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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1901
Page
7
In a plea for women to seek early care, the advertisement notes hospitals as sad places where most patients are women. It cites warning symptoms like bearing down, pain, and nervous exhaustion, urging use of Mrs. Pinkham's Penne Compound to avoid surgery and improve female health.
Milwaukee woman F M Knapp reports severe postnatal illness with blood poison and reproductive troubles. After years of pain and threatened surgery, one bottle of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash restored health and stability, with nine months of good health to follow.
Frank Janssen a South Scranton barber returns home drunk after a ball quarrel with his wife. He allegedly throws a lit lamp, igniting the bed and killing his year old son while seriously burning his wife and badly burning her sister Maggie McDonald. The home is destroyed and Janssen is arrested.
Captain Burch of the British Cawdor reports a near disaster with the lumber laden schooner Golden Shore in a raging hurricane off the Australian coast. A colossal wave between the ships prevented a crash as both drifted, with the Golden Shore turning away toward Puget Sound and the Cawdor uninjured.
Boston capitalists back a Massachusetts Frog Company to breed and supply live and dead frogs to colleges and medical schools. Artificial cement lined ponds linked by locks will raise 20 000 to 40 000 frogs annually, with growth to 100 000 if needed. Frogs bred year round to aid medical research.
A 14 year old, Thomas Mintzer of Conshohocken PA, built a meal delivery business for mills. He started with 15 cents a week, using a goat wagon then a push cart and a hired horse wagon. With 130 customers and multiple daily trips, weekly take averages 19.50, net 15 after 4.50 horse cost, surpassing some mill workers’ wages. Metty Green Learns Stenography. Hetty Green, famed as the richest woman, lives on 2.50 weekly while pursuing shorthand lessons and rapid progress. The Greece death penalty requires two years to pass before execution.
A promotional note extols Peruna as a cure for grip and catarrh following a recent wave across the country. It cites endorsements from U S politicians and a Minnesota resident, praising Peruna for curing symptoms, cleansing blood, and preventing colds, with a call to write Dr. Hartman for guidance.
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