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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1907
Page
4
Hamlin sells Timothy seed at 21.79 a bushel. William Coglon gains arm use. P J Tuel hosts Peter Peterson. Cement works owner Tjorvil Jensen oversees unloading. Pred Bonnezen’s team nearly upsets him during hitching. Various residents report sales, moves, and visits around Stamlin and surrounding farms.
The advertisement proclaims Ayer's Hair Vigor with an improved formula that does not stain or darken hair and will stop falling hair in most cases. It advises consulting a physician if health issues affect hair loss and mentions the Lowell Massachusetts maker, thed. C. Ayer Co.
For sale 28 acres in Guthrie County. Nine acres in hog tight pasture, six acres of timber, balance good farm land. Includes good house, two wells, stable and outbuildings. Asking 55 dollars per acre. Will accept 400 dollars in trade and cash on first payment. Balance payable yearly if desired. Call at Journal office. 128.
An advertisement touts Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation. It claims to aid digestion, stimulate the liver and bowels, restore natural action, and provide fast relief without nausea or griping, endorsed by Nick Doffing.
An obituary-like tribute recalls Daniel O Day as a brave, capable, charitable figure in Standard Oil. Associates praise his mastery of business and resources and recount a quip about a Baptist subscription as a playful bridge between faiths.
A professor attending a dinner with a fashionable hostess becomes tipsy and misreads twins as one. In the drawing room the nurse brings in baby twins and the professor, dubious, declares the baby "bonny," creating comic confusion in social satire.
A discussion notes that the African mamba is highly dangerous and aggressive, followed by mentions of the king cobra and other venomous snakes. It shifts to a tale from Governor Higgins of New York about a witty Scot and a minister, ending with a glancing Scottish remark on ministers.
The Rev Amos Fletcher, a keen naturalist with fungi knowledge, tells of a parishioner Miss Locke who humorously rebukes him for delaying a visit saying she would have seen him long ago if she were a toadstool. The remark ends with a grim smile.
A South Boston girl struggles to put a right shoe on her left foot and vice versa. Her father notes the mix up and the child answers with a playful mispronunciation, saying that is all the foots I dot.
From 130 years of measurements at Gottingen, Dr. L. Poor finds that the ratio between the sun's polar and equatorial diameters varies considerably. The variation period roughly matches the sunspot cycle.
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