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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1901
Page
2
A social club scene recalls a man winning $10 by striking a whisky bottle with his palm to pop the cork. The trick drew quiet astonishment as the cork shot free from the full bottle, a bold claim the man says any one can perform. The anecdote is tied to a New York Press remark about sailors and naval dress.
Miss Alice De Rothchild ranks among England’s wealthiest women. She owns a Grasse villa and a Piccadilly house. Seventy gardeners maintain Grasse, where she keeps zebras llamas and Hindoo bulls. The Santa Fe newsboy on Lawrence Ottawa line is a 72 year old urchin.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications need internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It is a reputable prescription from physicians and sold by druggists in Toledo Ohio. Boston reports forty three portable school houses in use this year.
Dr D M Bre claims a blend of oils cures cancer catarrh tumors and malignant skin diseases. He says thousands cured in eight years including over a hundred physicians. Send cutout to Dr D M Bro Co Box 462 Dallas Texas for a free book with details and prices.
A humorous collage opens with a telegraphy joke in a dry-goods shop and a doctor scene. An Irish farmer jokes about a bicycle and a cow. Light verse and brief children’s quips follow, with pithy exchanges about age hunger and a boy wanting a circus.
A Prohibition advocate publicly lambasts hard spirits while a man with a red nose answers with blunt honesty. The exchange features the remark about rum and a pledge to drink rye “to warm your heart,” revealing street corner tones and streetwise defiance of temperance talk.
A humorous overheard exchange shows a mother refusing outdoor play in bad weather while promising a toy in exchange. Tommy asks for a bow and arrow. On the ice a playful argument erupts as a woman fears drowning and a man bluntly suggests silence.
Miranda Milkweed and Emerson Longfellow discuss a comical condition caused by excessive intellectual strenuousness. The exchange centers on Beacon Street and humorous neuroanatomy.
A collage of light quips from Juvenal to Stephen Gwynn and various papers. Humorous exchanges include a umbrella misadventure and a trolley weight joke, ending with remarks on art ambition and satirical musings.
A traveling man recalls a humorous Pullman conversation about sleeping cars. Two women discuss the inconveniences of turning in, then one says a flat life would make the sleeping car seem better after all.
In a ballroom scene a gentleman’s black dress coat shows dandruff, described as a germ disease that may cause baldness. The ad promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as a cure to kill the germ and promote hair growth while soothing the scalp. A brief note mentions hereditary Korean medical practice and a 19th century medical text.
An old newspaper ad touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as unmatched in quantity and quality at 16 oz for 10 cents while claiming competitors offer only 12 oz. The copy also promotes Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer and Atlas Oats, with claims of health benefits and bargains.
The ad extols Defiance Starch as essential for every home and claims it offers 4 ounces more for 10 cents than rival cold water starches. The copy urges buyers to act before missing a chance and notes it is superior to other brands.
MaBegie L Lamonte of Chicago writes that three doctors failed to cure her female troubles. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her after five bottles and urges others to try it, noting Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to sick women.
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