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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1902
Page
3
An old style advertisement and collage of phrases for foot powder Allen's Foot-Ease promising relief from tight shoes and foot ailments. Includes addresses in LeRoy New York and scattered claims about cures and samples.
Mrs Eckis Stevenson of Salt Lake City explains how operations for ovarian troubles may be avoided. She describes years of inflammation and pain, detailing the personal ordeal and the relief found through nonoperative methods offered by Dran Mra Prixnax and associates.
The Torrington area marks 112 years of the John Brown House and its preservation as a Civil War era martyr's birthplace. The town hosts 300 ministers from the New York East Conference for the fifty fourth annual Methodist session, highlighting the town’s historic religious life and early industry along the Naugatuck.
George Taylor led the congregation as the first church rose at a cost of 2600 dollars and later served as a town hall. The present brick church was dedicated in 1898 under Bishop Andrews, replacing a brick church erected in 1865 at a cost of 24000 dollars.
Lord Strathcona Donald Smith, now high commissioner for Canada, refused $20,000,000 for his 20,000 Northern Pacific shares during a control fight. He recalls his early partnership with James J. Hill and declares he would not betray his longtime ally for wealth.
A German hotel keeper in an interior town shows unshakable calm amid a joke about a balloon ascent. A drummer tells Fritz of Professor Star's ascent carrying a dog and three hundred rats, which are released midflight and fall to be killed by the dog, a scene the innkeeper accepts as the dog’s business.
A fond mother tests her son Hobby by offering him a large and a small apple to share with his sister Dora. Dora takes the smaller apple. Hobby says he allowed her to choose, offering either the small apple or none, and she chose the little one.
W Martin Conway, a famed traveler, debunks myths of Patagonian giants noting they are large but fat which helps endurance in cold. He recalls Patagonian men enduring bitter winds and dew while living in notably dirty conditions according to the New York Tribune.
A Irishman gains admission to a 25 000 strong ball at Madison Square Garden after wit defeats a gatekeeper. The piece also visits Mesolongion noting Marco Bozzarti’s memory there and a monument to Lord Byron, with Byron's heart interred nearby and a Byron monument erected in 1881.
In a humorous appeal, readers are invited to box up a healthy game cock for T Roosevelt at the White House. The current bird is ill and under a physician. The notice whimsically suggests a rooster lively, child friendly, able to fight if needed, and regular at meals. It ends with a jab about women and No Admittance signs.
Senator Depew jokes that punctuality wastes time in Washington after missing a 10 am committee start by twenty minutes. He recalls Yale professor Stillman reading every book in his library while waiting for others to keep engagements, illustrating different approaches to time and deadlines.
Frederick Draper, claimed oldest typey in the world, dies in Whitby Wood England aged about 105. Born June 1797 at Hix near Henley-on-Thames, he lived with son Wellington Draper. Gypsy family of van-dwellers traveled fairs selling baskets clothes pets and more amid tales of witches and cattle mischief.
A faded description introduces an extraordinary Samoan boat type once common in Pacific waters. Some vessels carried a single family while others could house an entire village. Large boats may have been composed of multiple small boats joined side by side.
A poem on spring’s disappointments contrasts housework and unpaid bills with the season’s lure. The piece notes gardeners fighting dandelions and watering duties while lamenting robin songs. A separate item reports Herbert Cummings, a mulatto youth, decorating Prince Henry’s yacht Hobenzollern in New York before sailing to Bremen on the Deutschland, seeking an autograph.
A scattered 19th century ad sample mentions royal life insurance on King, Czar, and Grand Duchess Olga, differing pensions and values. It references Parliament sizes in Hungary and England, patent tonics, and various commercial notices from seed companies, medicines, and curiosities.
A letter from Anna B. Fleharty of Galesburg and other testimonials extol Peruna as a cure for female diseases. The ads credit Dr. Hartman with discovering catarrhal causes of pelvic ailments and claim Peruna cures by removing the source. Endorsements include Mrs. E. L. Brown and Mrs. Esther M. Milner, plus congressman Thad Mahon.
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