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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1909
Page
6
A period piece ad summary notes epilepticide claims to cure fits and nervousness, with free trials from Dr May Laboratory at 548 Pearl Street New York City, plus testimonials. Other ads tout Garfield Tea Co remedies for constipation and kidney disease, Wrigley’s Spearmint ads, and soothe syrup for teething.
Gardiner Maine report by Mrs S A Williams says three months using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanetine eased severe organic troubles and a female weakness avoiding hospital operation. The ad extols the tonic value of the remedy for women and invites sick women to write Mrs Pinkham for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
A narrator brags of a formidable older brother, a boxer who outshines rivals and toughs in the town. The speaker contrasts his brother with boastful peers and envisions a future where he too becomes strong. A second piece titled A Day of Rest follows, humorously portraying a man who plans leisure but ends up returning to work.
Narrator laments parental fuss over hair while father buys balding treatments and ma ignores unwanted talkers near the porch. Uncle Henry's will excludes boys named Henry, a superstition that links to the narrator's identity. A chaotic, fragmentary diary voice notes accidents and childlike mischief.
In Ips, a debate over whether all the world is a stage prompts a sly exchange. A lady with pie crust retorts that, except for one exception, all men resemble villains and none match the hero.
An old time remedy pitch extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for stomach trouble and constipation. It claims long use, cites cures, offers a free trial bottle, and directs readers to write Dr W Caldwell at Monticello Illinois for advice with no charge.
In a terse exchange Hewitt jokes about being short of money while Jewitt notes that women have different ways to obtain it. He mentions his wife kissing him as a signal of desire.
The ad copy promotes a National Lead Company test to detect impurity in white lead paint with a free House owner's Painting Outfit No 49 from the 1902 Trinity Building New York. It urges buyers to verify purity by Dutch Boy trademark and to request the outfit if unavailable. Also includes assorted consumer ads for cough remedies shoes and cosmetics.
A severe Iowa storm centered west of Marshalltown brought hail and rain across Des Moines and surrounding counties. Wires and communications were down, trains halted, and washouts disrupted lines from Baxter to Sheldahl. Des Moines escaped major damage though widespread flooding and power outages occurred.
Henry Greff 28 committed suicide at his Le Mars residence eighteen miles east of town leaving a farewell message. The steady farm helper blew off his head with a shotgun, with no stated motive. In St Louis H Clay Pierce head of Waters-Pierce Co faces trial for false swearing tied to Texas ouster proceedings.
A sequence of tornadoes across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma killed at least five and injured fifty five. The storms wrecked one town and caused extensive property damage. In Ohio Bryan paid silent tribute at McKinleys Grave. Emma Goldman blocked from giving a lecture in New Haven on anarchism.
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