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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1902
Page
3
Advert says many patients with lung issues gain from Dr August Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea, Hamburg Drops and St Jacobs Oil. It claims fast improvement within a week for non severe cases with open air living, proper diet, cold sponge baths, and nightly tea use.
A dialogue excerpt shows a suspect considering life in London versus New York. The speaker notes British recognition of an American identity and contrasts it with anonymity in New York where there is less suspicion.
Government report of 1902 notes Texas holds the world record for rice production with top rice districts along the railway line. An interesting book on Texas can be sent on request. James Barker, Gen's Pass. Agent, M. K. & T. Ry., 501 Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis.
Fragmentary Detroit Free Press dialogue notes a burglar’s chloroform used, causing illness. Richard cites wife’s neuralgia as context. The quirky exchange hints at a crime scene and motive without full details.
A compact collage of ad copy and jokes from 1900 includes a 50 cent calendar offer from Boston Rubber Shoe Co and a Murray Street New York address, plus quips from Indianapolis News and Punch. Testimonials praise Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar and Piso’s Cure, with brief jokes about love and forgiveness.
Miss Alice Bailey of Atlanta Georgia says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her of ovarian inflammation after years of pain and a surgeon’s proposed operation. She reports rapid improvement after two bottles and a weight gain of eighteen pounds, with a claim of genuine testimonial proof.
The Senate passed the pension appropriation totaling 139 847 000 dollars and an urgent deficiency bill of 1 148 400 dollars, including 500 000 to fight foot and mouth disease in New England. House actions included a significant anti trust enforcement fund and tariff revisions for Philippine imports. The week closed with the pure food bill advancing with broad votes.
In St. Louis five former delegates were found guilty of bribery tied to the suburban streetcar bill. Each of John A. Sheridan, Charles J. Denny, Charles Gutke, Edmund Bersch, and T. E. Albright received five years in the penitentiary after a trial that began Tuesday and concluded Friday night. The case involved a $75,000 deposit intended for influence. All defendants filed motions for a new trial and were released on bond.
A collage of 1900s curiosities notes rising diamond prices and cheap tricks, Brittany’s French literacy, Austrian compulsion of study, Argentina auto duties, a trifle sale of Goldsmith, bantams at a queen’s show, and a hypothetical wall around England from coal output. It also cites U.S. wage totals, currency work in China, McKinley’s assassination relics, Paris chimney jokes, and upcoming European marriage law reforms amid a global conference trend.
The text surveys diverse scientific curiosities from biology and chemistry. It mentions mud eels with lungs and gills, acid treatment to soften ivory, and vaccination trial ideas for hounds in North Wales. It also notes Veruvian mininies sold cheaply, Tripoli powder microstructures, tree growth variability, bats found in a sealed vault, and tiny tooth tubule diameters.
The French note to Venezuela is not an ultimatum and its terms resemble those given to Belgium and Spain offering most favored nation treatment for claims. In Omaha a plan to consolidate street railways from Omaha South Omaha and Council Bluffs was announced, with Seligman & Co. financing and control to begin January 3.
The Swift Current schooner, sailing from North Sydney with a coal cargo and six crew, has not arrived at Charlottetown P E I after ten days at sea and is presumed lost.
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