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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
12
Des Moines hosts William Howard Taft, Republican presidential candidate, after a record reception. Taft cites Roosevelt’s moral awakening and outlines trust regulation, tariff revision, and protection policies, urging confidence for recovery of industry and capital investment.
Grenoble runs a public restaurant for fifty years with meals at cost and excellent food. About three cents buys bread and soup, twelve cents buys a four course dinner. The column also covers compass clues from trees moss orientation, feather symmetry, and a Western paper’s compliment to a young doctor after a fatal accident.
The piece notes clerks and officials in government protest salaries, arguing cost of living rises since cabinet pay increased to 12,000, president gets 60,000, vice president and Speaker 12,000, senators and representatives 7,500, and ambassadors to major powers 17,500 annually. It compares to foreign monarchs and highlights entitlements and social expenditures.
Public notice urges buyers to verify white lead quality before purchase. National Lead Co offers free test outfit and book. includes address in New York City. Also contains a dramatic court exchange and a eczema treatment testimonial for Cuticura with dates from 1907.
The article lists consuls general salaries in cities like London and Paris at 12,000 annually, with historical fees up to 30,000. It details chief justice and associate justices pay, district and circuit court judges by city, district attorneys with varied amounts, marshals, and other federal posts including public printer, Smithsonian secretary, civil service commissioner, interstate commerce and Isthmian canal commissioners, plus post office leadership salaries.
A French woman living in the United States hired a carpenter for work at an agreed price. He charged more than the agreed amount, and when she protested, she attempted to reason in English but failed, saying you are dearer to me now than when we were first escaped.
Bud Doble Singh hails Poen s distemper cure as the greatest blood purifier for horses. It is offered by Epohn Medical Co and druggists, with agents wanted. A mother scolds a boy who quips about a sole in the spanking moment.
A commissioned report on U S pensions shows a steady decline in pensioners from a peak in 1904. The 1908 total stands at 951,687, likely dropping to about 900,000 next year. Since 1866 the system has disbursed 8.6 billion dollars, nearly four times the current debt’s interest. Only two Revolutionary War pensioners remain: Sarah C. Hurlbutt and Phoebe M. Permeter.
A fragmented ad page lists Pettit’s Eye Salve from Howard Bros Buffalo NY also promoting Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and other ailments. It includes a line on charity and virtue quotes from Maclaren and Schiller. Also notes guns and traps sales from Puts & Hides in Minneapolis and farm rentals or sales via J Mulhall Sioux City Iowa.
Nearly 100000 military personnel will not vote in the national election. Among origins listed are Alaska, Arizona, New Mexico, and the District of Columbia. Navy ballots rarely influence results as ballots are used mainly to satisfy curiosity. Philippine laws bar U.S. service members from citizenship voting. Oklahoma’s rules vary by stationed location, and experience shows soldiers rarely use eligible ballots.
A Manning woman writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured years of female complaints after doctors failed. She followed the advice, took the remedy, and regained perfect health, urging other suffering women to try it. The note mentions displacements, inflammation, fibroids, irregularities, and related symptoms and invites others to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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