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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
1
Two grateful mothers report positive experiences with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Finke of Roscoe Illinois says it helped her become a mother after three years childless. Mrs. Laue of Coytee Texas credits the remedy with easing debilitating symptoms and aiding a successful pregnancy.
A war correspondent notes at Chieveley Camp two dozen beers go missing then four dozen the next day as guards are doubled. A dinner party quip from General Forrest about his hair and beard follows. The page quotes health ads and assorted proverbs and product pitches, ending with the notion that one pound of cork can support an ordinary man in water.
A vintage advertisement urges relief for sleepless nights and nervous exhaustion by using Cascarets Candy Cathartic. It touts a mild vegetable laxative to refresh the liver stomach and bowels, claims better sleep and repairs, and advertises 10c 25c or 60c prices with samples and a booklet.
A Presbyterian minister argues that drama is a universal human element implanted by God and must be cultivated not suppressed. He envisions a reform of amusements a separate spectacular institution to host expurgated drama and urges ministers to use dramatic gifts for faith, warning against dull preaching and secular theater alike.
The February Art Amateur urges a national subscription drive to fund the Dewey arch, publishing donors and amounts. Other magazines feature pieces by Le Conte on geology, Kipling animal stories, and Bullock humor. reviews praise Johnston’s To Have and to Mold set in 1621, while the National Magazine covers statecraft and global affairs.
The Paris fashion scene explores zinc as a new background color. A French artist used zinc screens to enhance models’ complexion and hair tones. The shade promises rich cloth effects and will suit various complexions.
In a Chicago News item a domestic dispute is lampooned through a kitchen exchange about breakfast meat. A mistress questions pork chop orders while a new cook jokes about Never eating pork, illustrating social humor of the era.
C Binz reports three poisons in tobacco smoke nicotine pyridine and carbonic oxide with oxide levels 9.6 to 7.6 percent depending on ash formation and airflow. A minor acute poisoning from carbonic acid is unlikely and long term harm remains uncertain. A 3 pound mushroom was discovered in Sonoma County California with a 40 inch circumference top and an 11 inch stem.
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