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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1899
Page
3
The column notes Peace in the Philippines may bring profit to all and warns warring conditions affect both lands and the human stomach. It touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for constipation indigestion and dyspepsia with a brief product cue and a nod to the Mikado of Japan traveling with a small bodyguard.
Drillers at Santa Fe Springs California hooked into a gas bearing water formation. A blazing column of flame shot from the shaft then vanished as the well yielded water rising to about 300 feet creating a lakelike scene. The supply could irrigate over six thousand acres if sustained.
After a weeks long, tense convention in Louisville, William Goebel won the Democratic nomination for governor on the twenty-sixth ballot. Final tallies showed Goebel leading over Hardin and Stone as delegates cleared for the decisive ballot amid a charged but peaceful scene.
The City of Macon reported passing the burning Pawnee about forty miles from Cape Henry. The 21 crew members were saved by the George W. Clyde. The Pawnee, en route from Brunswick to Boston with lumber, crossties, hay, watermelons, and cotton, was valued at 100000 dollars and fully insured.
San Francisco dispatch states Dr. Babata of the health board examined two Japanese men who died while fleeing the Nippon Maru in quarantine. He identified bubonic plague bacilli in their glands and plans to propagate the cultures to confirm the finding.
About 7 o'clock Monday night the Elder House, a leading hotel in Indian Spring Georgia, burned. Roughly 100 guests were inside but all escaped with only two slight injuries. All baggage was lost as guests fled in alarm before evacuation.
An engineer refuses to move a stake in Missouri prompting a confrontation with Nip and a widow who explains Nip’s grave on the land. The woman’s plea leads the engineer to relocate a mile of road, later stopping at the widow’s home during construction.
Importers note a fad toward bare wrists in hot weather and the shrinking use of gloves with the rise of shirt waists. Some women struggle to fasten impractical glove fasteners, while hook designs offer universal wrist fit. White glace with black embroidery remains popular for street and evening wear.
In San Francisco the California fig Syrup Co won a permanent injunction against a large non secret manufacturer and others for using the names Syrup of Figs and Fig Syrup. The court protected the article’s reputation built by merit and advertising, granting costs and damages. The article notes the merit of the Company’s laxative and mentions a German lumber seasoning process.
Advertisement touts Cascarets candy as a liver stimulant to purify blood and clear pimples blotches and a sickly complexion. It claims quick results for ten cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
A garbled OCR snippet references skin diseases and a product called Tetterine or Shuptrine with scattered names and places, including Savannah Georgia. The legible items mention medicines and promotional phrasing but lack coherent narrative or complete details.
A letter from Mrs Rockwell of Grand Barrows Michigan describes long sickness from female weakness. After trying doctors and remedies she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and reported significant relief and renewed strength. She cites improved bowels and overall health following the treatment.
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