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Newspaper
The Fairbury Enterprise
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
11
Notes highlight Christine Nilsson's operatic tours with hotel bills paid and a home papered with operas. The piece paints a picture of her rooms filled with stage music memorabilia across lodging and residence.
The letter claims heart pain and kidney troubles were cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mrs. H. D. Hyde asserts long illness ended after a few doses and that her child showed immediate improvement. The testimonial promotes the product as a universal cure and urges purchase at a dollar per box.
Advertisement for free sample of Foot-Ease by Allen Olmsted of Le Roy New York. Claims cure for chilblains and directs readers to write today for sample, with distribution through druggists and shoe stores at 2 cents.
The fragment advertises Garfield Tea as a health product boosting stomach liver kidneys and digestion. It warns against running to avoid missing breaths, though the text is unclear and partially garbled.
A young man near Hubbard Nebraska is missing, with authorities believing foul play and possible murder. Neighbors recall he visited a hog farm last Saturday and has not been seen since. police continue investigations.
Haguewood fired a revolver at close range in a saloon, striking Garnier who staggered outside and died soon after. Haguewood surrendered to Marshal Mooney claiming self defense. locals fear Indian reservation anger may bring trouble as Indians from the reservation are expected to town.
London dispatch reports a sudden British reverse at Magaliesberg a year after Colenso. The defeat, with many British troops surrendering to a small Boer force, ends the guerilla myth and provokes public astonishment. Lord Roberts is blamed as Lord Kitchener calls for mounting troops. Baden Powell’s constables recruitment rise to 5000, while Boers face shortages of food and clothing.
L Hansen son of farmer N Hansen of near Grand Island Nebraska killed himself with strychnine. He was found in the back yard of L Kraft’s home after visiting Mrs Kraft and her daughter Lena. He had complained of troubles with a young lady and was said to refer to a farewell note naming a first love.
A thief stole a horse and harness from the hitching post at M Hutchison's farm near Waco Nebraska. A search and circulars were sent out but no trace yet. The mare weighs about 950 pounds and is blind. York County officials have offered a $25 reward.
Boston dispatch reports Corporal Herbert C. Chase of Company D, ih volunteer infantry, was shot and killed in the Philippines by Jake Henderson of the same company who mistook Chase for an insurgent boloman.
Ruth Thomas Cora Storms Mae Williams Maude F Fizzle among students burned in a blaze that started in the janitor’s private room. Fifty others escaped via fire escapes and a matron survived. Miss Storms likely the victim burned beyond recognition. A boiler heat source and hasty fire fight left Morris dead. Gutta percha supply concerns in Sumatra and Borneo noted with potential Philippine cultivation.
Paddy Ryan, former heavyweight champion who lost to John L. Sullivan, died December 14 at Green Island, N Y after a convulsion on rising. He won the title by defeating Joe Goss in a long battle and was once a Try resident. In later years he worked in Albany and is survived by a daughter.
The Morrison case in Eldorado Kansas ended with jurors discharged after three to four days. Nine jurors favored acquittal and held out for manslaughter in the fourth degree. A juror cited Miss Morrison’s own testimony as a strong point in her favor.
By a vote of sixty nine to thirteen the house passed a blanket ad valorem tax bill taxing railroads express and telephone telegraph firms on cash value of their property rather than on earnings. Minor amendments were rejected and the bill was sent forward as introduced. After passage the house adjourned to Monday night along with the senate.
After conferences among Orchard Lake students and the faculty, Col J. B. Rogers owner and commandant faced a faculty siding with students over management. Rogers shut the school for holidays and relieved principal W F Edwards and Major Lowe, faculty members.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Charles C. Hard, late chief clerk and secretary of the Freedmen Aid Society, was $4,000 short in his accounts. The board resolved to prosecute for his family’s sake. The shortage was repaid by his father Rev Manly B. Hard of Philadelphia.
On December 14 at Mr Neb, the lamp in John Graybiel’s Gates academy residence overturned. Mrs Graybiel and her infant were badly burned while attempting to extinguish the flames. The burns are very severe but not dangerous.
In Chicago on December 13 a fierce business rivalry led Joshua F. Mann to shoot and kill Thomas Mehan before dying by suicide. The fatal dispute occurred among Hyde Park coal merchants, authorities reported.
An advertisement extols iron as the nation’s wealth and compares it to a healthy stomach. It asserts Stomach Bitters can ease overworked stomachs, relieve clogged bowels, improve appetite, and treat constipation dyspepsia and biliousness.
A Missouri farmer turns to quail raising as a new business, claiming birds are easier to handle and more profitable than chickens. The item notes varied ads and health claims from period vendors including Grain-O coffee substitute and a warning about female health issues, with several drugstore names and promotional lines.
Fragmented report from Toledo city notices mentions paradoxical conditions and unclear references to dikes and civic measures. The readable text offers no clear events, dates, or identifiable persons or organizations.
An ad touts CASCARETS Candy Cathartic as a simple, painless way to regain health with cheap 10 cent start. It markets genuine metal box packaging with C. C stamped on each tablet and warns against imitations.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot comfort and bunions, claiming relief for frost bites. It promotes Dr. H. H. Green's Sons in Atlanta as leading dropsy specialists and hints at another column for their ad.
In a Westerly letter Mrs. Lizzie M Brewer hails Pe runa as a cure for grip catarrh and female ailments. She claims rapid relief from colds and grippe and urges readers to read the company book. Other testimonials praise Pe runa for chronic catarrh and suggest a free treatise on catarrh.
Los Angeles appears to lead in adapting liquid air to practical uses as a liquid air factory is reported to be erected there for refrigerating purposes.
An old notice notes that sweat and fruit acids will not discolor goods dyed with Putnam facial dyes. The ad adds a proverb about a girl’s suitor reflecting social norms of courtship.
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