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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
2
Pekin will transfer governance to Chinese officials gradually during June as allied generals meet. Count von Waldersee and his staff departed. two special trains to Taku transport troops. German baggage and Chinese carts are being removed. Baluchi regiment left amid ceremonial farewell with British and American troops in attendance.
The Department of Agriculture estimates total cotton acreage at 27,532,000, up 2,111,000 from last year, 38.3 percent higher than planted, and 2,498,000 acres more than picked. The June average condition is 81.5, lowest in 20 years except one. State readings include North Carolina 87, South Carolina 80, Georgia 80, Florida 88, Alabama 76, Mississippi 82, Louisiana 80, Texas 84, Arkansas 81, Tennessee 78, Oklahoma 88, and Indiana Territory 85.
The Chicago Journal notes a Welsh funeral custom where a sin eater, described as a lean ugly rascal, eats bread and beer with the corpse to take on the deceased sins. If no eater is hired, mourners distribute wine and biscuits to bearers, believing wine drinking absolves the dead’s sins. Some regions mail arvel bread biscuits bearing the deceased’s card.
By the recent death of Mr. J. C. Bolton, member of parliament for Stirlingshire, Scotland, the west of Scotland loses one of its merchant princes. Born in 1819, he spent early years in India but for over half a century was a leading merchant famed for sound judgment and strong character.
A Miss Lucy Annie Heiger from Albert Lea Minnesota writes about Peruna medicine, praising its effects on a variety of female ailments and general debility. Additional testimonials from Mrs Amanda Shumaker and Mattie B. Curtis describe relief from headaches backache and weakness after using Peruna. The letters urge readers to seek Dr Hartman for guidance at the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
Mr. Grodin of Texas owns a pet tarantula called Joe that responds to his name and shows notable intelligence. The spider lies on its back, behaves calmly, and shakes hands on command. It feeds infrequently, molts yearly, and avoids housing waste, while Grodin’s skill with animals draws wild birds and other untamed creatures.
A Norfolk NY reader jokes that theory and practice diverge like bachelor and married life and credits Piso's Cure for Consumption, while Hamlin's Wizard Oil Co advertises a free song book and tea marketing claim. The note, dated Feb 17 1900, notes weather and life concerns with satire and sales pitches.
An OCR fragment markets Hali's Catarrh Cure as internal medicine with price 750 and Beeman's Pepsin Gum as a stomach aid. It includes unrelated lines about wool sales and random names, yielding a scrambled medicinal and consumer goods snippet.
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