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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
3
Representative Barney of Wisconsin seeks a shirt in Tuskegee while the British and German embassies recall envoys who married American wives. Persian minister Ienac Khan courts attention in Washington and a hotel poker tale prompts a clergyman’s contribution. Beveridge flood of mail yields a widow’s brisk note.
A public guessing contest raises 25 cent tickets to buy common stock in the Auditorium Company. Prizes include the larger of two sealed sacks of cash and Special Prizes awarded after the contest closes. Officials emphasize a burdensome-free path to finished entertainment facilities for Omaha and surrounding areas.
Prof. Robert T. Hill outlines five major active volcanic regions in the western hemisphere. The Andean group in western South America. a 25 cone chain across the Mexican plateau. Central American group with 31 active craters along Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. Windward Islands across the Caribbean. and volcanoes of Alaska and the Aleutians.
The completion of work on the western division leaves the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway with a near new double track main line through Iowa. Years of effort and millions spent reduced grades removed curves and added steel bridges.
A humorous quotation from the Manayunk Philosopher claims the only successful way to manage a wife is to let her have her own way. The ad mocks excessive airs and promotes Defiance Starch priced at 16 ounces for 10 cents, urging readers to save money. It also belittles other products like laxatives and perfumes as overpriced or low value.
The London authorities announce the long deferred destruction and rebuilding of Newgate Prison will begin May 24. Temporary cells will be built at the adjacent Old Bailey to hold prisoners awaiting trial as workmen move to demolish the soot-blackened jail famed for historical figures such as Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard.
While peace talks progress, Transvaal issues ten postage stamps valued from one cent to $2.50, each displaying King Edward's head in a beaded gray black frame and a Transvaal legend. Colors range from bluish green to scarlet orange olive green and purple. The British colonial office may adopt a new Orange River Colony coat of arms by Lockwood Kipling with an orange tree Tudor rose water waves and two springboks.
The text discusses theories on St Pierre destruction. Yale professor Verrill proposes heat caused water dissociation to hydrogen and oxygen upon contact with lava. Gas eruption would scorch people and objects, while chlorine from sea water forming hydrogen chloride could poison and kill those not slain by the initial blast.
In a tense domestic note Miss Guard and Carruthers remain at odds despite romantic hopes. Carruthers, planning a tactful reconciliation, is distracted when a feathered hat brushes his neck revealing Miss Guard at prayer. The future of their relationship stays unsettled amid lingering suspicion.
Philip Dinsmore, former Washington resident now selling American farm equipment in Europe, reports from Paris that Greek brigands captured him and Stravolopoulo, son of Athens' banker, and demand ransoms. They claim piety and deny food unless grace is said. Monks supply scales to weigh ransoms. two French women remain held as payments are delayed.
Mass meetings across French labor exchanges urged abolition of the death penalty. President Loubet reportedly favors reform and may commute sentences to prison terms pending adoption, following Grevy’s example.
A Memphis society woman endorses Peruna describing renewed strength after use and promotes it as a systemic cure for catarrh. A Chicago reader also credits Peruna with recovery from heart palpitations and weakness and urges readers to request a free medical book and personalized advice from Dr Hartman.
L Lewellyn Jordan, U S Medical Examiner and Columbia College alum, credits Peruna with a dramatic health turnaround after a month of use. He urges fellow sufferers to try Peruna, claiming it revitalizes nerve centers and cures catarrh. Veruna invigorates mucous membranes and eliminates catarrh.
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