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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
9
Prof Henshaw of Hilo reports a new sandalwood growth in Olaa forests reaching ten feet tall, challenging the belief of extinction in the islands. Also notes a patent medicine ad for Allen's Foot-Ease and a remark on law enforcement priority.
Two testimonial letters from 1898 detail chronic illness and recovery. Clara Gates, Johns P. C., Mississippi, describes long feeble health and severe pains with partial relief after advise and treatment. The second by Mars. Clara Gates from Johns P. O., Mississippi, credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring strength after physician care failed.
Allied forces report the Yang Tsun capture as a key objective at the Pekin junction, with communications from Chee Foo confirming the move and both sides suffering casualties in the fight. A London dispatch cites 200 allied losses as they cleared entrenched Chinese defenses at dawn.
A Bellefontain car on North St Louis street was blown up with dynamite during a strike. The blast shattered all windows and tore a large hole in the car floor, but no passengers were aboard and both the conductor and motorman were unharmed.
In digging for a thousand ton cyanide plant near Lead, an 8. D. ledge of high grade free milling ore was found. The vertical vein runs thirty feet wide parallel to the low grade ores already mined. Homestake has ore in sight to last about fifty years at a thousand stamps. The newly discovered ore is richer than any previously found in the Black Hills.
The House of Lords reverses the Court of Appeals and upholds the Times copyright on a reporter's speech by Lord Rosebery. Lord Robertson dissents from the ruling in this London case setting precedent for copyright in utterances by public figures.
A farm family's young son near Exeter Nebraska suffered a severe injury to his left hand after he and others attempted to discharge a Mauser cartridge with a hammer on a rock. The blast occurred while children played in the road.
Mrs. Mary E. Scales recently released from an asylum administered laudanum to her two year old daughter causing death. She tried to poison her six year old son who escaped and alerted others before she killed herself with the same drug.
Kansas reports 54 percent corn crop and 78 080 000 bushels of wheat as the largest in years based on August 4 district returns. A Columbus dispatch says K M Reneck of Falling Springs West Virginia died after leaping from the state house roof onto stone pavement fifty feet below, after exiting the dome via a window.
A warning against fake Cascarets substitutes urges buyers to trust the world renowned remedy, noting packaging and a long tailed C on metal boxes. A separate report claims a Napa River sturgeon near a ton and forty nine feet six inches, among largest recorded, with Columbia and British Columbia rivers noted for huge catch weights.
Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion tickets to Chicago for the encampment, one fare round trip, sale Aug 25 to 29, return to Sept 1 with possible extension to Sept 30 for 50 cents. President McKinley to attend. enquire via G W agents or F H Lord at 118 Adams St Chicago.
Observers note sparrows remain active at dawn during an eclipse as stars fade and daylight returns. Researchers comment on the birds resuming routine activity with the first light, marking the eclipse night’s end in the early morning environment.
A column argues China should not chase a grand plan to solve a problem, claiming they fail unless they inspect Wisconsin’s farming country along the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line in Marinette County. It touts rich crops, ample work, markets, climate, pure water, and cheap long term land. It suggests buying a farm instead of renting and directs readers to C. E. Rollins, land agent in Chicago.
Readers report quails disappearing from view soon after hatching with claims the birds seem to vanish as if waved aside leaving bare ground apparent in their wake.
An 1840s origin tale credits Mississippi steamboat men with Benne Todd from benne leaves later identified as Sesam Ind. The Maguires of St Louis claim to have combined benne leaves with other vegetables to create a remedy for colic cholera morbus diarrhea and dysentery. The J and G Maguire Medicine Co publishes the preparation.
The old Indian burying grounds near Sandusky Ohio will be converted into city parks. Bones of the red men buried there for nearly fifty years will be removed to another site.
Mainly About People quotes Baden-Powell explaining he did not marry because he was addicted to shooting himself. He says he cannot be the target for life of one pair of eyes and that every girl marks bull's eye on his heart until he meets another.
The article notes that progress follows improvement from candle to electricity and horse to automobile. It asserts Hos Tetters Stomach Bitters, sold for over fifty years, is unmatched for stomach or liver troubles and urges a trial. It also contrasts affection before and after marriage.
A 19th century advertisement promises one hundred dollars for cured catarrh, listing J Cheney Co as owners and endorsements from Toledo druggists West & Triax Walding Kinnan Marvin. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as internally taken, with testimonials, price per bottle, and notes Ball's Family Pills. The text also includes unrelated quips about museum curiosities and breath.
Announcement presents the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation opening under U S Homestead and Mining Laws with Morgan's Manual selling for 81 pages and maps. It advertises land farms town lots mineral lands and an illustrated Oklahoma book. agents wanted and free trial materials offered.
A product called Putnam faceless dyes claims the fastest and brightest color production. The ad notes a strong enmity between former close friends and cites Piso’s Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung issues. Van Buren Indiana February 10 1900.
An OCR fragment catalogs various patent medicines and tonics with extravagant claims. It touts Cascar ets as a cure for bowel issues at low cost, Beeman s Pepsin Gum for dyspepsia, and Mrs Winslow s Syrup for teething, along with hair tonics and corn cures, all pitched in dated promotional prose.
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