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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1899
Page
8
A religiously tinged meditation on mortality from the Boston Pilot says time sweeps away all and graves hold king and slave alike. It also notes a near total lunar eclipse on December 16 and mentions Senator Hayward's condition along with an ad for Rocky Mountain Tea as a baby medicine.
A new $40,000 wing for the state insane asylum at Lincoln started construction this week. An advertisement claims Rocky Mountain Tea makes women more beautiful and attractive, urging plain women to ask their druggist.
Medical scientists endorse boiling drinking water and milk to prevent typhoid fever. The piece notes high infant mortality rates, with nearly a quarter dying before age one and half before age fifteen, and promotes White's Cream Vermifuge at 25 cents.
Hebron officials doubled the occupation tax on express companies from 20 to 50 dollars. The move prompted firms to relocate, forcing residents to travel to Belvidere and Deshler to receive express packages.
A Lima resident and railroad man, engineer H. Hansan of the L. E. & W. R. tracks, reports severe backache improved after one bottle of Foley's Kidney Care. He urges fellow train men to try it and share his relief, noting the product's effective results.
Cole's Air Tight Heaters burn coal wood cobs or trash and give perfect satisfaction. Call and see them at J. O. Blauser's.
Sebolt Senior plans to move to Boise City Idaho with his parents and has secured the Omaha gas lamp agency for the state. S J Fleming of Murray Nebraska praises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming fifty seven years of dyspepsia cured and renewed health. J W Sutton endorses the product as the best digestant and universal prescription for indigestion.
The ladies of the M. E church plan a fair and supper on Saturday December 9 1899 with opening at 1 p m. Supper will be served at the usual hour for 20 cents. Attendees can view a display of fancy and useful Christmas gift items. The Nebraska Woman's Suffrage Association holds its nineteenth annual convention November 28 and 29 in the senate chamber of the state capitol in Lincoln with speakers including Mrs Carrie Chapman Cott and Mrs Evelyn H Belden.
A. H. Thurress of Wills Creek Coal Co. Buffalo Ohio reports kidney and bladder trouble with pains from gravel or stones. After using Foley's Kidney Cure he notes brick dust and small stones pass, then complete relief. He praises the remedy as worth $1000 in benefit.
An enterprising Georgia farmer cuts melons in halves, scoops pulp, presses juice, and boils it twelve hours to produce syrup. From 270 melons worth $5 to $6 wholesale he yields about thirty gallons, sold at 50 cents a gallon, with refuse fed to hogs, cattle, and chickens, making the venture highly profitable.
A collection of aphoristic reflections on labor, politics, and society. Witty, cautious, and critical, the remarks touch on folly, opportunity, views, and the nature of advice, presenting a puzzle of timely irony from an older public voice.
Readers praise the medicine for curing bad colds averting pneumonia attacks and saving children from croup and whooping cough. It is described as grand and good and is sold by all druggists.
Beatrice Express reports changes at the county seat with Oscar Filley named deputy district clerk and A. J. Pethoud as clerk. Jack Ashenfelter appears favored for deputy sheriff, while Johny Quein is slated to become deputy judge under County Judge Fred Bourne. Quein, a former On C boy, is said to win broad public support.
The Home Furnisher offers a limited time free elegant triple silver plated Sugar Shell to every married woman who sends name, address and a two cent stamp as proof of good faith. They advertise the item sells for 75 cents in stores and promise thousands of new customers. one per family.
Local notices promote Lincoln laundry as best and advertise services of C. W. Pearce at the east side barber shop and Geo H. Townemaker with Cooper surryer buggies wagons and road vehicles. Also touts DeWitts Little Early Risers for constipation and liver health with J W Sutton signed.
First National Bank of Fairbury promotes obtaining a bonded abstract for J Monroe Davis to facilitate real estate sales or loan approvals. The notice emphasizes using a bonded abstract to streamline transactions and secure financing.
Tourist sleeper trip to California offered on the Burlington Route with no car changes. Fast schedule from Omaha St Joseph Lincoln and Hastings to San Francisco and Los Angeles, three days from the Missouri River to the Pacific with brief Denver and Salt Lake City stops. References to Pullman porter, clean bedding, and pleasant scenery. Written by J Francis Apr Gen’s Passenger Agent Omaha Neb.
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