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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1900
Page
2
A reminiscence praises baked goods made under Mr. Math's supervision, calling him the king of the business. The piece highlights a table of cakes pastries macaroons and cream pie enjoyed as a sweetened indulgence.
We are the exclusive agents for leading brands of fine candies with daily arrivals including Huyler's Allegretti Lowney's and Funke's chocolates.
Local business listing for Math and Brautiam 60 successors to KRELL and MATH. Phone 1156. Address 1716 1718 Second Ave. Indicates continuation of previous firm at the same location with new ownership.
A piece from Ladies' Pictorial laments the fading English home hospitality as modern life spreads travel and consumption. It notes hostess pride, household skill, and neighborly gatherings giving way to a commercial age, with social pressures and shared expenses replacing intimate entertaining. Also a brief ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claims one day cold relief and a money-back promise.
A guide from All About Dogs by Charles Henry Lane explains gentle handling for medicating nervous dogs. It details mouth opening actions, pouring liquid doses slowly, and methods for solid pills, with tips to calm the animal and ensure swallowing.
An elderly man recalls finding a trunk full of shirts with collar buttons sewn on and reflects on the collar button as a human blessing. He contrasts past shortages with today’s common practice, recalling a man who lost a collar button and swore never to swear, a single act seen as extraordinary.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady recalls a midnight journey with a bishop to discuss the soul. A wagon plunge, a crash, and a muddy ditch test patience as the driver apologizes for steering into the ditch while the bishop debates the immortal soul.
In the office Jones arrives late as the employer resumes registering daily transactions. The enraged merchant scolds him for misplacing McKurken's order, while Jones calmly explains it would have been better to wait for his arrival. The exchange ends with the employer correcting the error.
A trained dog purportedly used by a couple to knock gentlemen down in Paris. The pair, calling themselves owners, would assist the fallen victim while pilfering watch and purse. The Philadelphia Press notes mockingly on leisure classes and slang terms.
A short quip contrasts cosmic vastness with earthly concerns as a Searer at Hand character jokes about the enormity of the solar system versus the weight of an upcoming payment, quoted from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A lion tamer in a cage at Cape Town faced a fully grown lion that appeared ready to attack. The crowd watched as the beast inched toward the trainer until a hiss, mimicking a giant constrictor, froze the lion. The hiss caused the animal to retreat, dropping its guard as the trainer remained unharmed.
A clergyman scolds a boy for fishing on the Sabbath and cruelly wringing worms, but the boy proves the preacher mistaken as he lifts the basket to show the fish. A note on acorns and two warm anecdotes follow, including a vessel life saving tale and England’s octagonal, 110 year old house near St Albans Abbey.
Practical guidance on inexpensive puddings and desserts with methods for stewed apples, bread crumb puddings, caramel custard, and Beauregard and Napoleon anecdotes. Includes inquiries for caramel custard and Delmonico potatoes and a note on coding Napoleon's memory.
The passage argues that bombardment in sieges demoralizes soldiers more than expected, causing lasting mental and physical harm. It likens shell shock to spinal and brain bruising from blasts, noting many escape uninjured yet remain changed and timid afterward.
Mrs Brown buys a German edition of The Life of General Grant at a department store fire and water sale for her brother. A reader notes quirky ad copy and local items, from catarrh cures to rheumatism remedies and a physician’s quips about disease and health products.
The text notes that at the start of the nineteenth century no savings banks existed. Reverend Henry Duncan founded the first real savings bank in 1810 after observing that poor people saved small sums by buying livestock instead of investing. Earlier examples were mainly charitable foundations.
Inquiries answered promptly and patronage solicited for winter tourist tickets and folders including Cuban and Puerto Rican folders and Land of the Sky booklets mailed to any address. Agents listed include A Baird and J G Hear Jr with offices in Cincinnati and Dearborn Street Chicago, A Whedon passenger agent Louisville and Tayloe assistant general passenger agent Louisville.
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