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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
7
Word from Paris links the Prince de Sagan and his wife’s estrangement to a million franc check given to deter a Constantinople mission for Baron Hirsch. He reportedly kept the money and later obtained two million francs, fueling reconciliation speculation.
Mrs Darley laments being late while Mrs McBride apologizes, explaining she came as soon as she could after Jack lent his coat to sew a button this morning before he left for the office.
A vintage advertising notice promotes No-To-Bac as a tobacco cure. It claims the product makes weak men strong and offers a booklet and sample free. Sold by all druggists for 50 cents or one dollar, with Sterling Remedy Co. listed in Chicago or New York.
A Borscht Belt style exchange between Mrs De Jagg and a peddler. They joke about wall mottoes for the house with the line Better Late Than Never.
Thomas G. Orwig & Co. defend the right to use the words Iowa Patent Office for advertising claiming unlawful moves to deprive them of their branding. They pledge to resist any such action, cite due process, and offer free information on securing valuing and selling patents from Des Moines on December 28, 1897.
The report cites Bishop Leonard of Nevada claiming the Indian has no profanity in his vocabulary and would need English to swear. A grim Minzenheim incident follows a gas tragedy where a girl’s death is averted by a window opening, prompting an apoplectic fit from Minzenhim upon discovering the gas waste.
The ad promotes Cascarets as a candy cathartic for clean blood and clear skin, claiming to cleanse the liver and purify the body to remove pimples boils and blackheads. It promises beauty for ten cents with druggists offering 10c 25c and 50c sizes and guarantees satisfaction. It also notes a statistic about marriages, stating twelve in a hundred previously married parties.
A woman's friends describe her as of uncertain age to note that she is growing older, signaling many years and experiences behind her.
A London baker was jailed after rotten eggs spoiled a cake batch. He kept 1,465 unused bad eggs in his bakery, prompting authorities to seize the goods and charging him with offences.
An ad style fragment notes Mrs Winslow’s teething remedy claimed to ease pain and wind colic while Ruskin’s sixty four books purportedly earn $20 000 annually. The text combines marketing claims with literary income figures in a failed OCR scan.
Paris Temps reports MM Einhorn and Heinz discovered orthoform, a crystalline aromatic amido ether with slow but long lasting anesthetic action. It is applied to wounds or irritated mucous membranes as a powder or ointment and is not poisonous to animals. Experiments in Munich indicate strong local anesthesia on mucous surfaces and antiseptic benefits, with substantial tolerability in various cancers and ulcers.
The trolley line causes corrosion of nearby metallic pipes through electrolysis and disrupts the submarine telegraph cable syphon recorder at Cape Town. A dummy cable with an earth plate was laid to cancel disturbances. London observations show magnetic field disturbances near the City and South London Electric Railroad, and in the United States there are concerns about the naval observatory magnetic observatory.
Mr Erastus Pinkley muses that life may deny wealth and fame to the deserving while granting jail to others. Miss Brown asks for his meaning as he argues people should adjust their views on success and justice to avoid disillusion.
A light exchange explains joke creation as a simple arithmetic problem. Bunster suggests choosing a he and a she and then solving for the unknown quantity to craft humor.
William Morose of Lisbon Michigan aged 85 years married Miss Jennie Douglass also of Lisbon aged 16 in a local ceremony noted in the report.
Dr Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Massachusetts asserts exclusive rights to the words Castoria and Pitcher s Castoria. He notes the wrapper bears the facsimile signature of Chas El Fletcher and warns against unauthorized use. He states The Centaur Company with Chas H Fletcher as president has authority. March 8, 1897.
Reuben Lane 33, using crutches from Barnesborough Pennsylvania, travels 597 miles to Topeka Kansas to wed Eliza Ann Parker 60, a widow. She refuses nuptials after engagement arranged by a matrimonial agency. Lane hires a lawyer and will sue for breach of promise. Trip took 36 days.
Thousands of adventurous Americans head to the Klondike despite warnings. The piece urges use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive tonic to ward off malaria rheumatism kidney trouble liver complaint dyspepsia and constipation.
A Minnesota editor published a strong article praising patrons of home industries and received a letter of thanks from a storekeeper. The note was printed on a Chicago letter head, signaling cross city reception of the sentiment.
Advertises a cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and promises a refund if it fails. Claims the remedy cures in one day and lists druggists as sellers. Includes price 250.
Recent statistics show that when a wife dies first the husband lives about nine years longer on average, whereas if the husband dies first the wife lives about eleven years longer.
Classified advertisement touts No-To-Bac as a tobacco habit cure priced at 50 cents to a dollar with guarantee and claims of making weak men strong and blood pure. available at druggists.
Anthony Hope files for copyright on a magazine story asserting ownership of the work. The action centers on securing exclusive rights and control over publication and distribution.
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