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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
4
The Interstate Fair launches Monday with events across racing parades dances and exhibitions in Sioux City Nebraska and Minnesota. Highlights include Derby day paced races and a grand stock parade plus a reduced round trip fare and open housing for visitors at hotels and fairgrounds.
Reports from Boston to Halifax and beyond note union drives from Minnapus to New Orleans, charter applications by Waterville textile workers, and the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada meeting in Halifax. It covers wage talks, eight hour efforts, building trades reorganization in Buffalo, and rising union membership with new education programs for apprentices.
At Music Hall Chicago a formal notification crowned Eugene W Chafin as the Prohibition presidential nominee. Delegates from Albion Michigan to Tyrone Pennsylvania heard speeches hailing a coming victory while Chafin prepared a later acceptance letter and keynote address amid party praise.
Rear Admiral Robley D Evans of the United States Navy retired at age 62 after forty eight years of active service the longest tenure for a rear admiral. A Lake Mohonk reception honored him with a loving cup as tributes poured in from across the country. President Roosevelt sent a letter of esteem though unable to attend.
The Protos finished the 11 000 miles road trip in 140 days becoming first to arrive in Paris. The American Thomas car reached two days later but was awarded the win due to time allowances for transporting the rival vehicle.
Chairman Uidhoock forms new Republican executive committees. Mrs. Lloyd Osbourne sues for separate maintenance in San Francisco. Actress Alice Johnstone granted a divorce from Dustin Farnum. Thomas EB. Gargin of the Boston transit commission dies in Berlin after surgery. North German Lloyd seeks to counter Tackfic Mall Steamship Company. Roosevelt zones the Mexican border to curb smuggling. Rev. BK EF Dimmick, prominent Methodist preacher, dies in Delaware Ohio at 53.
Dun's Review notes sustained business activity in Chicago with rising demand for industrial outputs and heavier operations. Retail buying strengthens as fall apparel and household goods move, while interior stocks remain low and replenishment is likely gradually. Grain totals dip year over year though shipments rise. livestock receipts fall from last week but stay above last year. Bank clearings decline 26 percent versus the prior year, with 24 district failures reported.
New York reports strong buying activity in northern and western centers with growing demand for fall and winter dry goods shoes clothing hats and millinery. Optimism rises as small grain harvests near completion and corn advances while southern markets lag and Alabama field strikes impact Birmingham trade. Collections improve but overall payments remain below normal amid 1909 compared with prior years.
The report lists regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and various grains. Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo and Toledo markets show mixed No 2 and mixed grade values with bids from $0.50 to $8.00 plus per unit figures for butter eggs and hay.
Workers at the International Paper Company mills across many places walked out in protest of wage cuts. About 30,000 employees joined the action, leaving the mills idle in a widespread strike.
A broad agreement in New York gathers leaders of U S theater, with Belasco and other major producers shaping a coalition to oversee staging and cooperation, as a committee is charged to draft a new framework for the industry.
The article questions Peruna’s claim as an effective catarrh remedy and cites the United States Dispensatory on ingredients such as hydrastis canadensis and corydalis formons. It notes Peruna’s use for mucous membranes and dysentery with bitter tonic classifications, inviting reader testimonials on public opinion.
A mountain railway in the Tyrol climbs to the Virgil terrace on the Stlver Eisach and is claimed to be Europe’s steepest, with upper sections hitting 70 percent and general grades around 68 percent. Its smaller cars and lack of a compensating rope reduce strain, despite extreme steepness. The car carries thirty-two passengers across four compartments with two platforms and enclosed inner sections.
Mrs. Mary B. H. Rouse of Cambridge New York narrates five years of kidney ailment after a bad fall. She reports severe back and hip pain, disordered kidneys, and weakness until taking Deans Kidney Pills brought quick relief and full recovery. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Ruffin N Y. A Picturesque Aero. Macedonian insurgent Boris Sarafoff, a striking romantic figure, was killed in Bulgaria. He led daring actions and inspired followers with a red sash and mountain brigand image. He declared Europe tolerates bloodshed and sought to provoke European involvement through sacrifices. His demand for contributions forced villagers to sell cattle at ten shillings each.
In a theater box party a young woman remains aloof from the noisy chatter, wearing weary aristocratic features and a scornful smile. She finally remarks to an elderly matron that the girl in the blue kimono “thinks she’s the whole custard.”
An aristocratic building owner confronts a youth supervisor as a small clapboard shack rises beside a grand house. The youth retorts that the new structure is merely a “shack sothin” while the owner calls it an affront to his property.
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a dependable laxative for families. It claims cleansing and pleasant action without debility or excess use, praising California Fig Syrup Co. as the trusted manufacturer.
A jagged, incomplete clipping references a Windom Serpents piece with an odd Mark Twain quip about a fast pace and a jab at a group of girls. The wording is garbled and hard to parse, leaving only disjointed phrases and unclear context.
A Montreal mother attributes her three daughters eczema cure to Cutiena Remedies after washing with Cutiena Soap and applying Cutiena Ointment. She also notes rapid improvement in a bleeding neck rash on another child. The letter is dated May 21, 1907, from Napoleon Dupceppe of 41 Duluth St.
The dialogue reveals a playful exchange where Mer Generoalty expresses a wish for poverty to prompt a marriage proposal, while She counters that generosity is her strength and she would marry if Mer were rich.
Catalog 103 NW. Hide and Fur Co Minneapolis invites inquiries for guns traps and furs and hides. References to a revolver for Mrs Avageleg and teething syrup advertisement appear. text includes pricing and town references Yonkers and Minneapolis with scattered unrelated phrases.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal hints at a cunning scheme involving bags and dirty hands. The speaker jokes a partner prefers chores over hygiene, framing a foxy plan amid a casual crime rumor.
The piece mocks quack cures for obesity, citing Dr. Flemyng and a Spanish general, detailing a soap weight loss tale and Darwinian dieting notions, while noting Dr. Taft’s cautious stance against unsafe remedies in a historical context.
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