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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
6
A moral reflection on encouragement and speech as vital forces. The piece cites a Troy Times correspondent noting a millionaire treated in Bellevue Hospital and contrasts it with the delirium tremens of the rich and the poor. It recounts a Canadian pupil misappropriating ink and a city clerk receiving five cents from Chicago.
The piece recalls Mr Parnell’s humorless reply at the first Irish Land League meeting, and a Western town funeral for Union soldier Hogg. It also notes Egyptian papyrus letters with modern tone, Porto Rican aspirations, Kipling comment, and a high profile diving display by Miss Wallenda with record time and comparisons to Annie Oakley.
In Sydney Elsie Wallenda, the professional trick swimmer, held her breath underwater for 4 minutes 51 seconds to establish a new world record. The feat followed a long sequence of tricks and left her exhausted but quickly recovered, surpassing prior marks by Finney and Beaumont and signaling further ambition.
A doctor argues from ten years of medical experience that his patient needs treatment. The patient, an invalid for thirty years, refuses, saying a physician should not dictate what he should take. The exchange highlights stubborn resistance to medical advice.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cleansing blood purifier for winter “heavy living.” It claims improved health and renewed vigor citing a patient from Lynn Massachusetts and a Camden New Jersey woman cured of female troubles and catarrh through the product.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a non-irritating cure for liver ills and the only cathartic to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla, urging readers to use the product for health benefits.
Labastine is promoted as the original durable wall coating unlike Kal so mines. It is ready for use with cold water in white or twelve tints. Sold as dry powder in five pound packs with full directions.
A promotional notice from the Alabastine Co claims alabastine is superior to cheap kalsomine and warns dealers against selling imitations. It advises buyers to check labeling and demands on price, notes alabastine can be used on plastered walls and ceilings, and invites requests for the Bastine Era free sample.
A lecturer described Western Canada as nothing but wheat a sea of grain. For details on routes and railroad fares, contact the Superintendent of Immigration at Department of the Interior in Ottawa or W. W. Bennett at 801 New York Life Building in Omaha Nebraska.
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