28 May 1909
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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
1
An advertising appeal urges elderly readers to try Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for stomach liver and bowel trouble. It promises a free trial bottle by mail and notes U S government purity approval. Readers are asked to send name and address to De W Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
A light exchange features a couple joking about clothing as a sign of their marriage. She notes the embarrassment of having many shirts while he claims his single shirt needed no mending, highlighting humor in domestic life.
A retail merchant’s wife vents over undelivered articles from the butcher shop. A delivery youth replies with a jokey misread, claiming to have “attended to everything.” The exchange ends with the wife clarifying identity and remarking that “all bets are off.”
Letter extols health benefits of Grape Nuts and Postum from a Fond du Lac reader who suffered indigestion and heart palpitations. After four years of poor eating and failed remedies she credits breakfast switches for rapid relief, weight gain, clearer skin, and restored stamina.
A Washington to London saga opens as Japan and the United States near war. Secretary Hillier and Norma Roberts become key figures as an expedition unveils a new metal electricity fusion. A dramatic test yields a breakthrough then disaster, prompting renewed hope and fear of a world at war.
Women gather in Germany to cultivate plants believed to be the world’s smallest, growing in miniature pots about the size of a thimble and measuring only in tiny pots.
Uncle Sggemann notes a vast gap between Western farms and New England plots. He recalls Dakota trips and cites western ranches with thousands of acres versus local smallholdings of about 20 acres with hens and a few cows. He calls the contrast a “turrible difference” between east and west farming in a Puck-esque aside.
A student quips that the word obedience derives from being punished, prompting a brief classroom moment as the teacher redirects to the concept rather than punishment. The line captures a rough-edged schoolroom exchange.
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