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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
3
Mrs Helen Kilkenny of New Portland Maine credits Hair Vigor with restoring gray hair color and smoothing hair while curing scalp issues. Her long-time use and her mother's decades of experience with the product are cited as proof of its effectiveness.
An aged promotional notice touts Ayers Halt Vigor as a hair color restorer for fifty years. It claims to stop hair loss, keep hair clean and healthy, and make hair grow rich and long, offered at $1.00 with unclear product naming and potential misspellings.
An article describes the SEW OVERLAND LIMITED leaving Salt Lake City daily at 11 45 am with connections to Denver Omaha Chicago and New York. It notes no car changes to Denver Omaha or Chicago and a single change to major western cities, promising fast service and western accessibility. It advertises Dr H H Greens dropey specialists and mentions souvenirs from Cape Colony with further details in another column.
Dick Rodney awakes aboard the Ragente after a perilous voyage, learns they are near England, and contemplates home as Captain Weston recalls his own Cuba voyage. A Dutch lugger fouls the brig, tearing the bulwark and nearly sweeping crew overboard, then the Mary and Mer clipper’s fate haunts the tale as a bottle from 1861 surfaces, guiding speculation on survival and ghosts.
In CHAPTER VY the narrator aids in watches and grammar study with Marc Histon aboard a vessel bound for Cuba. After adverse winds, a fierce gale tests the brig as Captain Weston orders reefing and sail adjustments while the crew endures a night of heavy seas and roaring rigging.
Victorian style reminiscence describes Oakey Hall waking in a London Mayfair hall bedroom with a penny tea breakfast and amnesiac life as another man, unaware of his own identity while living a double existence.
A report recalls the unusual life of Hugh Cecil Lowther Earl of Lonsdale. Once courted for flings with actresses and frequenting New York, he later pledged to support wives and families of reserve troops in Westmoreland and Cumberland during active service. He rebuilt his finances, became wealthy, and is named a close confidant of the prince of Wales and the German emperor. He owns about 70,000 acres in the two counties.
Bucksport pioneer Cap'n Tom Nicholson, known along the eastern seaboard, reportedly netted at least $20,000 this year from his fishing fleet. A self made bachelor in his forties, he rose from a penniless start to wealth through tireless work. The Lewiston Journal cites his life as a model of thrift and industry amid Maine's coast fishing.
Medical Record notes Japanese wrestlers show exceptional muscular development and size. It cites measurements: a 22 year old around 200 pounds at five feet six, chest girth 68 inches, and 4600 cubic centimeters lung capacity. another at 6 feet 6 inches weighing over 280 pounds with 46 inch chest and 8000 cubic centimeters lung capacity. The smallest weighs over 200 pounds at 5 feet 7 inches, with remarkable lung capacity. The report suggests few wrestlers reach these dimensions and claims their skill matches their power, leading to a more favorable view of Japanese athletes in wrestling.
General Cipriano Castro is inaugurated Venezuela’s new president at thirty six, a long time liberal supporter who helped overthrow Crespo’s government. He is praised for executive skill and military power, with optimism that his rule will bring prosperity.
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