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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1898
Page
8
In 1867 German forces planned a shooting ground near Hildesheim. While digging, soldiers uncovered the first silver vessels and halted work for a thorough search. Had a few shovelfuls of earth been removed, the hoard might have been destroyed by bullets.
A fragment from the Washington Star notes Mrs Coumros praising a suitor for buying Malw new gowns and a remark about attention. The passage questions how the husband fits into the arrangement and suggests support for the woman involved, with unclear surrounding context.
Discussion notes the Philippines population and Tagal influence, Aguinaldo's leadership cited with 4,000 to 50,000 followers, alongside observations on discipline, temperament, and education. It then shifts to a London cook earning over ten thousand yearly, outlines library sizes in major capitals, and ends noting Texas is about 75,000 square miles larger than Spain.
Pioneers recalling the Klondike era warn gold seekers of harsh travel and disease. Adam Vangundy of Bluff, WL, formerly justice of the peace and first board president, says after years of rheumatism two boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People cured him. He bought in March 1897 and has remained pain free. sworn notarization dated September 20, 1897.
The Birmingham pin factory produces 37,000,000 pins daily, outpacing all other factories which total about 19,000,000 pins per day. With Europe’s population at 256,000,000, the day’s pin output would require every fourth person to lose a pin to match demand.
A collage of humorous exchanges and witticisms from old newspapers includes jokes about rich and poor, parrots that understand everything, sailors and captains, and a clergyman who pauses his long sermon to comment on the weighings of the congregation. Various snippets name The Philadelphia Bulletin The Indianapolis Journal The Baltimore-based papers and more, reflecting a era of light humor and social banter.
A collage of dialogue and notices includes a boast of staying calm in trouble by Kar Willikins, a beach quarrel recount, Madrid's library leadership shift after Manuel Tamayo y Baus's death, and a Spain theatre figure noted as a leading dramatist. Also mentions socialism growth via standing armies, a plug for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and a Cleveland Leader quote about escaping a fire escape with ill fitting shoes.
A historic promotion offers four porcelain game plaques by Muville, featuring American wild ducks pheasants quail and English snipe. Manufactured by J C Hubinger Bros Co they cost fifty thousand dollars to acquire and are now being reproduced for free distribution with the purchase of Elastic Starch. The offer runs until October 1 and plaques are to be obtained from grocers only.
A compact clipping notes the Atlantic cable’s midday traffic with about 900 messages each way and blends quotations from Horace Mann and Burns. It includes a Denver style ad for Piso: Cure for Consumption and a Seattle box address dated Nov 25, 180. The mix reflects a newspaper card sampler rather than a single event.
In a New York Weekly sketch a dealer touts a piece as genuine pine claiming it as ancient court style wood. A wary customer questions if the item is real antique while the salesman extols pine’s legendary natural lore and poetic merit.
A neighbor questions a husband about his wartime thoughts, while Mrs. Torking notes his mind is fully occupied and unsure whether Boston or Cincinnati leads. The piece contrasts external reading with inner meditation shaping judgment, citing Washington Star and WWatts on contemplation.
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