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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1901
Page
3
A vintage health claim touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best spring medicine to cleanse the blood improve the complexion and restore energy. The ad mentions headaches nausea nervousness and fatigue as signs of impure blood and promises renewed health and sleep.
A report notes about one hundred farmers near Keota Iowa plan a spring construction of a nine mile telephone line connecting Keota and South English with long distance switchboards at both towns. The rest of the text mentions various unrelated items and advertisements.
A collage of era anecdotes notes vaccination against rinderpest lasting seventy to eighty days, beauty claims, laxatives, ancient chronology dates, mineral discoveries, remedies for coughs, and a water filtration system adopted in Washington. Mentions include Garfield Tea, Pine's Cure, and Roberval references with scattered city cues like Ocean Grove and Philadelphia.
President McKinley plans a six week continental journey covering about 12400 miles through more than half the states with cabinet officers aboard to handle official business. He will stop at Chehalis Washington to speak briefly and skip a steamer route to Buffalo. J G McGuigan, mining man of Spokane, was seriously injured after a 30 foot fall at the Imperial hotel in Portland.
A garbled late 19th to early 20th century recap notes that Hostetter’s Bitters is praised for dyspepsia and other ailments, Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic advertised with iron content, and mentions silk production forecasts. It also cites a Tennessee bill joining the Senate to forbid white teachers in Black public schools.
The World's St Petersburg special says the life attempt on the czar’s life at Tsarskoe Selo proved unfounded. The czar and czarina live in seclusion, the czarina ill. Drastic repression follows as four hundred students are ordered to report to police daily. Seventy have been arrested.
Indianapolis woman Mary K Burns credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing years of indigestion nervousness and female trouble after five doctors failed. She reports relief began after one box and complete recovery after continued use. Pills sold by dealers or mail order from Schenectady N Y.
In Detroit Journal commentary the writer contrasts scaring children with germ theory lessons and microscope viewing to instill science. The piece then notes Italians as cotton pickers in the South praised for nimble fingers, and observes women’s hair grooming habits.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado shows strong interest in a Cripple Creek district gold strike. The Last Dollar vein reportedly yields 1000 to 1600 ounces per ton, touted as the richest in the district. A separate notice mentions a $9,570 prize money warrant to Admiral George Dewey for Manila harbor actions in 1898.
An account describes Mumford and Seyyid photographing nomads who welcome the camera after a discourse on its meaning. It then recounts Cape of Good Hope discovery by Diaz and the 17th century Dutch East India Company settlement with early boer pioneers shaping independence and solitude.
London dispatches warn against expecting a quick Boer surrender amid ongoing hostilities. Reports say the real fighting men remain in commandos, English victories may hasten end but Boers must be crushed first. Kruger and government shifts are noted along with treason arrests in Graaf Reinet and Aberdeen. In Manila, Privates Brodie and Coffeey of the Third Cavalry are condemned by court martial to life hard labor for murdering a native boy. General Wheaton approves.
Advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chili Tonic cures malaria chills and fever with iron and quinine in a tasteless form. Mentions price 600, and distribution notes for Tacoma, Portland, and nearby wheat markets with coded locations.
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