26 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
The Bellefontaine Republican
Location
Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
1
Fragmentary ad copy touts Cuticnea Soap as a “complete humour cure” for feverish misery. It promises to soften crusts and relieve stiff, thickened skin on toes and ends, asserting soothing effects and steadying aid.
A reader describes farmers using Paris Green to kill leaf worms, noting dangers to crops and health. The piece urges tighter regulation, quarantine of influenza like illness, and better care for consumptives. It argues public health protections and sanitation are needed for contagious diseases and tobacco safety alike.
The Chicago and North Western Railway offers special round trip tourist tickets to Honolulu and return via direct steamship lines from San Francisco. Travel may go via San Francisco and return or vice versa with Vancouver as an option. The Hawaiian Islands gain prominence and are promoted as a healthful, mild climate resort. The Pacific cable completion will place the islands in direct telegraphic contact with the United States, boosting tourism.
Mr Kerr Brooke spent Sabbath in Xenia visiting his brother at the seminary. Thanks to M A Taylor for a calendar with compliments of Larue Bask. A bay window contrasts with winter elements. In bloom are three geraniums three Impatient Sultans one with 24 flowers. A Kepworth ivy basket and Empress of China roses admired. T C Speer passes daily for bridge work west of here. Seth Taylor & Son added a new culvert near Mr Thomas. Mr Thomas expanded his barn. Airey improved farm buildings. Mrs Emma Miller of Columbus visited her mother Mrs Smith and rode home, planning to visit Mr Miller’s parents in Sidney. Pummester Billa asks to baste the new mail route through here amid stormy weather two miles to the box.
Special to Commercial Tribune from New York December 16. Dr Adolph Lorenz extolled American women at the Holland House, praising their beauty health and intellect. He said American women surpass European women in aesthetics physical strength and intellect and that they are best fit to rear a fine race. He noted his limited experience outside nursing but found Americans superior physically to men elsewhere.
Col Warnock cites Washington Post view of Ohio Democratic turmoil. He says the party lacks a Moses to guide it, laments Tom Johnson's failure, and notes McLean's weak rally. Warnock argues for a strong, capable leader who can endure defeats and unite voters toward a hopeful, if challenging, future.
The article prescribes a simple method for good coffee with fine ground beans and quick infusion. Use a desert spoon per person, mix with cold water to a paste, let stand five minutes, then pour boiling water over and boil briefly before serving in china cups. Do not overboil or keep beyond five minutes.
In a city apartment I recount a tale of curious neighbors the Barretts. John Barrett, a handsome bachelor, catches our heroine’s eye while rumors swirl around his mysterious income and a hidden closet full of valuables. Police descend as a detective named Peter Gay exposes a queenly burglary ring housed within the quiet block.
A railroad drummer recounts a brutal arctic drift tale with cannibalism amid a crowd trapped by a high snow drift. He insists the moral is that urgency can override sentiment, recounting a rope escape where forty women perish as he slides to safety.
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