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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1901
Page
6
Whimsical dialogue from a Washington Star excerpt features Mrs. Meekton and Mrs. Heartless debating happiness and modern tendencies. Quotations on ballots and storms contrast with domestic mishaps. Advertisements praise De Witts Witch Hazel Salve and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as cures for skin issues and injuries.
A collage of old patent medicine ads touts Rocky Mountain Tea from Madison Medicine Co for vigor and health through summer, plus One Minute Cough Cure for coughs and croup, Dewitt’s Witch Hazel Salve claims, Dewitt’s Little Early Risers laxatives, and Raven’s Poultry Food for poultry health, all marketed by local sellers including J. M. Nix and Franz Hagenstein Ackley Iowa.
Benjamin Harrison the twenty third president died at 4 45 PM at his Indianapolis home after a brief illness of pneumonia. He sank quietly with relatives and friends at his bedside as flags on public buildings lowered to half mast signaling national mourning. The ex president had shown little consciousness in his final hours and his funeral was held in Indianapolis on Sunday.
The Baltimore Sun reports a remarkable sit down poker game at a member’s home with five prominent clubsmen using two packs. The railroad man won with a full house after each player showed hands of Sevens and Deuces, Eights and Treys, Nines and Fours, Tens and Fives, Aces and Fives. Players had their cards framed as souvenirs.
A collage of newspaper snippets shows jokes about consul ships language barriers and a mining scam, plus sentimental quips about Shakespeare and debt anecdotes. An ad for Yakima Valley irrigation proclaims low storms, mild climate and 20 acre ranches with travel from Chicago and St. Paul.
An advertisement asserts deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh, says only constitutional remedies work, and promises $100 for cases cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. It mentions sending for free circulars from K J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and lists Hall’s Family Pills as best.
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