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Newspaper
The Fairbury Enterprise
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1902
Page
7
An old medical notice describes kidney and bladder disorders and mentions a person named Hon. J. A. Hopkina. It references cures and remedies and notes the author had prior bladder trouble. The text is fragmented and presents a promotional tone for treatments.
The notice extols St Jacob’s Oil as an effective remedy for muscle soreness from overexertion and exposure, urging vigorous rubbing for twenty minutes two to three times daily to relieve pain within a day. It claims rapid, lasting relief for athletes and promises free samples with Vogeler’s Curative Compounds for cases needing an alterative.
The China Britain ambassador to Britain now in St Petersburg jokes during a Birmingham fitting shop visit. He misreads a riveting machine as pigs producing sausages, then notes ammunition workers must eject any employee found with matches, commenting on the unlikely scenario.
The fragment cites Rank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co promising a hundred dollars for proof Hall’s Catarrh Cure cures, with a notary public signing in Toledo. It then mentions Eskimo baby discoloration and land excursion notices to Virginia and Carolinas, plus Defiance Starch advertising and laundry starch claims.
Mrs A RK Reymond of Des Moines claims a new tobacco cure and offers to mail a free receipt in exchange for a two cent postage stamp. She asserts rapid success and urges readers to try Defiance Starch and consult dealers for endorsements.
A fragment notes a character called the Tagle Smasher starting new work. It mentions a Red Cross Ball Blue pad and scented items, and references The Russ pany based in South Bend with poker players familiar with pot luck.
A travelogue praises American industry showing bread made in Minneapolis, windmills east of the Jordan, phonographs, typesetting machines, sewing machines, bicycles, and typewriters used worldwide. It notes American dynamo production lighting European streets and building London's electrified future, with San Francisco engineers aiding global railways and manufacturing.
Egyptology director Dr Schubart reports a sixth or seventh century parchment fragment of Sappho’s fifth book. The piece, though torn and crumpled, preserves meter and includes lines about Lydia’s women and moonlit scenes, reflecting surviving verses from ancient Greece.
A New Orleans tourist visits the Andrew Jackson statue. An old man recalls how letters on the pedestal were cut away during the Civil War era by a Union general, later prompting a charged reaction from local inhabitants.
The piece notes Russia's cautious stance toward China since the 19th century to avoid provoking western military reforms in China. It cites Grashdanin publishing a former general's warning to gain Chinese confidence to avert disaster in the far east. Reports from Amur indicate Russia expanding forces on the Chinese frontier and Pacific coast.
The article notes chicle value in Mexico being three times that of rubber and comments on a long observed decline in spiritualism. It praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a reliable family medicine for indigestion and related ailments, urging readers to try a bottle.
A brief meditation questions what one truly knows and suggests humility in claiming certainty. It implies that claiming knowledge may obscure deeper limits to human understanding and invites cautious reflection.
A jumble of vintage ads touts patent medicines and household goods. Mother Gray’s Powder promises fever and teething relief for children in New York. Defiance Starch and Blue Cross Laundry adds claim to stain removal and cold-water starch use. Various lines tout savings, free samples, and quick cash purchases with little context or structure.
The article portrays Signora Eleonora Dase as extremely nervous, restricting her social circle to a few old friends. A lady companion manages travel and hotel rooms, arranging back rooms facing the hotel sights, with careful attention to furnishings and avoiding pictures or busts.
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