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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1899
Page
4
Mrs Helen Kilkenny of New Portland Maine asserts Hair Vigor restored gray hair color and left hair soft and smooth. She notes it quickly treated a scalp condition and adds her mother used the product for about twenty years with satisfaction. The testimonial dates to January 4, 1899.
An advertisement claims Ayer's Hair Vigor has restored color to gray hair for fifty years and never fails. It asserts the product stops hair loss, keeps the scalp clean and healthy, and makes hair grow long and rich for $1.00 per bottle, sold at the druggist.
Alvin Saunders shaped Nebraska history as governor territorial leader and senator. Born in Kentucky and raised in Illinois, he moved to Iowa and Michigan, then helped frame Iowa's constitution before serving in Iowa's senate. He guided Nebraska during its transition to statehood, backed Union Pacific construction, and modernized the northern state boundary into 1870s U.S. Senate service.
A Berlin based owner claims possession of a world’s smallest watch, weighing under two grains and measuring under a quarter of a bit the diameter of a British penny. The gold case houses a diamond studded mechanism with Arabic numerals, red engraving, and a 64 times larger second indicator. priced at 1946.60 dollars and not for sale at twice that.
Tea consumption in Russia runs to vast quantities using brick tea made from stems and gum, sold as dry plug cakes. Workers reportedly drink about twenty stakens a day, a measure roughly five American thimbles per serving, amid a diet of bread, onions, garlic, dried fish, and salted herring.
Dialogue shows a parent asking Harold to behave politely at table and Harold replying he will, if allowed more time off. The fragment captures a domestic scene with a child and parent discussing manners and limits.
Susan Eleanor Andrews of Nevada City recounts descent from Robert Burns through his son John Burns and his granddaughter, with four generations touched by emigration. She notes her line through Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, and later Ireland, sharing pride in Burns heritage and inherited verse talent.
Princess Stephanie of Belgium, born May 21 1861, is the second daughter of King Leopold II. Her marriage to Count Louyay of Austria Hungary was recently announced. She previously wed Archduke Rudolf in 1881 and lived in quiet after his death in 1889. Her sister Louise married Prince Philip of Saxe Coburg Gotha and is noted for extravagance or insanity. The future Countess Longay is 35, quite pretty, and has adopted the Roman Catholic faith.
The Chicago Record notes that Spanish Bibles and prayer books consistently print the Savior and saints with the title Senor before their names, similar to Mister before religious figures like John the Baptist Saint Paul and Saint Matthew.
An advertisement extols a non-sinkable invention for safety and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a life preserver curing dyspepsia indigestion and stomach troubles. It also notes Mrs Jefferson Lavis as a Greek scholar with a taste for classical works.
Holiday rates announced by Rio Grande Western Railway for December 2 4 5 and January 1 single fare round trip between any two stations. Tickets valid through January. Wishing patrons a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Gav W Herves general passenger agent. Also mentions political remarks about Senator Thurston and a motorized quack cure advertised for la grippe.
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