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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1900
Page
4
Amid frost and floods headlines in London, West End fruiterers display two ounce strawberries priced at one shilling sixpence per ounce. Kent growers with up to fifty thousand plants yield four to six ounces each, yet demand outstrips supply despite the high price.
An advertisement claims LB B. LB Botanic Blood Balm cures ulcers cancers and persistent eruptions by purifying blood. It purports to treat eczema pimples humors and rheumatism with a money back trial offer six bottles and free trial bottle sent to sufferers. Bioop Baum Co Atlanta Ga.
In New Brunswick on February 28 Michael Collins aged 54, owner of a Monmouth Junction farm, chose Mrs Joanna Hege of 7 Schurman Street and wed her at the First Methodist Church with Rev W R Wederspoon officiating. Mrs Collins said there is no romance in the union, noting she has been married three times before and that her husband sought an experienced partner.
Mrs. I. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced a dire stomach and liver illness with a doctor urging an operation. She tried Electric Bitters, took seven bottles, and was cured avoiding surgery. The claim promises relief for stomach, liver and kidney troubles with a 50 cent price in local drugstores.
An inventor from Stockholm opens a large cask factory at Odersburg Germany introducing patented machines for cask making. The machine can produce up to thirty one cement casks in twenty one minutes with two workers, tops bottoms and accessories included. For tight casks the staves are tongued and grooved by the same machines. Reportedly 1 000 casks can be made per day by two workers with minimal motive power.
A string of jokes and quips unfolds in comic vignettes about a fast young man, a wounded brother, dream lore, a cold dinner map, a misheard medical term, a boastful taxpayer, and a tax assessor’s wealth remark. Each line delivers a quick punchline in a breezy neighborhood mood.
The Frick versus Carnegie case argues that tariff protection fed a monstrous profit surge for the steel combines. It accuses the Carnegie Steel Company of oversized dividends, inflated valuations, and cash bonuses, calling for removal of infant-industry protections and a government move to cut armor plate prices and curb rail and building trade exploitation.
An ad touts Chamberlain Eye and Skin Ointment for tetter salt rheum eczema and itching conditions claiming permanent cures. It lists uses from sore nipples to frost bites and notes 25 cents per box with local sellers. A testimonial praises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a universal aid and then a Seneca nation treasurer allegedly steals public funds prompting doubt about Indian progress.
A column preview notes that Prof John H. Duckwilder will supply the weekly work and acts recap. The item frames upcoming editorial material and the author’s forthcoming contributions.
Roll of Honor lists students in Grammar and Primary grades for the week ending February 23 1900. News items report illnesses and recoveries among staff and residents, a death in Elliston, an upcoming concert at First Baptist, a school reading circle, a debate outcome on street etiquette, and a juror summons for Moses Spurlock in the Western District of Virginia.
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