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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
6
A promotional message urges women to seek health as the foundation of well being. It extols the link between internal health and outward vitality, warns against silence over female ailments, and promotes Bradfield's Female Regulator as a safe quick remedy for conditions like nervous disorders and uterine issues.
A Chicago Post tale recounts Patrick, a grocery clerk, who slips a pound weight into Mr Jones’s tea order. The customer leaves with the labeled weight, then Patrick discovers the weight is missing from the shop as busy customers demand quick service.
An advertisement touts King's New Life Pills promising increased strength a keen clear brain ambition and social or business success for 25 cents. The piece notes a Postoffice Department rule applying to newspapers and periodicals denying second class privileges to titles with fewer than half legitimate subscribers.
Reverend John H Wohl of Williamson West Virginia shoots attorney Stokes after a street quarrel sparked by a cartoon sermon scene. Wohl dies from a forehead wound and Stokes is seriously wounded, crowd gathers as officers take Stokes into custody. Wohl's wife had just become a mother. Chamberlain's tablets advertised at Reinhart's Pharmacy.
An old Liverpool theater melodrama ended with six characters dead in act four as the curtain stuck. The corpses rose humorously, prompting laughter until one corpse pleaded for respect for the dead before finally exiting with the others.
A vivid account of the Waldorf Astoria’s kitchen describes 181 staff across 80,000 square feet, with 14 chefs and 174 cooks, 18 ovens and multiple departments. It explains the factory-like operations, from prep to service, and the attached butcher shop and grocery store supplying every table need.
An old clipping advertises Allen's Foot-Base powder to ease aching feet, burning sensations, swollen or smarting feet, and corns. It claims relief for wearers of new or tight shoes, cites numerous testimonials, and invites readers to request a free sample from Allen’s in Le Roy New York.
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