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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1910
Page
7
Munyon's remedies promise to enrich the blood and aid digestion without harsh drugs. The ad claims rapid relief from colds and phlegm, offering free medical advice and a local Philadelphia address for orders, with prices noted for Munyon's Cold Family pills and Pheu Retueatly.
The London Globe notes the blue whale skeleton in Christchurch New Zealand museum as possibly the largest living animal remains. The eighty seven foot skeleton weighs about nine tons with a twenty one foot head, named blue whale and Sibalds rorqual.
A specialist advises the popular preacher to rest abroad for three months or risk dying soon. The preacher, replying innocently, agrees to go abroad for a complete rest.
An old advertisement offers a One Hundred Dollars Reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials. Included is a medicine pitch for Wells Contarred Cureda. A Boston Record anecdote recounts a woman asking a man if he is “the enun here” at a transfer station car lineup.
An ad style notice promotes a home treatment for bed wetting and urinary issues claiming to help children and adults. It mentions Mrs M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offering free instructions by mail and notes a mix of other health and consumer product claims with sensational language.
A courier notes a European practice where hotel labels on trunks signal a traveler's tipping habit. Labels placed high indicate generosity, middle imply average, and low suggest poor tipping. The passage satirically observes how labels function like stamps or flowers, revealing social signals.
Nationwide bankers forecast record breaking business in 1916 with strong gains in agriculture industry and trade. They predict full recovery in manufactures, heavy construction and wage growth, while prices stay high due to various factors including gold supply and demand pressures.
Paul Sauls a 17 year old night watchman killed both safeblowers during a struggle at the Tallahassee Florida post office basement. He escaped injury and the robbers were not identified. Police found a complete safe rotting outfit on the bandits.
Rev. Elmer J. Davidson, a Washington Indiana evangelist, faced a warrant for desertion of his wife during a Church of Christ service in Piqua Ohio. Church officials persuaded the officer to allow continued worship as Davidson slipped out a back route to exit the building.
Three express companies doing business in South Dakota filed in the U S Circuit Court at Sioux Falls for permanent injunctions restraining the state railroad commissioners from enforcing a distance tariff of reduced express rates. Judge Garland granted a temporary injunction pending a test on June 25. The companies are Wells Fargo Adams and American.
Coughs and colds are common and a home remedy is advertised using glycerine pine oil and whiskey, claimed to break up a cold quickly. The ad cites Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati and Virgin Pine oil for dispensing and notes Alaska coal feld estimates by Alfred H. Brooks.
Report notes 90,000 US settlers moved to Western Canada in the past year with free homesteads offered by the government. Lands near railways sell for 9 to 20 dollars an acre, while production yields high incomes. The influx continues as states like Iowa and Nebraska see rising land values and demand for grain grows. Canada positions itself as prime option with favorable costs and wages.
A brief clipping hints at prejudice in a conversation about apples with Mr. Barlow and a vendor offering Northern Spies. The garbled OCR resembles a dated rural exchange about fruit varieties and local attitudes.
A Victorian era advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as superior to others for preserving white smooth hands. It claims benefits for rough or chapped skin from corrosive work, with tips to apply and wear protective bandages, noting universal availability through Potter Drug and Chemical Corp. in Boston.
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