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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1904
Page
6
A 1900 advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as the great kidney and bladder remedy. It claims kidneys cause most sickness, urges trials, and offers free sample bottles by mail. It notes hospitals, doctors, and drug stores endorse Swamp-Root and lists price options and inventor address.
Editorial note touts Swamyjr Hoot SwampeRoot as a universal cure for kidney liver and binder troubles. It claims generous free sample bottle and information book by mail from Kilmer & Co. Readers are urged to send advirens and read the coupon offer in the paper for a free bottle.
Reports include a YMCA reading room push, Portland woolen mill fire at Bellwood with 160 workers displaced, a Portland post office clerk's suicide, a ski area snowslide death near Mammoth Hot Springs, a murder verdict in Washington county, and multiple local homicides and suicides. Also notes on Odd Fellows founder death, Arcata crew fatality, and regional crime and labor news with several arrests, deaths, and inquiries across Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and Wyoming.
The shah of Persia is famed as an expert knitter. In England he reportedly presented the prince of Wales with a silk knit pair, made by the royal hand, a notable gesture amid fragmented text referencing Toled o and other scattered details.
A U S report notes American wealth in Korea and amusing yet audacious ideas for warfare. It describes plans to imprison sharks in torpedo tubes steered by wireless telegraphy and to guide war balloons with birds controlled by the same system.
American engineers in Mysore India faced oil theft during construction of an electric power station. They traced it to a Hindu practice of bathing in oil. To deter theft, blood was introduced to bearings, ending further oil pilferage while other items still vanished.
Relatives of a French benefactor contest a will leaving 800000 dollars for teetotaler hospitals. They argue there are not enough teetotalers in the neighborhood to justify the hospitals, challenging the testament and its purpose.
A Fort Gay West Virginia man in failing health recovered after his minister brought Grape Nuts. He gained about 40 pounds in two months and felt revived, crediting the food for restoring his strength. Postum Co. promotes Grape-Nuts with testimonials and the Road to Wellville booklet.
A traveler in Fu kien province observed locals carrying hand furnaces as portable stoves worn under cotton garments to combat cold. An old man revealed a small copper furnace strapped around his waist, explaining the practice arises only in extreme cold while thick clothing suffices otherwise.
Letter from Mrs L E Burton of 607 Glad Street praises Dodd's Kidney Pills after trial and minor relapse, recounting drugstore misdirection before receiving the real remedy. Also notes that the word hello has spread with telephone adoption and promotes a seed company catalog offer plus a brief mention of South African aborigines.
An old advertisement urges use of Allen's Foot-Ease to relieve uncomfortable, nervous, and damp feet. It promises relief from sweating and sore feet and notes availability at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free sample and an address in Le Roy.
The article describes a leg strengthening routine: stand with feet apart, squat touching the floor, sit on the heels with head erect, raise arms forward clasped briefly, swing arms backward nearly horizontal, return to clasp and stand. Three repetitions suit beginners. Japanese Jiujitsu veterans seldom exceed ten. It also notes theories linking electricity to atomic structure as discussed in St Nicholas.
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