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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
11
Authorities increase precautions as Vesuvius eruption intensity rises and warn tourists away from the crater. Hazelton girls refuse to dance with miners who decline to support the strike.
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for constipation dyspepsia biliousness and indigestion claiming the body's wealth lies in a useful stomach and urging readers to relieve clogged bowels and improve appetite.
A short meditation urges individuals to show a specific act of love each day. It emphasizes consistent, practical kindness as a personal practice. The message highlights simple deeds that affect neighbors, friends, and community daily.
Advertisement claims kidney and bladder cures with Smith's Sure Kidney Cure, priced 50 cents and sold by druggists. It includes warnings about urinary issues and mentions other unrelated notes on cats shedding fur for military coats in Germany and China.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio pledge one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The affiant swears as senior partner of the firm, sworn December 6, 1884. Also notes the cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills. Then a note on British and American ornithologists awarding prizes for the largest flying bird, Condor of the Andes as first prize and harpy eagle of the Philippines as second.
Advertises Cascarbets Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a genuine remedy for all ailments starting with bowel health. Claims easy natural movements, painless relief, and a 10 cent trial, warns to beware of imitations and notes metal boxes stamped with C. C. C.
The article discusses how killing a few armies privately gratifies the government by easing population congestion and reducing pressure from crowded conditions. It frames this as a key obstacle to enforcing discipline within China.
Important to Mothers notes careful selection of CASTORTA bottles for infants and children, emphasizing safe use and reliable quality to soothe concerns about dosing and taste.
A hymn book belonging to one of Cronje's drivers sold in London for 1 pound 8 shillings at a sale held on the current date. The item was described with a bullet through it.
An advertisement urges readers to write Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York for a free foot powder sample. It claims to cure sweating damp swollen aching feet and makes new or tight shoes comfortable. Also advertised as a remedy for chilblains and frost-bites with a 25 cent price at druggists and shoe stores. The page also includes a quip about trusts and starting new ones.
The advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless CHILL Tonic as the best prescription for chills and fever. It claims the medicine is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form with a no cure no pay offer and a 50 cent price.
The governor of North Carolina has received an invitation to attend the irrigation convention. The event gathers state leaders and farming officials to discuss water management and agricultural efficiency.
An old label promises a one day cure for colds with laxative bromine quinine tablets. A money back guarantee keying on E. W. Grove’s signature appears on the box. Price listed as 25 cents. The note outline mentions Bank of England note circulation of 25 to 30 million pounds.
An old newspaper item notes free treatment for dropsy offered by Dr H H Green’s Bons in Atlanta Georgia with claims of being top specialists and an invitation to read his ad in the paper. It also mentions generic consumer tips and assorted product pitches from the period.
Florida reports 528,542 inhabitants reflecting a 45 percent rise since 1890. The state has shown a nearly uniform 45.2 percent growth from 1880 to 1890 and 45.5 percent from 1870 to 1880, indicating steady expansion across three decades.
After recent elections governorships will total twenty six Republican governors eighteen Democrats and one Silverite Reinhold Sadler of Nevada. Birmingham district pig iron output reaches 1 200 000 tons up from 1 083 905 tons in 1899 while coal mined climbs to 8 750 000 tons from 7 484 773. Science and Industry notes experiments show wild forest plants seeds retain vitality for ten to thirty years when buried.
At the convention of the International Wood Carvers Association a petition to Congress proposes allotting 5,000,000 acres to displaced artisans. The plan envisions parceling the land into small holdings to spur agricultural development.
The Boot and Shoe Workers' National Union has secured its union stamp in fifty two manufacturing establishments, a gain of nine since August 1 and twenty five since May 1, with no strikes reported in the past two months due to cordial employer employee relations and dispute arbitration. Lyman Cooley spoke at Ann Arbor on canal boats needing at least 2000 ton capacity to compete with railroads, while navy officers Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn and Pay Inspector Henry C Colb are set to retire March 4 at age 62.
An advertisement touts Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps as a cures-all for malaria liver kidney bladder cramps and general fatigue praising its pleasant taste and family suitability. Separately the Boot and Shoe Workers' union reports a month without any strikes nationwide and notes growing arbitration policy.
A letter to Dr. Hartman from Mrs Lizzie M Brewer of Westerly Rhode Island extols Pe r u n a as a cure for grip catarrh and female weakness. She claims it removes demoralized aftereffects of la grippe and aids female ailments, urging young women to read the company book and noting testimonials from J W Reynolds of New Lisbon Ohio.
An advert promotes GEORGE WASHINGTON SODA as tested daily by an expert chemist and described as perfectly pure, urging readers to insist on choosing it.
Mrs. Thos Robbins of Norwich New York writes from Maple Street on February 17 1900 praising St. Petersburg churches as the most splendid in the world and questioning Piso cures for consumption saving lives.
An array of ad blurbs tout teething syrup and corn cures with prices, hair dye claims, and gum products. The piece also notes British warship costs and railroads earnings, citing 143 railroads earning 883 million dollars in nine months, up 80 million from the prior year.
In London analysts predict a stock surge for Kaffirs after the Boer Republic’s collapse but warn investors that a heavy bill from the mine owners’ war remains and the gold mines may face costly demands.
Acknowledgment that candidates facing defeat had little chance or preparation, as the specter of electoral loss looms over their campaigns. No decisive action or strong performance followed the warning signs.
Don’t Get Footsore Get FOOT-FASE. A cure for swollen, smarting, burning feet, corns and bunions. Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves frost-bites and chilblains. 25c at druggists and shoe stores. Sample free. Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
A Chicago newspaper suggests that if St. Louis remains hostile it could retaliate by introducing legislation to charge St. Louis for pure water.
The bluest blue, branded Russ Bleaching Blue, markets a modern bag blue hue.
The new college reporter notes the blaze caused five thousand dollars in damage. No injuries reported as firefighters contain the flames.
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