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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
2
On the steamship Philistine Mrs Vanderton and her companion face a diamond smuggling scheme. Alec Hexley, a recurring criminal, threads through crowded decks seeking leverage while Fletcher presses for a share. A confrontation ends with police intervention and the recovery of thirteen stones.
The Lonkers Statesman notes a vehicle named Crimsonbeak will run about ten minutes before breaking down. The quirky forecast mirrors early automotive humor and local metropolitan chatter.
Articles discuss Rome’s Acta Diurna, Pliny the star reporter, and the paper’s broad coverage from laws and banquets to births and deaths. Discoveries show the Acta circulated citywide, mingling dry statements with sensational tales such as phoenix sightings and bricks falling during Milo’s trial and other historic events.
A claimed Michigan healer named Griffit or Griffit near Gilead says he cures ailments by laying on hands and prayer during new and full moons and at night. He reports curing over 400 cases gratis and attributes power to a birth gift, with visions guiding his work. he has not met with failure so far. He is not affiliated with any church or baptized.
William L. Long, after six weeks in Salem, Ore, says he found a cheaper method to extract gold from ores. He asserts his process yields three times the gold of a smelter, with tests on various ores including Ashland tailings producing 90 dollars per ton versus 40 dollars per ton by the smelter.
The Chicago Tribune notes Boston has more than a dozen large ponds used for skating and quips about spectacles loosening, highlighting leisure sites and a playful city observation.
Denmark leads Europe in average coffee consumption while Russia records the lowest levels, highlighting a continental spread in caffeinated habits across countries.
New York reports steady wheat and active flour markets with No 2 red at 885 and May values 18.00 to 18.50. Corn No 2 at 700, oats 2 white at 474. beef steady, sheep dull at 450, lambs 6.00 to 6.60. Cleveland notes patents at 3754.00 for flour, No 2 red at 5e, yellow corn 63i, oats 474, butter 2914, eggs 25, potatoes 75 to 80c, cattle 5.75 to 6.00, sheep 5.00 to 5.25, lambs 6.23 to 6.40, hogs 6.00. Chicago shows March wheat, corn 59% to 9, oats 437, pork 15.25, cattle 6.20 to 7.00, hogs 5.60 to 6.10, Toledo cash wheat 84c, corn 62c, oats 44% to 46, cloverseed 5.57. East Buffalo cattle steady, veals 7.50 to 7.75, hogs 6.50 to 6.60, sheep 5.25 to 5.50, lambs 6.40 to 6.50.
Mrs L A Harris of Chicago attests that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her eight year ovarian troubles without surgery. She credits the remedy and a feminine sanitary wash, urging others to try it first to avoid operations. A $5000 notice claims genuineness if the letter is false.
A Baltimore American excerpt shows a father declining a cooking school for his daughter arguing she should not need to work in a kitchen after marriage. The principal counters that the curriculum teaches leadership in the kitchen and firing the cook, prompting the father to pay the full term tuition.
Advertisement from John A. Sulzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wis touts Earliest Russian Millet as highly productive hay, claiming 5 to 8 tons per acre. Prices listed 190 and 160.1 lbs with freight at $8.00, urging farmers to plant large quantities to ensure hay supply.
A playful dialogue snippet features a boy and a guardian on mothering, with a punchy line about thrashing as mothering guidance. It sits alongside 19th century product endorsements for Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike’s Toothache Drops lauding quick cures.
The clipping blends satirical lines and product notes from 1900. It features cures and quips about Piso's Cure, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and Putnam faceless dyes, with snappy remarks attributed to various city papers and a judge-like mock dialogue. It reflects humorous advertising and editorial flavor of the era.
A succinct adage from Jowson warns that belief in financial recklessness leads toward poverty, stressing prudence in conduct and spending. The aphorism cautions readers to avoid careless habits that erode wealth over time.
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