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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1900
Page
2
The tale follows Soper, a gifted conman who preyed on life insurance solicitors in New York. Through dinners, gifts, and expert manipulation, he lured brokers into large policies, then vanished, leaving a trail of ruined careers and a network of wary agents.
A Washington letter laments ex members of Congress and ex officials who cling to lobbying and claim work. It profiles John J. Ingalls, Hank, Money and others, noting faded power, dwindling pay, and the moral risk of private life. The piece contrasts reserve strength with dependence on tribute and fees.
A compilation of humorous snippets from Kansas City Independent Philadelphia Inquirer and others mocks politics marriage and crime. Jokes touch on race stereotypes umbrellas and prize fighters while a Detroit Journal item describes an alleged murder victim with dramatic phrasing.
An advertisement extols Hood's Surmspurilla as a pure blood maker that cures a wired feeling pimples sore throat rheum scrofula and catarrh. It urges readers to take a bottle immediately to raise blood health toward a claimed good health point.
A clothing dealer in lower Broadway advertised suits at 17 dollars each. He displayed a sample with a clerk painted price and expected brisk sales. Passersby laughed at the bold sign and the merchant discovered the sign read These $15. They won't last long. The setup failed and the clerk lost his job.
Homeseekers Excursions via Chicago & Eastern Railway announce first and third Tuesdays in June July August. Tickets to southern states at One Fare plus 2.00 for round trip with twenty-one day return limit and fifteen day going limit with stopovers. New wide vestibule train between Chicago and Waco and Ft Worth departs Chicago daily at 1 50 PM with through Pullman Sleeping Cars and Free Reclining Chair Cars. For details contact Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway agents or C I Stone G Pand Z A 5 Chicago.
In Paris a group of American travelers asked for candied ginger, a common New York confection. French shopkeepers puzzled over the word, promised to fetch it, and served ginger in liqueur glasses with crushed ice instead, a surprising outcome to the expectant visitors.
A fragment quoted from the New York Press mocks a financial article and notes a Chicago river lightning strike last Thursday. The bit features a critic's jab about liquidity and timing, with a Cleveland mention.
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