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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
6
A New York man demonstrates a portable electric hair curler using a metal wire plug and common lamp socket. The device delivers immediate heat to remove hair, remains at a precise level, and is compact enough to fit in a handbag.
A new paternalistic measure opens three free employment offices in Chicago. The state, under a law enacted by the legislature, will locate jobs for the unemployed through public offices. Bosses register vacancies and specify required work, while employers file details on needs. The state funds and maintains these agencies.
A collage of notes reports Tartars gifting sweet sachets in fabric pouches after losses, a brown paper organ tube discovery at St. Patricks Roman Catholic church prompting a rebuild, a Delaware pike sighting of a crane fighting a five foot rattlesnake, and Milldrift postmaster Isaac Wintermute killing a nearly six foot black snake in his store after a confrontation.
A fragmentary notice describes Mrs Kendal’s strict housekeeping routine with daily room tours and slate complaints, mingled with patient testimonies about kidney and diabetes issues. The piece shifts to diverse items including a night watchman tale with St Jacob’s Oil, a stowaway marriage, and assorted ads and curiosities, all in a scattered late 19th century style.
A letter from Saskatchewan printed in the Reed City Clarion describes land, crops, and winter at Chase. The writer calls the area a fine place with good soil, claims excellent crops last fall, ripe potatoes, and confirms a simple winter with little wind or rain. He mentions building a residence and seeking a wife, plans further land work next summer, and notes lag shanties are muddy on the outside. He invites readers to apply to Canadian Gordamgut agents.
Mrs H J Cusack of Atchison creates two corn husk bonnets resembling a showpiece from the last corn carnival. One will go to Queen Victoria and the other to Queen Belen. The bonnet for Miss Gould promises more color, suited to youth, while the older queen’s is more restrained. The two-year-old bonnet by Mrs Cusack is now in the possession of Mrs McKanlay, in Kansas City Journal.
An old advertisement touts Up-To-2 starch made by Magnetic Starch Co of Omaha Nebraska. It claims hroned with Delancey gives best soft glossy finish and promotes lower price at sixteen ounces for 10 cents. The copy urges clipping and buying to avoid the trust.
A jagged OCR excerpt details a sixteen square foot Wall Street plot offered at 6040 dollars or more per square foot, with stray references to land, ships, storms, and various ads. The text weaves real estate, maritime wrecks, medicines, and consumer goods with garbled phrases and scattered names.
Readable fragment notes a drought reduced Bulgaria rose harvest to about 200000 grammes this year, with a two and half francs per gramme value implying a turnover near half a million francs. Demand rises as attar prices climb, but Bulgarian stock remains tiny. London report also mentions Queen Liliuokalani's political shift to American identity and a San Francisco Chronicle prophecy guess about Aguinaldo.
Visitors to Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-on-Avon reached over 31,000 this year from 35 nationalities, while Anna Hathaway's cottage at Shottery drew more than 100,000 visitors. A separate note cites a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad brakeman receiving a $50 gift for smart use of his brains during a near-miss on the line.
Mrs Louise Ghey of Chicago describes coming through kidney trouble with the aid of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits relief from headaches backaches and a burning sensation and says six bottles finished the treatment, leaving her health improved and life brighter.
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