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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1899
Page
6
The figures estimate annual fire losses in the United States at 150 million dollars and 3000 lives. Daily, about 65 dwellings and two hotels burn. Monthly, forty warehouses are consumed by fire and smoke.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for swollen burning and sweaty feet and bunions. It instructs shaking it into shoes and offers a free sample by mailing to Allen S. Olmsted in LeRoy New York. It ends with a humorous line about men underestimating their own homeliness.
An advertisement extols Cees Cough Balsam as the oldest and best remedy for colds and promises rapid relief. It urges trial and notes mirrors reveal a woman’s defects, reflecting era marketing and social language.
An advertisement offers a weekly salary of 15 dollars plus expenses to a man who will introduce Perfection Poultry Mixture and Insect Destroyer nationwide. It requests the applicant to mail a stamped reply to Perfection Mfg. Co. in Parsons Kansas. The nearby note mentions women’s hair graying around age 35.
A Brooklyn Life cartoon caption shows a dog buyer telling a seller he was sold a bird dog that cannot spot birds. The seller humorously asks how the bird was cooked, highlighting the comic miscommunication.
A major eastern firm backs Dr. Kay's Renovator with capital, guaranteeing relief from stomach and bowel troubles if instructions are followed. Sold at 25c and 1.00, or prepaid by Dr. B. J. Kay Medical Co. Saratoga Springs NY. Physicians contacted for free advice.
A brief aphorism notes that drinking sage tea can symbolize embracing wisdom. It presents a contemplative idea linking herbal beverage choices to knowledge.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The text also references a "fixed" running race and warns that drowning is a terrible death that would kill most people.
Baron Rothschild sits for Carolus Duran and a pupil secretly spirits a franc from the beggar scene. Six months later Rothschild & Cie sends a 2000 franc check to the pupil as repayment with interest for the charity.
University of Iowa experiments blindfolded the eyes and blocked the nose to test taste. Subjects struggled to distinguish tea from quinine and misidentified foods, suggesting tongue sensations are limited to sweet sour bitter and salt. The tests imply flavor arises from multisensory perception rather than taste alone.
An army officer dismisses chemical preservation as a debunked fallacy while acknowledging the uncertain number of people harmed by an associated explosion. The fragment hints at a wartime or industrial incident affecting multiple individuals.
An advertisement for California Fig Syrup Co promoting Syrup or Figs as a gentle effective laxative. Claims it cleanses the system, dispels colds headaches and fevers, improves kidneys liver and bowels without irritation, and uses figs for taste while key medicinal components come from senna. Warns to buy only under full company name and lists sale in San Francisco Louisville and New York with price 50 cents per bottle.
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