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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1900
Page
6
Mrs. F. J. Lynch of Grand Rapids Michigan writes to Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio praising Peruna as a cure for a persistent cough. She claims two bottles produced rapid relief and lasting health, calling Peruna a true friend of women.
An extended critique of chronic catarrh as a pervasive illness and its impact on health and daily life. The text extols Peruna and Pertina as remedies, claiming widespread cures and urging readers to obtain the medicine from The Peruna Medicine Co. of Columbus, Ohio with a free preventive and cure guide.
Thomas A. Cockburn of San Antonio Texas has bought two tracts of land in the Little Rock suburbs and will move his entire ostrich flock there. The farm, a branch of a renowned California operation, aims to exploit the favorable Hot Springs climate for its business.
In a small graveyard once serving the Third Baptist Church in Philadelphia, about 1300 bodies have been interred within a 50 by 80 foot plot. As improvements encroach, the dead are being disinterred for relocation, with workers finding five to seven skeletons in each tiered box.
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a remedy for all ailments from headaches to cancer by regulating the bowels. It claims natural, painless relief and easy movements for ten cents to start, warns of imitations, and notes the tablets bear C. C. stamped on metal boxes.
Dr Cyrus Teed leads the new religion KXoreshanity teaching that humans live inside a vast shell with the sun merely 900 miles away. Approximately 10 000 converts are reported to have joined the belief.
The United States government has purchased a large shipment of Libby, McNeill & Libby Plum Pudding to be served to American soldiers in the Philippine Islands and Cuba during Christmas dinner.
German barber regulations require immediate cleaning and disinfection of combs brushes and razors after each service before they touch another customer. Coughing leads to consumption Kemp’s Balsam promises instant cough relief with free sample bottle from your druggist today in 25 and 50 cent sizes, urging prompt action.
An arrival at Oodnadara by a West Australian exploring party notes no rainfall in the traversed region for two years, signaling severe drought conditions.
A daily question answered with Jell O as a quick healthful dessert. Prepared in two minutes with no boiling or baking required. Add water and set to cool. Flavors include lemon orange raspberry and strawberry. Available at grocers for ten cents.
A German society offers a prize for the best design of an electric railway capable of speeds up to 125 miles per hour. The challenge seeks practical, safe and workable concepts for high speed rail travel.
An advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine as essential for health by moving the bowels daily and notes gentle action on liver and kidneys plus curing sick headache. It lists prices at 25 and 50 cents. A separate zoological note states Berlin zoo needs twenty eight different foods to feed its animals.
A poem narrates a sleeper on a lonely hill across seasons. It evokes cloistral valleys druid rills and murmuring leaves. The verse speaks of summer autumn winter and spring and ends with the great peace of the sleeper on the hill.
Mrs. Portland-Rhodes wife of Tottenham Corner MP faces mounting debts and a mysterious benefactor. A masked ball liaison with the Man in the Moon leads to Angelicus shares and a £250 note. She hides the debt, while her husband learns of payments and steadies the crisis with a cash gift.
The Mines and metallurgy display at the Pan American Exposition centers on a 150 foot square Mines Building, the southernmost in a trio forming a horseshoe along the Esplanade. Designed by Peabody and Stearns of Boston, the building features a loggia with three arches, square towers at each corner, and ornate colorful detailing.
Meiklejohn argues the cuckoo deposits its egg via the throat rather than the beak, citing a robin nest observation. He notes the bird’s mouth open during the encounter, an unusually laid egg, slight moisture, and a distended throat, inviting peer discussion.
An American art student in Paris describes Montmartre as a living morgue with wrecked ambitions and stranded youths. He notes an Englishman named Jones, son of an evangelist, who toils for days on bread and milk to feed his dog, living in isolation among fellow students.
A man glared and hissed I hate them and then sat on a curb with his dog in his arms burying his face in the dog's shaggy coat. The tense scene captured by witnesses shows a volatile moment in the neighborhood.
A Victoria station scene shows rival claimants over a single trunk as passengers complain of baggage handling by British Railways. The article cites crowd confusion, lack of distinguishing marks, and warnings that luggage check systems used abroad could inspire improvements, including a nod to Haiti’s simpler system.
A Cripple Street bookshop is described as crowded to its dusky ceiling with books. A pretty Oriental-looking girl, crimson ribbon, sits by a window reading annuals as stamp and coin collections glitter in a neighboring display case.
A London Express note recalls a long running quarrel between Manchester and Liverpool over prominence. Each cites strengths in docks and cotton, with population figures traded and Salford jokes spared no one as the exchange stays lively year after year.
The state archives of Venice hold the oldest known visiting card. Giacomo Contarini sent the card, noting German students in Italy bought such cards with names and origins at friends' homes. The card shows a coat of arms with the motto Espoir me confort and the inscription Joannes Wester hot Westphalus secribebat Patavii 4 Martii 1560.
A monstrous cypress tree grows near Oaxaca Mexico. The trunk at three feet high measures 143 feet in girth yet the overall height remains under 100 feet. Local residents marvel at the unlikely volume and spread of this colossal plant.
Daily record of the 1900 session noting swearing in of William B. Dillingham to Vermont seat, credentals for Dolliver, ship subsidy debates, tariff and army reorganization bills, and the Great Oleo Margarine Act. Memorial observances marked the week with tributes to late members.
Michael Kennedy 32 fell six stories in an elevator and survived with a nasal fracture. Evanston teamster Andrew Anderson badly injured after a lumber wagon fall. Ernest Digby missing. relatives seek police help. Edson Keith estate sale sold for 168000 with 15 months to redeem. Miss Della Neibel died after shooting herself twice in the breast. Charles W Fullerton dies after apoplexy. Evanston man injured in electric car collision. Louis Recktor dies at 40 after cough medicine and Cottage Grove Avenue incident. William N Stoner found dead. coroner rules suffocation in a fit. Thomas Pfitzer fatally injured when car collision pinning him in wreck. Mayor Harrison orders all-night basement dives closed. seven dens revoked. Alexander Kruszinski steals 2000 from Peter Britten & Sons. not seen since. Louis Marden dies after suicide at stomach cancer.
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