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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
3
An advertisement urges women to seek advice from Mrs Lydia E A Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. It promises confidential guidance from women to women on female weaknesses and health issues, urging readers to write for special advice.
The Chautauquan notes that Chinese belief in geomancy guides where to build houses and dig graves. Emperors moved capitals to avoid bad luck and Taiping ruins persist as towns were abandoned when luck was deemed unfavorable.
A fragment from London Tit-Bits recalls the Lutine bell recovered from the ship Latine after near the Dutch war wreck. The bell, used to signal safe arrival of bullion shipments for Lloyd's underwriters, once brought cheer when a loss was recouped and insurers heard news of cargo secured.
A fragmented historic ad describes Dr. Pierce’s medicines as curative for various chronic diseases. It touts glycerite root extracts and alcohol free formulas, endorses his pellets as a mild cathartic, and mentions a tragic Italian attempting to walk a tunnel heat death.
Readers are presented with a discussion on whether flying fish truly fly by wings versus leap and a rapid wing vibration. notes mention observations by Mr. Frank Hullen and Lieut. Col. Durnford. The column then shifts to a London Globe piece about a tragedy turned feud and a local Oregon story about a peaceful citizen as mediator. An anecdote from the New York Press closes with a cartoonish carving joke.
A woman recalls 12 years of neuralgic headaches and weight loss, saying Postum Food Coffee helped her recover. She reports gaining weight, clearer thinking, and the ability to go out alone, claiming the drink eliminated her headaches. The ad cites Postum Co of Battle Creek Michigan and promotes a promotional booklet.
Chief Justice Gabbert releases a supplemental Colorado Moyer ruling asserting the governor may suspend habeas corpus during insurrection and courts cannot review the action. He cites Batangas and Batangas case analogies and upholds Moyer detention by the state militia.
San Francisco reports Bishop J W Bashford of the Methodist Episcopal church says Americans in China are safe. He notes three riots since the American boycott began, attributing them to local causes, with Chinese generally friendly to Americans as he travels to Chicago for the Episcopalian bishops meeting.
Naples reports the danger phase ended as Mount Vesuvius quiets after a massive eruption. Observers say no more earth rumblings, a thick smoke curtain hangs over the crater, and Naples enjoyed sunshine as the black pall lingers westward between Rome and Naples.
Washington news reports the railroad rate bill was laid aside as senators could not speak on it. The Senate devoted time to other calendar items, passing more than 300 measures, mostly private pension bills. A general bill reducing pensions for veterans who lost limbs in service was among those passed.
A sweeping late 19th or early 20th century summary reports varied calamities and diplomatic shifts. It notes electors returned in Moscow, a Pittsburg building collapse with fatalities, a Maine coast shipwreck, a royal engagement delay, a coal car collision in Charleston, and an attempted prison escape in Georgia. Additional items include Venezuelan leadership changes, a record gold output by Transvant, ongoing Hague peace confernion talks, a German crown prince planning a yacht race, a major fire in Luang Prabang, and various suicides, accidents, and political developments across the world. The Campania carries a vast Spanish coin shipment, while Los Angeles plans bank expansion in Mexico and other notable incidents are cataloged.
M J H Fabre observed that a mother spider carries its young on its back for seven months and the hatchlings eat no food during that time. He concluded solar heat and light replace nourishment for these spiders and that their movement might be powered directly by the sun’s energy.
Mrs Peter Morrinitto of Michigan reports drastic health gains after using Dr Will iam a Pink Pills for Pale People to aid childbirth recovery and nerve strength. The ad claims cures for seeds anemia and grip after effects, with mail order sales priced at 50c per box or six for $2.50 from William Morris Co Schenectady NY.
In a tense scene he remarks that the dancer resembles a poem set to music, triggering her hopeless sigh as she turns away. She understands poetry and rejects the pursuit, recognizing its impracticality in their strained dynamics.
An advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a natural aid to liver kidney stomach and bowel action, curing constipation and headaches while cleansing the system. It links a tout for a familiar tune about friendship to a tale of the song’s history via Canada, Spain, the Moors and Persians.
In a brief tale, a rider named Gootty reportedly surpassed 66,000 in a fast long distance performance on an American airway. The piece hints at reliability of Sunti Fe truck and equipment, praising rail travel options through Utah and Colorado with ticket and fare details offered.
The Westminster Gazette suggests deep breathing as a natural method to restore rosy cheeks and reduce sallow complexions as well as lung weakness. It notes that regular practice, in season and out, could improve health, contrasting modern habits with primitive man’s breathing and clothingless activity. Martineaus is cited on steadfast honesty before the "Mri Judge of right" as an example of incorruptible perception.
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