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Newspaper
The Fairbury Enterprise
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1901
Page
7
The Kensington community recalls Jacob Willoughby who predicted famine after the 1876 centennial exposition. He hoarded canned foods and nonperishables, storing them in his cellar. For twenty three years his family and guests relied on the stock, and even after his death a portion remained.
N E Albertson, a leading Blacksmith, suffered years of rheumatic pain in arms and shoulders. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills, his pain vanished and he recovered fully. Claims that the pills cure Bright's disease, diabetes, dropsy, rheumatism and heart trouble follow recent reports.
In Stromness Orkney the western capital resists modernizing measures. A by law bans cycling in the streets and a burgher has just been convicted under this act. The piece also notes social ills linked to irregular menstruation and advertises Dr Le Duc's Female Regulator sold by Kidd Drug Co and Rigg's Pharmacy in Lincoln Nebraska.
Virgilio Togetti the mural and portrait painter died in New York after being born in Rome in 1849. His artist father was made a marquis by Pius IX. A prime example of his work is the decorations of Cornelius Vanderbilt's house in New York.
The heaviest man in America, possibly the world, is Lee Trickey of Glenwood Wisconsin at 560 pounds. He once weighed 710 pounds a few years ago and says he banded down much of the weight through effort.
The piece notes China’s emperor seeking an auspicious day to return to Pekin, the ancient link between astronomy and astrology, and the fate of two astrologers executed for failing to predict a solar eclipse. It reflects on early astronomy’s origins, the Greenwich Observatory role, and humanity’s wonder at celestial phenomena.
Copper deposits in Lepanto, Dear Mt. Data, P. I. have been worked by the Igorrotes since before the Spanish discovery. The barbarians are described as heathens living in squalor yet displaying surprising industrial skill in copper extraction and metal work including large kettles and various utensils and ornaments.
Italy's present national debt stands at 2,572,693,491 dollars with an annual interest of 115,971,015 dollars. The kingdom's yearly revenue is absorbed by current expenditure and servicing the debt, leaving little margin for sinking funds.
Disgust with the British Army spurred Lord Wolseley to consider resignation after his captaincy promotion in 1854 was canceled for youth. The authorities then reversed the cancelation, and he remained in service despite protests over his age.
The piece contrasts vast baseball spending with the effort people put into seeking health. It urges readers to try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a low cost method to strengthen the stomach aid digestion and address indigestion biliousness constipation and weak kidneys.
The wheat fly destroys the wheat flower causing abortion while the hessian fly lays eggs in the stem, injuring the entire plant. This contrast highlights how one pest ends flowering and the other undermines the whole plant's vigor.
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a delicious nourishing alternative to tea or coffee for children. It claims Grain-O uses grain-based ingredients, rivals coffee in flavor, but costs about three times as much, and is sold by grocers at 15c and 25c.
Melvin G. Dodge, a Hamilton College graduate of 1890 and former librarian at his alma mater, has been appointed librarian of Leland Stanford University in California.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for swollen sore feet coins and bunions. It notes the powder shakes into shoes and costs 25 cents with a free sample offer and mail order to Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
A terse exchange shows a physician and a debtor named Mr. Broke arguing over repayment. The patient claimed he could never repay his doctor for treatment, while the doctor presses for settlement of the account.
The notice promotes a forthcoming opening by Rew and Morgan's Manual with a supplement including a proclamation and a map of allotments and county seats. It advertises an agent opportunity and lists Perry Oklahoma Territory and featured testimonials.
An old newspaper snippet notes Beeman's Pepsin Gum to ease stomach work by aiding digestion. Other items mention Hiall's Catarrh Cure and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething infants, with various remarks on manners and proverbs about reputation.
A nurse from Albert Lea Minnesota writes that Peruna is a grand medicine restoring health and strength. Letters from Mrs Amanda Shumaker Columbia City Washington and Mrs Mattie Curtis Boston Mass praise Peruna for backache weakness headaches and kidney issues with claims of renewed youth and improved vitality. Dr Hartman offers free advice and the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio is cited as the source.
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