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Newspaper
The Fairbury Enterprise
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1900
Page
15
The speaker credits Peruna as the best reliable remedy for catarrh and general ailments, claiming it has supported health and long life for years. He says Peruna helps with Regen and other needs, asserting freedom from catarrh leads to a healthier old age. A free book on catarrh is offered by the company in Columbus.
Fragment discusses potential health issues including kidney related trouble and urine odor. Mentions risk if conditions grow unchecked, suggesting a warning about medical or health matters without specific details or context.
Charles Phelps of Lincoln faces a federal indictment in Omaha for signing his own name to a $1 money order issued by Beatrice post office. The case centers on a single signature on the instrument and questions be shared by two men named Charles Phelps in the capital.
A Des Moines railway expert asserts the Des Moines Iowa Falls and Northern line, long protected by E S Ellsworth and others, is an Illinois Central branch. It has been surveyed as part of the planned Gulf system and is expected to open to Des Moines within a year and may extend to Kansas City later.
Henry Hayden vice president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad died after leaping or falling from the fourth story window at his residence in New York. He 62 and had a history of shortness of breath culminating in a fatal impact with a flagstone. The body was found fully dressed and still warm.
For the first time in years the streets of Nebraska City were without street lights on December 7. Electric light and gas companies submitted bids, neither accepted, and a council proposal to the electric company was rejected after discussions with eastern officials.
The steamer Frederich der Grosse arriving from Bremen and Cherbourg endured heavy westerly gales and high seas. Between longitudes 66 and 67 the wind reached hurricane force and the ship made little headway. She carried 176 cabin and 1,721 steerage passengers.
Des Moines city council signed a contract with Des Moines Street Railway to remit part of the taxes for 1897 and 1898. The agreement fixes a fare structure reducing 5 cents per ride to six rides for 25 cents, increasing passenger costs.
Harvard claimed a third consecutive victory in a debate against Yale at Cambridge. The judges favored Harvard's affirmative case on the resolution that permanent retention of the Philippines by the United States is desirable, praising Harvard's well-constructed argument while deeming Yale's negative weaker.
Miss Jeanie Rogers, a noted dealer in real estate who rose with the boom of the early nineties, died at a Sioux City hospital. She built a fortune dealing for eastern agents and later faced reduced means after the boom collapsed.
In Fon du Lac Wig and D C Richards Wan were acquitted of shooting a man with possible intent during a riot. The incident occurred amid a period of unrest noted as the height of the trouble.
A mishap at Marietta Ohio occurred December 6 when a worker, Wilson Ruy, dropped a can of glycerine while lifting another container, injuring him. Authorities investigated the incident and noted the hazardous material involved.
Town delegation in conference with Speaker Henderson ties petition to the secretary the league as part of ongoing efforts.
The San Francisco Argonaut reports that Japanese imitations outpace American goods in price and appearance. A tramp steamer captain bought counterfeit stock from Japan at 30 percent below San Francisco prices, discovering the items were bogus with lithographed labels and inferior contents. Also cited is Hon. John Barrett praising Admiral Dewey’s leadership and diplomacy shown during Manila.
A Lincoln Nebraskan letter from A C Bonsor of the B M wallpaper shop at 2115 O street defends a strongly worded claim as credible. The text describes years of misery from kidney disease, praising Dodd's Kidney Pills as curative and endorsing the product as unexcelled.
Indications point to great prosperity for the coming year. This is a sign of a healthy stature. The success of a country as well as of an individual depends upon health. If you have any stomach trouble try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters which cures dyspepsia indigestion and biliousness.
Count Kaseda, one of Japan’s oldest statesmen and former adviser to the court, rose from the army to prominence as a defender of the imperial government. He served as adviser to the court for several years and held a high position in the Privy Council.
Readers are told that a comprehensive treatment cures Catarrh, described as a constitutional disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to act on the blood and tissues, with testimonials promised and a sales pitch for F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo.
Mark Twain contemplates when to lay aside his pen. He once believed sixty was the proper age, but at sixty five he now revises that view and says the question remains unsettled for him.
Advertising notebook reads like a collage of product pitches and moral snippets. Jell O is pitched as a quick two minute dessert with flavors lemon orange raspberry and strawberry. Other items include Garfield Tea Carter’s Ink Putnam Dyes Kline’s nerve remedy and Winslow’s soothing syrup.
Advert claims the product has widespread acclaim with many cures for female troubles. It urges customers to insist on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, warns against competing medicines, and invites letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
The speaker notes that all people feel less offended by crude behavior than by poor manners among the well bred. It emphasizes respect for others on streetcars and trains and warns against acting as if others have no right to ride.
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