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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1897
Page
8
Gumbull Gimp of Eureka California keeps a shed he calls a jag house filled with cheap furniture. When quarrelsome he breaks objects and yells at a phonograph set up for war. He finds the setup costly yet Mrs. Gimp approves.
A Richmond Ky firm and an observer recount a seven pig display where eight front-foot pairs appeared through a fence. One pig apparently had six feet. The tale follows with a note on a man claiming three inches of height growth via pulleys and weights, suggesting possible height increase with effort and proper care.
The Behring Sea seals dispute traces a 19th century claim to sole U S control of fisheries from 1867 Alaska cession through 1890 North American Commercial Company charter. Diplomatic friction with Britain and Canada led to arbitration treaty efforts as the core issue remains unresolved. A quip about Sterne and Draper follows a unrelated aside.
A week of Senate and House activity saw debates on Union Pacific railroad affairs and the deficiency appropriation bill. The armor price for three new battleships was set at 500 per ton, with factory arming plans discussed, and a joint resolution approving a Sherman statue studio site passed. The House adjourned without other business.
In a negligence case a good-humored Irish witness is asked about train speed. The judge presses for exact speed and the wit responds with comic, escalating phrases, delivering a humorous exchange that echoes the Buffalo Enquirer quotation about comparing speeds.
An OCR fragment shows a quarrel about a hotel bill in Jersey with jumbled names and jokes. The exchange hints at a clerk dispute over charges deemed excessive and a comic aside about a pet mosquito, followed by playful taunts about gossip and propriety.
A century old Crescent bicycle feature details Western Wheel Works Chicago production scales. It describes wire length, spokes, axles, hubs, springs, bolts and nuts used. It compares components to distances from Chicago to Cincinnati and New York to Chicago, highlighting scale of 1890s bicycle making.
The article reports on roadside tree planting experiments along German and Austrian roads. It notes Saxony’s state profit over fourteen years amounts to about $400,000, and details varied practices across Württemberg, Barats, and the Palatinate with highway oversight, proprietor responsibility, and horticulturist supervision.
Erickson, a Montara resident living in the Diamond Hill mining camp, found a large gold nugget along the St Louis gulch. The yellowish object gave a dull thud, not like a coin, and weighed in with an estimated value of 142.
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure swollen tender feet and painful cracking. Claims it eases tight shoes, stops sweating and burning, and offers a sample by mail for a quarter. Also notes a bee egg image with magnified view and pale pearl-like appearance and hexagonal netting pattern.
Rot Flattering reports Browning Tennyson Smith altered his butter supplier after the man persisted in sending butter wrapped in pages of his poems. Ammoniated Anemie of quinine is cited as a more essential antidote to bee stings than ammonia alone, per Nature.
A clipped OCR fragment voices grandiose pith about enterprises and misfortune caused by illness and indigestion. The garbled lines mention digesting, water, wine, and diet, with odd spellings that hint at a period prose poem or satirical piece. Names and clear events are unreadable.
The text argues that elections are indirect. It explains that presidents are not elected by direct popular vote but by electors. Cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, and many federal officials are chosen by the president and sometimes confirmed or approved by others. It notes the people are a rising power but exercise it largely indirectly.
A collage of oddities, including two lines about Hats Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents, a humorous barber shop flyer, and a rifle of disjointed tales. A tale of a man observing a cat near a train, a remark on hair care, a lightning incident in a South African region, and snippets about Winslow's Sunrise Steer for Children plus a famous Abyssinian chief Ras Alvia.
An old advertisement warns that intestinal microbes poison the blood if the bowels are constipated and promotes Cascarets Carhartie as a natural remedy. It claims liver balance, purifies blood, relieves dyspepsia, and promises beauty through pure blood. The copy urges readers to order by mail from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago Montreal or New York.
The Yellow River, called the Sorrow of China, is described as the most destructive stream. It altered its course four times in two centuries and shifted its delta up to 500 miles. Fed by northern mountains, floods follow heavy rains and melting snow, costing over 16,000 lives in three centuries.
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder treats swollen feet and bunions, relieves sting and sweating, and makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Aimed at preventing tired aching feet, it is sold by druggists and shoe stores with a 23 cent mail offer and free trial package.
The passage notes Japan filled with modern devices including an electric car and an international exhibition. It mentions Pise's Care for Consumption as a medicine for coughs and colds. A Denver ad lists Mrs. Cl Belts of 80 Sthave, with an 1893 date. Tobacco consumption in Spain last year totaled $31,009,000, averaging $1.90 per head.
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