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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1905
Page
14
The fragment reflects on family, ancestry, and individualism. It contrasts village ties and ancestral roots with modern ambitions that push youth to seek fortune abroad. It notes a lack of knowledge about forebears and personal identity in changing times.
The piece relays a playful dialogue with puns about proposals and sisterly matchups. It also advertises Winslow's Soothing Teething Remedy for children, and features a witty baggage room exchange where luggage laments not having a check.
A string of short notices appears to mock patent medicines with claims for Piso's Cure and Alton's Foot Ease, alongside a comic exchange about a woman seeking a divorce after marrying a man because he was different. The fragment also includes a Cleveland Leader jab and chatter about a boy named Dicky and a character Rollo Sanford.
Mercury in catarrh salves can ruin smell and upset the body when absorbed. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials from Druggists note price ten cents per bottle. Half Amenity Pills offered, and a sermon on belief by Rev W N Rankin.
An annulling of Jerome Bonaparte and Elizabeth Patterson’s marriage is noted along with typhoid deaths among French prisoners in England. Bonaparte becomes king of Italy while the Elbe floods ninety villages. Tecumseh shows growing concern over white progress as Nelson pursues French and Spanish fleets and the Cisalpine republic merges into the kingdom of Italy.
Reported events include the Russian ship St Nicholas at Ismail explosion, U S population at 11 600 000, Chile election news, Irish hurricane damage, Illinois spending, Indian tribes, Concepcion independence, military recruit stations in New York and Philadelphia, a reciprocity treaty proclamation, a deadly Bergen Point fireworks factory blast, Midlothian mine explosion with 35 deaths, Richmond adjournment, a great storm in New York and Pennsylvania, Lincoln proclamation on arms to hostile Indians, Maximilian Rome church dispute, and market declines.
Campers describe Canadian porcupines overrunning a wilderness site after returning to a brine soaked tub left from a prior visit. The animals feasted through winter, gnawing paddles and other gear, prompting killings to defend property. An open question asks if their salt craving is learned or natural. Also a light joke about a spat and a hair ring in a separate snippet.
The United States Senate approves the Hawaiian treaty as major flood events strike Port Jervis New York and Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania with water damage. Irish party leader John Mitchel dies while his House of Commons election is set aside. New York Governor Tilden calls canal mismanagement and contractor looting to Legislature. Austin Powder Company mills explode near Cleveland killing three and injuring others. California brigand Tiburcio Vasquez is executed in San Francisco.
Ottoman General Osman Digna and his forces ambushed British troops under General Graham near Hasbeen and attacked Saukin, the English base. General Grant suffered severe throat inflammation and slept only with opiates.
New York City actress Miss Julia Marlowe writes to The Peruna Medicine Co. in response to a letter from the firm. The note is part of ongoing correspondence between the stage star and the drug company.
An endorsement touts Peruna as a nerve tonic for women, arguing nervousness stems from anemic nerve centers and springtime nutrition. The ad claims digestion improves nerve vitality, promoting strong nerves and overall health, urging purchase and offering a refund request address in Columbus Ohio.
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