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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
3
A diarist details hunger, abuse, and impending suicide amid Christmas nearing, with a theater manager pressuring a kiss and a life of poverty. The piece contrasts bleak urban misery with memories of childhood and a sudden chance at employment. The Old Schoolmaster story closes with a comic moral about old scores and growing up.
An old medicine testimonial extols Little Early Risers Pills as the best remedy for constipation. W H Howell of Houston Texas notes they work for his family and a young physician comments on dietary causes of illness, while an older doctor adds a remark about cooks and patients.
A Madaba map led archaeologists to a domed church ruin near Ain Harrub, 20 km from Jerusalem, identifying the birth site of John the Baptist. An inscription on the pavement reads names John and Zacharias, confirming the map’s biblical locations. The site lies 16 km from Hebron along the Jeru salem road. The ruin is called Horhat Beit Shakar meaning the ruin of the house of Zacharias.
A Cold Wave forecast and a sales pitch for Castress Minute Cough Cure touts rapid throat and lung relief. The ad quotes E H Wie of Madison and Reinhart's Pharmacy, plus a long anecdotal tale about a drummer and a Southern judge to sell the product and its health benefits.
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