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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
6
An advertisement extols Defiance Cold Water Starch promising nonstick ironing and fast removal of starch from fabric. It claims 16-026 printed on packages, larger 16 oz weight, and urges grocers to stock Defiance to save time, money, and reduce iron sticking. It also includes sensational mentions of a hunting gun ad in Successful Farming.
An advertisement touts Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for mysterious pains and menstrual troubles. It claims rapid relief from ovarian and groin pain, urging readers to seek Mrs. Pinkham’s free advice and purchase the remedy. The tone emphasizes women's health and reassurance through the product.
William A Franklin of Franklin Palmer Chemical Co Rochester NY recounts kidney trouble seven years ago, back pain, and general fatigue. After using three boxes of Deans Kidney Pills he claims complete relief from irregular kidney functions. Sold by Foster Milburn Buffalo NY 50 cents a box.
The London philanthropist Isa P Jonas Hanwiy is credited as a pioneer in popularizing the umbrella. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, published decades earlier, describes Crusoe’s attempts to provide himself with an umbrella without explaining why England’s people needed one.
A description notes a forty two mile straight railway line across the Egyptian desert and compares it with a 126 mile straight rail route from Nyngan to Bourke in New South Wales. Also reports on a noisy Malay wedding at a disinfecting plant on Moulhmein road and explains the dominical letter used in ecclesiastical calendars for Sundays.
A fragmentary clipping recounts Mrs. Mintié Drew praising Cuticura Soap and Ointment after severe hand dermatitis. It also touts cold cures, funeral-time anecdotes, and Elizabethan perfume fashion, with miscellaneous notes on leeches and scented gloves.
A reflective Christmas meditation urging readers to welcome memory and past loves, while embracing present duties. Dickens invokes childhood visions, family gatherings, forgiveness, and the enduring pull of holiday spirit, ending with a tribute to departed children and angels at the hearth.
The piece reflects on Christmas as a yearly milestone guiding human progress toward peace and charity. It cites angels and shepherds, wonders at the growing desire for peace, gift giving, and relief of poverty, and foresees a distant day when all nations join in the nativity’s song and glory to God.
A parliamentary candidate in England mixed his campaign address with a love letter to his betrothed. The printer was surprised to receive an order to print ten thousand copies of the love letter as a circular.
A report estimates 70,000 people commit suicide annually in Europe with about 11,000 in Germany. It notes ten year totals of golf murders in Germany at 113,545, and compares this to soldier fatalities in the Franco Prussian war of 1870-71.
At an inquest in Nelson on James Guest a chain boy employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was killed by a horse. The father was killed on the railway two years earlier and the grandfather also died by a horse.
An observed ad parodies neighborly contributions versus a flea, arguing Defiance Starch stands above all. It asserts quality and volume as winners and promotes Lewis Factory cigars and Peoria connections, casting merchants as slow travelers in a humorous wartime style.
A British voyager returns from Abyssinia claiming four months spent beyond white settlement. Along the Blue Nile tributaries he found a washing gold industry with thousands of locals mining and owning wealth. He notes vast gold quantities and life benefits offered elsewhere in the paper.
An exhibit titled the Fast Butter Machine impressed visitors at a London fairy show by producing butter from fresh milk in sixty seconds at the tea table. The ad claims Defiance Cold Water is unequal in quantity and quality with 18 oz jars priced at id cents, contrasting other brands offering only 12 oz.
An old editorial argues disease might be crime but condemns overworked poor housewives for illness. It cites Dr. Pierce and his Favorite Prescription for women, urging rest, air, and moderate exercise, with free medical advice and low-cost mail order remedies.
Readable text shows an advertising dialogue promoting Mull's Grape Tonic as a cure for constipation and stomach trouble. It lists symptoms and asserts the tonic strengthens intestines, not a laxative, with instructions to obtain from a druggist and notes use for children and nursing mothers.
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