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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1900
Page
5
The advertisement extols Mrs Pinkham as uniquely qualified to advise on female ailments due to extensive experience. It claims over a hundred thousand cases yearly, many by mail, and twenty years of constant success. It urges ill women to obtain a bottle and write to Lynn Massachusetts.
The article notes creatures that resemble animals and plants. It describes a bird pea in western Australia whose brown wing stripes mimic feathers and a light green breast and head, though fixed to a bush. It also explains grass fish that stay vertical in deep ocean beds among sea squirts and sea spiders.
A period advertising notice urges readers to ask grocers for Grain O the new drink replacing coffee. It claims both children and adults can drink it safely and that it resembles mocha in color yet is grain based. It notes a quarter of coffee price at 15 and 25 cents per package.
The Cha teau de Ramezay vault, once housing Benjamin Franklin’s 1775 Montreal printing press used to issue rebel manifestoes, is being restored. A tablet will mark Franklin Philadelphia Press in memory of the historic device.
Consul John C. Covert notes Siberia yields one tenth of global gold with few mines exploited due to climate. Vast coal deposits remain untapped. a single six bed mine equals all coal deposits in England, held back by limited transport.
Report notes a rich gem deposit on the banks of Yogo creek in Montana with rubies and sapphires as the principal products attracting prospectors to the site.
An 1899 letter touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as perfect eliminators of tape worms, recounting a 32 foot worm expelled in Lima Ohio after four tablets. It urges readers to buy, try, and mail for a booklet and free sample, highlighting harmlessness and health benefits.
A collage of humorous clippings and anecdotes. A poem lampoons the Boxers and Tien Tsin with Uncle Sam looming. domestic and social vignettes follow from hotel dinners to seaside summers, with quips about emperors, fortune, and manners.
An observed dialogue contrasts court law school wisdom and common sense with ideals like freedom home fame and equity. The speaker finds the answer lies within and urges kindness as the guiding word. A lawyer quips that value equals the fee he will charge.
The Columbus Dispatch notes Col W O Telford can spot a good story and share it. He recounts a Washington anecdote about racial segregation in a restaurant and a playful misunderstanding about Malay origins, followed by the Baltimore City College graduating class yell.
Mrs Orkinus ponders why boxers are named so while her husband argues pugilists is a more polite term. The exchange reveals a small domestic moment over language.
A Kansas birth notice records the wife of Jim Jones giving birth to a boy. The item humorously notes the infant’s likeness to his father, mentioning a bald head, red nose, a fondness for a bottle, and a noisy disposition, followed by the word Selah.
A North region farmer named Rogers leads a Jersey cow to the pasture but forgets to release her from the barn. He is shown walking in the road, puzzled by the missing animal as a neighbor asks about his plan. The tale ends with the realization of the forgotten cow.
A farmer praises rural free delivery as a great accommodation during harvest and busy seasons. He explains he avoids dialect at the doctor's order, noting that under the old system green goods circulars could vanish for six weeks during harvest and haying.
A brief quotation from Harper's Bazaar shows Bridget urged to stay as the mistress compares her to another woman. A Baltimore American snippet notes Grinner the comedian slowly becoming a “funny bone” and hints at his evolving persona.
A Vancouver-area letter by William Payne recounts travel from Sault Ste. Marie to Manitoba and Saskatchewan in 1899 seeking a new home. He praises mixed farming districts from Regina to Prince Albert, notes abundant timber and water, strong crops, and reasonable living costs. Payne plans to return to Prince Albert in spring 1900 and offers to share his views with readers seeking land and work.
Gather spear-mint leaves wash and pick from stems. Dry on a cloth then press in a book for two days. Make a sugar syrup with half a cup sugar and two tablespoons water and boil until it spins a thread. Dip each leaf in syrup using candy tongs then dust with granulated sugar.
The Black Hills Porcelain Clay and Marble Co of Michigan has bought roughly 460 acres west of Custer to mine lithographic stone within three months. No lithographic stone in the U S has yet met trade demands, but early work suggests the South Dakota quarry quality rivals Bavarian stone.
Free postpaid offer for male readers of this paper. Promotion of Know Thyself and The Science of Life with 370 pages, engravings, prescriptions, 25c paper cover, library edition gift $1.00. Send requests to The Peabody Medical Institute Boston Massachusetts.
The Review of Reviews notes a long history of famines since 1770 the year with 10 million perished in Bengal. It states the British government predicts a drought about every nine years a famine roughly every eleven to twelve years and a great famine about once every hundred years.
An advertisement urges parents to give Grain-O instead of tea or coffee. It claims Grain-O is a delicious nourishing grain product that substitutes coffee at about four percent of the cost, and says all grocers carry it.
The article notes an extraordinary snowfall at Ruby in Gunnison county Colorado during the winter three years ago. In one month 239 inches fell and the total for the season reached 780.5 inches or about 65 feet, equating to 93.21 inches of water.
The passage notes lack of soda water fountains in Bahia Brazil and that ice cream is a luxury rarely indulged. It explains even the common water ice used by the city would require far less than 100 pounds of ice daily to manufacture, reflecting limited access to cooled treats.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Or send FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
A hound bought in Missouri was shipped to a Kansas ranch in a closed express car and vanished after a day or two. Investigators proved the dog traveled back to its Missouri home, covering about 500 miles along an unknown route.
A historical clipping touts Piso's Cure for Consumption promising bowel movement aid and liver kidney health with prices 25 and 50 cents. It includes a testimonial from Mrs Thomas Robbins dated February 17 1900 and notes a striped Burns waistcoat sold in London for £3 5s.
A historical catalog mentions Hall’s Catarrh Cure taken internally priced at 75 cents. The ad copy repeats the claim of internal use and price.
Miss Susan Wymar of Richmond Illinois writes Dr Hartman that Peruna brought relief and friendship in illness. Mrs Margaretha Dauben of Racine City Wisconsin says Pe r una improved her health during the change of life after several bottles. The ad claims Peruna has no equal for irregularities and pelvic catarrh and offers a free women’s book from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
Lee Chew of 17 Fish Alley in Chinatown died after breaking a thermometer in his mouth and swallowing mercury during a typhoid fever diagnosis by Dr. Pillsbury. The patient, too weak for antidotes, breathed his last early Friday after the attempt to remove glass from his mouth and let the mercury digest.
London Truth recalled the extraordinary excitement in Parliament when the Sayers Heenan prizefight news spread. Members crowded the cloakroom awaiting updates as Sayers continued with one arm disabled, becoming the hero of the hour in a scene likened to a Waterloo victory.
The infant daughter of Mr. Vivian and Lady Sybil Smith was baptized at the Chapel Royal St James's Palace with Queen Victoria as sponsor. Lady Victoria Dawnay represented the Queen. Sponsors included Hon Lillian Baring Victor Cavendish M P and Angus Mc Donnell.
Bavaria proclaims the longest lightning conductor in the world rising above the Zugspitze meteorological station and running down to Hollenthal with year round water. The rod measures five and a half kilometers. The Indianap olis News notes Mexico City's slaughterhouses gross about $50,000 in monthly taxes.
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