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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1901
Page
5
In the spring the blood is impure and weak with pimples and eruptions on face and body. Deficient vitality and loss of appetite are noted along with lack of animation though a physical cause exists.
A period advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and vitality booster with a testimonial from W. E. Witt. A separate item notes countess of Limerick backing shamrock shipments to Irish soldiers, funded by officers. Mexico's cigarette and cigar output rises 10 percent. A biographical note profiles Colonel Cornelius Gardiner, West Point graduate and governor-designate of Bayan province, with Civil War service details.
San Francisco denies Santiago Maceo arriving there after Manila deportation. Young Antonio Maceo enters Ithaca High School prep for Cornell. Spokane reports Collins killed by Miller in a self defense claim. Golden wins six day go as you please. Haennelt nearly poisoned in Denver jail. Dovey enlists in the Navy after learning he is an heir to a large English fortune. Miscellaneous moralizing advice closes the piece.
Congress considers Secretary of the Navy request to build several powerful warships. Fortifications alone are deemed insufficient to protect seaports while defense against digestive ailments is pitched with a laxative product. An unrelated ad notes a ministerial prompt and a one day cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. A South African firm orders 12 batteries of quick firing guns in Germany. A rabbi’s teaching titled Eve as a blonde is mentioned.
A plea for mothers to seek medical guidance for daughters with painful irregular menstruation. Mrs. August Pfalzgraf of Wisconsin describes her daughter’s two year suffering and headaches, swelled feet, and general misery. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is credited with prompt advice and cure.
New York Supreme Court ruled Limburger cheese stored at a butter and cheese firm is not a public nuisance subject to abatement by neighbors. Justice Hatch dissented, describing the odor as overwhelming and obnoxious, likening it to slaugherhouses and hogpens and noting its pervasiveness.
A humorous verse piece recalls Mr. Booker Washington and a black laborer shouting that he feels called to preach in the hot cotton field. A separate quip from London Punch jokes about a stout party and exercise.
The report shows 1899 public high schools in the United States graduated 20 844 boys and 6124 girls. In 1898 attendance counted 189187 boys and 26013 girls.
Fragmentary text mocks a malaria tonic product by Grave with tasteless references. It then shifts to a proverb about spending on affection versus winning it, concluding marriage might be a failure.
A 19th century patent medicine claim promotes Garfield Tra as a blood purifier and oyster cleanser made from herbs and sold by druggists. The ad proclaims luck favors those who avoid relying on luck.
Vancouver Washington April 22 Charles Brown and E L Canby president and cashier of the First National Bank of Vancouver committed suicide two miles from the city after Bank Examiner J W Maxwell disclosed a shortage of 810100. They left notes to family and friends and had reported stock speculation. Brown aged 64 long a Vancouver resident and Canby 32 were found dead in a clump of bushes with a revolver between them.
McLeay of Portland defeated Bowers of Tacoma in the finals to win the Oregon golf championship.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a simple tonic with promised effects. The copy highlights iron and pine-like ingredients in a tasteless form and asserts no cure, no pay.
Letters from congressmen, a musician, barbers, and citizens praise Peruna the Peruna Medicine Co claims cures for la grippe and catarrh. Testimonies from M W Howard, D D Wallace, Frances M Anderson, Mrs T W Collins, Alice Dressler, and others published from 1899 to 1900 credit the tonic with restoring strength and health and urge readers to consult Dr Hartman for guidance.
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