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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
4
The Well Informed favor Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a simple pleasant laxative. It is advertised as a gentle yet effective remedy with proven laxative action. Sold by major druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
The article lists dubious beauty tips such as amputating the Timb for hair removal and using powder to silence a husband. It mentions nitroglycerin to remove freckles and adds rose oil to the daily bath, offered at five cents per drow from Toledo Blade.
Mrs J J Bennett of Gardiner Maine says a long illness with pain dizziness and headache left her bedridden for four months until Don's Rictes Mills cured her in three months with no relapse. Sold by all dealers 30 cents a bottle Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The article describes Professor F. Boek of Babenhausen proposing that telegraph and telephone wire hum can forecast weather. He suggests observing wire humming three times daily to predict several days ahead, noting wind strength and wire tension as key indicators.
A clipped OCR passage reports a judge hearing a vagrancy appeal with references to confiscation and penalties. The fragment mentions Justice S30 and a figure Tufford Routt, with the speaker arguing the fine is unreasonable and an appeal is sought. The text reflects a chaotic appellate moment in a Chicago-Tribune context.
A Wisconsin woman writes that she and her family used Postum for eight years drinking three times daily to replace coffee. She credits Postum with relieving digestive issues and headaches, recounting a long trial of lettuce water and toast before trying Postum. She notes a dramatic improvement after quitting coffee and adopting Postum, and mentions Father time letters praising its effects.
In the English estate of Enderby a summer visit by the Milanese noble Castellani stirs Mildred and George Greswold. The stranger hints at past connections and Castellani’s refined presence contrasts with Greswold’s worn, troubled demeanor as memories of a former marriage surface and relations strain.
John Burroughs discusses the origin of reason from animal consciousness to human self awareness. He imagines a point where reason emerges, noting that early humans show only instinctual reactions before a dawning of higher thought.
A woman novelist complains that being a best seller brings constant requests for free books to charity bazaars. She says honoring every demand would exhaust her pocketbook and time, estimating costs from four to five hundred dollars yearly, plus mailing and handling. New York Press.
The unreadable OCR snippet references commodities and trade terms amid garbled text. It mentions a series of Proles and a tortiral peony, with phrases about freezing, cigarte fel, and Murage gasrters, possibly indicating a historical discussion of markets or mechanics.
Canadian correspondence describes a surge of U S farmers to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as grain output soars. It details vast rail freight capacity a three province boom with yields up to fifty bushels per acre and hundreds of thousands of acres opened for homesteads. The piece cites Kennedy’s investigation noting thousands of free homes awaiting settlers and predicts continued migration and production growth.
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