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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1899
Page
6
A long letter exchanges reveals a thwarted romance between Mme de Tremble and a soldier from Napoleon's era. A modern correspondent recounts past vows, a revived affection, and a duel of memory with a present match between an aged grandniece and her lover.
The vast Staked Plains once seen as a forbidding waste have become a thriving cattle region. Ranchers like Colmel Slaighter of Datineohn Soliariatien, Fort Worth, CC Good night, Midland, and others have sunk wells and built fences. Water runs from twenty to ten feet, supporting stock year round free of fever and anthrax threats.
In this excerpt the Youth's Companion discusses typhoid fever as part of waterborne infections alongside cholera and other diseases. It questions the waterborne germ theory and notes uncertainty about tracing epidemics to water sources, reflecting 19th century medical debate on typhoid origins.
The piece outlines how drinking water propagates typhoid fever, noting contamination risks from washing, milk, ice, and raw foods. It mentions oysters fattened near sewage and warns against unsafe water sources, while tracing early bicycle history and the crank’s uncertain origin.
An article debates bicycle invention, noting claims by a pope and Abbe Painfon about wheel origins. It cites J R M Bupton of the Cyclists Touring Club and a Scottish claimant, with references to John Evelyn and early mechanical trials in 1605. The piece discusses evolving device history and questions who first created the bike.
The article describes Spain issuing mourning stamps worth five cent pesetas to fund war debt, with multiple stamp types and taxes aimed at inland mail and colonies. It notes poor public reception, declines in Madrid mail, and compares stamp taxes to U.S. revenue methods amid Spain’s wartime strain.
The piece argues that business interests rely on revenue slums and that tax receipts in Spain would barely reach a hundredth of what they do in the United States. It says the people lack money and a revenue bill, whether for stamps or other taxes, has little support across the country.
A medical advertisement touts mental suggestion as powerful for healing and notes examples from Dr. Boltkua and Dr. Epuzko on hysteria and self-starvation. It promotes Dr. Renew's Liver Pills as a revolutionary, pleasant daily remedy and lists Matthews Hraw and W. T. Clark as sellers.
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