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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1899
Page
8
The article notes a seven hundredth anniversary of coal use per a history of the coal trade. It observes early civilizations thrived without coal and that humanity slowly realized coal’s vast potential, with fire vastly outpacing wood before coal’s dawn. It emphasizes coal’s power as a transformative energy source.
A fragment describing how microbes enter the system via membranéa and how Peruna supposedly heals by catarrh and preventing infection. The text mixes terms like wivcous and préventa with references to selarial germs and malaria, presenting a now archaic, dubious medical claim about prevention and cure.
Vogue reports on understated yet marked fashion for Indian summer. Simple shirt waist outfits with brown habit cloth skirts, plaid silk linings, and subtle trims remain in style. Front jacket silhouettes, plain or lightly trimmed skirts, sleeveless options, and bold scarlet tennis outfits emphasize practicality and flare for field wear.
Dress features describe belt and tie silk gowns with drooped belts, separate skirts returning in fashion, and golf coat influence. Scarlet jackets with varied lapels and contrasting collars top warm ensembles. Skirts use smocking and tucks for hip fit with matching bolero or yoke details, trains and yokes common in house dresses.
The article describes new skirt fashions like princess separates that fit over the hips and open at the top, with trimmings and invisible front fastenings. It notes fabrics such as serge cheviot habit cloth and changeable silks, plus bands, embroidery, and fringe likely to rise in popularity. Also mentions railway stations in Russia keeping passenger complaint books.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal cure for many ailments from rheumatism to eruptions. It emphasizes modifications of circumstances by enriching the blood and urges readers to choose Hood's specifically.
The shy writer Joel Chandler Harris avoids notoriety and theater, preferring home work in Atlanta near the Constitution office. He rarely attends plays, but eagerly hosts readings by Riley and Stanton, growing fast friendship with James Whitcomb Riley after a late evening visit. Harris writes for the Saturday Evening Post while daily at the Constitution office each morning.
Two chance acquaintances on a railway train discover they hail from the same neighborhood and reminisce about old times. They discuss Harrison McPeltz, a special writer for a New York paper earning ten dollars per column, and his brother Alfred, a hefty man in a Gime mu Baum weighing 487 pounds with a sizable salary. Both brothers are described as having achieved success in life.
A Wisconsin woman recounts how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved years of uterine and ovarian inflammation. She credits the remedy with restoring health after doctors failed and avoided morphine, praising renewed strength and energy. The letter also endorses the product to other readers.
A historical note discusses imperfect teeth as a sign of civilization and the spread of dental science. It notes many adults saved from extraction by advances, the rise of women dentists, and methods to correct jaws. It mentions George Washington among early denture wearers and the clumsiness of early false teeth.
An early Chicago notice extols the Smyth Co at West Madison Street for thirty years of service and a vast illustrative catalogue. It highlights overcoats and other household goods, urging trust in the firm as a longstanding supplier to families and homes.
Shake Into Your Shoes Alien's Feet-Easera powder for the feet relieves stinging and bunions, calming nervous, aching feet. Instant comfort, helps new shoes fit. Sold by druggists and shoe stores, trial package by mail 25 cents in stamps. Address Ben S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A garbled 19th century advertisement fragment markets Hall's Catarrh Cure and Piso's Cure for Consumption with dubious testimonials. The text cites misused names and nonsensical phrases, including a mock quotation from 1895 and lines about teething remedies and bottled cures. The piece mirrors era patent medicine rhetoric and fake endorsements.
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