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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1899
Page
6
Melbourne then seventh city of the British empire marked by thirteen huts at Queen Victoria’s accession, reflecting early colonial settlement and urban naming.
An 19th century style ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething as softening gums reducing inflammation and easing pain at 25 cents a bottle. It also promotes Coe's Cough Balsam as the oldest effective cold remedy and warns against leaning on cold surfaces.
A brief advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional cure priced at 75 cents. The notice cites a ten year surge in American life insurance assets from 657,128,642 in 1888 to 1,344,901,198 in 1898, noting the rise as the largest since national prosperity returned.
Hayden Bros. operates a successful mail order model in Omaha, claiming freight and time savings for western customers. They report about 200000 mail order patrons and promise low prices across goods with free circulars and fall clothing catalogs upon request.
Of 399 inventors receiving patents this week 102 sold before issue. Leading firms buying patents include Draper Co Portland Meneé Manufacturing Freeport Brown Straw Binder S S White Dental American Mutoscope Pianophone Eagle Pencil Fitzgerald Meat Tree Taughannock Emery Wheel Mechanical Door Stage Check W W Kimball. For information on patents contact Sues Co registered patent lawyers Bee Building Omaha Neb.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad receivership ended at midnight and the property was handed to stockholders. Receivers John K. Cowen and Oscar G. Murray had reorganized the road since 1896, planning to rebuild and equip it, issue certificates to fund new cars and locomotives, and repay all debts so the 1899 1900 year could begin with obligations paid.
A compact aphorism contrasts a rod seeking flattery with a wise man laboring for wag, implying virtue in steady effort over praise seeking. The line suggests character values in social exchange and personal conduct.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad operators test 50 steel cars carrying 4.76 million pounds of coal from Cumberland to Brunswick Md using a 168 700 pound consolidation locomotive. The 6 458 100 pound gross train sets record for the line, projecting higher revenue tons per mile and lower transport costs.
A newspaper snippet notes a new upright piano offered for 118 dollars by Schmol ler & Mueller at 1313 Farnam Street in Omaha. It also mentions Germany where bachelors in Hesse face higher income tax than married men. A Cologne invention uses a steel spring to pump fresh air through perforations in the inner sole with every step.
A letter from Mrs Col Richardson praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing her severe uterine and ovarian inflammation after months of agony. She credits the remedy with restoring health, energy, and mobility, urging others to try it.
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