgia for skin diseases claiming cures with a 50 cent ox price. The text includes stray comic dialogue from Brooklyn Life and Harper's Bazar, mentioning portraits and several names.
A garbled mix of bread making notes, names, and patent medicine pitches follows a narrative about a new bread system and automations, alongside assorted ad lines. It mentions loaf costs, 100 pounds of grain, and 5 cents per loaf, with several brand names and generic health tonics interspersed, creating a collage of late 19th or early 20th century newspaper content.
Banker and French parliament member M Raphael Bischoffsh eim leaves the Nice observatory and its lands to the University of France. He also endows £100,000 for maintenance. The total bequest is about 6,000,000 francs or £200,000. The observatory has contributed to science and will continue under this gift.
A New Orleans stenographer recounts a chaotic drinking episode of a colleague who slipped from work due to liquor. The man kept denying intoxication while friends warned him. The stenographer records a verbatim monologue revealing habits that lead to a dramatic reform after the exposé. Queen Wilhelmina preserves her dolls and keeps adding to her collection.
Vegetables require well balanced fertilizers to reach quality and quantity. The ad claims only fertilizer blends with at least 8 percent potash produce large yields. It offers free Looks information by mail from Nassau Street, Nassau, New York.
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