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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1902
Page
6
A London Daily News piece notes curious translation errors in Italian and French renderings of English dispatches and literature. It cites an Italian editor unsure if a poker murder was domestic or surgical, and a French note that a horse tied to a locust is a mistranslation of gau terelle.
Mrs. Kitty Seaney of Sullivan Alabama suffered months with Bright's Disease and grim medical outlook. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she improved rapidly as kidneys expelled diseased matter. She finished ten boxes and fully recovered with no pain or remaining symptoms.
An odd clipped OCR fragment mentions a large 202 package priced at five cents and references whitening clothes. The readable text is inconsistent and lacks coherent events or names.
A fragment touts Peculia as a miracle oil claiming it cures cripples and surpasses all other medicines and liniments. It cites unknown ingredients known only to makers and trusted staff and asserts vast sales and superior effectiveness.
An advertisement touts Vogeler's Curative Compound as a remedy to improve digestion blood quality and flesh, claiming doctors confirm its blood purifying effects. It targets weak children and states small doses from two to five drops twice daily yield satisfactory results. A sample bottle is offered by St Jacobs Oil Ltd Baltimore Md.
In Germantown residents recall sparrows imported by John Bardsley known as Sparrow Jack. The 22nd Ward funded 300 to 400 English sparrows to curb worms, and Bardsley, visiting England, secured the birds and tended them with quirky houses and feeders while denouncing harm to the sparrows.
In Starlight Messenger an anecdote recalls a western Minnesota preacher who used Noahs marriage and the Ark description as a text. During a wedding he presented 300 cubits by 50 by 30 and pitch as the first time his sermon linked womans nature to biblical illustration, provoking a stunned audience.
In a North of England case from years ago, two rival shipowners battled after a colliery owner invited coal transport tenders for America. One owner undercut by a shilling a ton, prompting a contrived loss for five years. The rivalry ended with a costly capitulation after an $85,000 price of revenge.
A Chicago jewelers auctioneer and lodge member T P Moody, famed Knight Templar, promotes Peruna as a lasting remedy. He credits long stomach catarrh relief and improved health after use, urging others with catarrh or stomach trouble to begin Peruna now. The ad cites Dr Hartman’s Peruna as a nationwide remedy, and invites readers to request a free catarrh book.
A witty line portrays Athan acknowledging his luck in a rival’s emotional development. The remark suggests the speaker’s unlikely fortune in besting a competitor who unexpectedly falls deeply for someone.
An advertisement warns against ointments containing mercury for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. The internal remedy targets blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials offered and pills touted as best. Price listed at 75 cents per bottle.
The piece lists per capita annual government costs in various countries. France charges 17s 6d, Italy 16s 8d, Germany and Belgium 12s 6d, Austria 4d, and Great Britain 8s 4d per person, reflecting differing fiscal burdens on citizens.
In Omaha the Millard Hotel offers European Plan rooms from 1.00 to 2.00 per day and standard rates from 2.00 per day, with street car access to depots and nearby wholesale districts. The Lincoln Hotel next to depots is advertised at 2.00 per day and up, highlighting convenient access to banks and rail lines.
Steamers crossing the English Channel use Marconi telegraphic instruments to send instant messages between vessels at sea and land stations improving communication reliability and speed for travelers and operators.
A promotional note claims one package of Defiance Stoted delivers satisfaction without sticking to iron, and promises a one third increase in value for the same price if the buyer accepts the offer. The language suggests a sales pitch about a nonstick product.
Portland authorities revive an old ordinance imposing a fine for the use of profane language. The tariff is 62 cents and applies within the Nor Nenfane ward.
Seed advertisement for Earliest Russian Millet from John A. Salter Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin. Claims 5 to 8 tons of hay per acre and low freight with pricing at 50 pounds for $1.90 and 100 pounds for $3. Mentions a retort line about a chemist.
An advertisement touts Defiance Starch as the key to best results noting a four ounce extra yield for added money with no cooking required. A concluding line offers a wry reflection: a man must live to sixty to learn how little he knows.
A string of product pitches and quips appears, promoting Matt J. Johnson cures, Red Cross Ball Blue, Defiance Starch, and various moral pithy lines. The final line poses a paradox about a drowning man and water on the brain.
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