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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
5
Dr. Paul Michel, a renowned French physician, invents a forceps and sheath system with nickel hooks that seal wounds quickly without pain. Twenty to thirty hooks place on a wound in about a minute, penetrating only the epidermis, easing disinfection and scar absence. The device is gaining adoption in major hospitals across Europe.
A man collapsed before a police station and was carried inside. A woman forced through the crowd shouting for air, helped the injured man and removed his cravat until a surgeon arrived. The man recovered and called his wife, but she vanished with his watch and purse, eluding officers.
Mrs Curtis Baker of Bookwalter Ohio testifies a bottle of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured an infant suffering from cholera infantum when doctors had given up. The notice lists sale sites in New Jersey and Maryland for excursion tickets to Washington Junction with dates and rates, plus details on train routes and special trains. It ends with a child’s exchange about Christian Science and a goat.
An English explorer missionary in Africa, A B Lloyd, is chased by a lion on a Uganda road. He pedals downhill, recalls that wild beasts fear bicycles, and shouts as he speeds toward the lion. The startled animal leaps aside as Lloyd passes, escaping danger.
A testimony extols a cholera and diarrhea remedy as effective for stomach and bowel issues. The piece also notes Reinbutt Pharmacy plans to close the Zuiderzee dike project, outlining land reclamation goals, railway savings, and a projected indemnity of $1.509 million with total costs around $85.1 million and 80 to 90 years to complete.
A fragmented note lists Laxative Bromo Quinine as a remedy for colds and includes a police matter about stealing a ride on a railroad. It also contains a crude exchange with a magistrate about a theft and a quip about heartburn remedies, plus an editor’s boast about acres of pond wheat, all in a rough historical newspaper fragment.
A Bashfat Youth High School couple reaches the moment. The young man, after six months of nerve wracking efforts, finally asks the girl to marry him. A friend notes the shift from doubt to resolve as the motto Love One Another hung on the wall inspires him to speak at last. The Detroit Free Press reports the scene.
A garbled reminiscence describes a boy near 4 Yas Buren street accused of stowing pests in a cage and threatening others. It touches on a park lantern show, Kircher’s tales, and a courtish banter about a father’s misfortune, ending with a product note on Chamberlain's T’Vin Balm.
Fragmented ad text touts Allen Foote Fate product Fosterase for tired hot feet with claims of relief and swelling reduction. It mentions miners and shoes, drugstores, and a 250 package free offer, with scattered venue names and unclear dates.
An old advertisement urges training the bowels like the mind and body. It promotes Candy Cathartic tablets stamped C. C. C for gentle relief and claims genuine tablets are never sold in bulk and available through druggists in retail.
A discussion of the menopause period in women describing common troubling symptoms such as hot flashes and heart fluttering with fainting feelings. The text argues about modern living influencing this natural phase and implies remedies are sought. It emphasizes the severity of the symptoms for many women.
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