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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
7
An exchange between Bald Aaron 1400 and Wille 1900, presented by Albert F. Caldwell, contrasts a medieval boy’s thirst for science with a present century boy’s nostalgia for past simplicity. The dialogue muses on moon distance, sun diameter, rain prediction, lightning, tides, gravity, and schooling.
Wuzzy the cat, owned by Maj Lambert of California, retrieves birds shot by his master. Carried on the shoulder to the field, the cat darts to ground, finds the game, and returns it. He retrieves doves meadow larks and wrens but will not touch squirrels rabbits or water. He is affectionate at home and closely bonded to his mistress.
A Cincinnati Tribune item tells of James Crow, a young chick who hatched from an egg in a pine nest. His parents cared for four siblings as Jim and family learned to forage. The caption notes the chick’s pecking call for supper while perched on a fence awaiting food.
George Krause, after 16 months in Madagascar, presents two giant nepyornis eggs. He notes Madagascar’s unique fauna and argues the original ostrich was exceptionally large. Eggs sold for high sums to European museums. prices ranged from 300 to 5,000 dollars.
A column notes that wild animals inherently fear fire due to memory and novelty, yet some predators like lions and wolves venture near human dwellings. It cites travelers observing monkeys warming at camp fires while avoiding adding fresh wood. The piece closes with a literary joke from the Baltimore American.
In a New England village a freckle faced girl requests a book for her mother that is sensible, not a love story or short stories, with plenty of action and pictures. The librarian notes the request and soon lends the well thumbed Robinson Crusoe adventures to the cheerful customer.
An ad and a collage of jokes accompany a small news snippet about Grain-O, a pure grain drink marketed as a cheaper coffee substitute. It claims gentle digestion, coffee-like taste, and suitability for children, priced at 15 and 25 cents per package.
A cable dispatch reports European insurers refuse royal lives amid anarchist fears, citing Humbert of Italy. US companies deny any bias against kings and assess policies by merit and moral risk rather than royal status.
An 1870s style advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures all catarrh and offers a $100 reward for incurable cases. It presents endorsements from F. J. Cheney & Co. and Toledo wholesalers. The text promotes internal treatment and 75 cent bottles with testimonials available.
A Philadelphia North American snippet shows a mistress informing Sarah the new servant her services will end after the first of the month due to the master’s poor affairs. The exchange reveals household impact of financial trouble.
Broad health claim touts Cascarets as a universal cure from headaches to cancer by cleansing the bowels. It promises natural relief with easy movements and a 10 cent start, urging beware of imitations of the genuine metal boxed tablets stamped with C. ée.
A Baltimore American quip at a breakfast table humorously notes confusion over fabric names. The wife of his oom corrects the mislabeling, saying flannel cakes were actually corduroy this time.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad reports enhanced through service of Pullman vestibuled sleeping cars and airy coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans and the Gulf Coast including Thom asville Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other Florida points. Connections with steamer lines offer Cuba Porto Rico Nassau West Indies and Central American ports. Tourist and Home Seekers excursion tickets are on sale at low rates. Write CL Stone General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for details.
A brief quip from Philadelphia Press cites a father and child dialogue about being made of dust. The exchange frames a light moral aside on creation and human origin in a parents’ chat.
An insurance agent cites a neighbor who delayed alerting a fire despite a phone in his home. The fire spread while the agent helped others to save belongings, prompting reflection on human nature. The anecdote ends with a quip about policies and a Disraeli quote.
An OCR harvest of quack remedies and jokes. Kemp's Balsam promises instant cough relief with samples and small bottles sold by druggists. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with money-back guarantees. Various quips from newspapers punctuate the page, highlighting period drug advertising and light humor from the era.
The Good Shepherd Sisters endorse Peruna as a safeguard for bodily care of their charges including grip coughs colds and catarrhal diseases. A Napoleon Ohio congressman Meekison testifies to relief from a thirty year head catarrh and Dr Hartman is credited as Peruna’s developer with a free book offered by the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbia Ohio.
A grocer marketed Burnham's Hasty Jellycon with flavors lemon orange raspberry strawberry peach wild cherry and calfafoot for wine and coffee jelly. Dissolve in boiling water and cool to create a dessert. All grocers carry it.
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