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Cedar Rapids Times

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1887

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Polly Wolly Winkum Biscuit Bakery Rise

Polly Rutherford turns a setback into opportunity after her grandfather’s failure. She launches Polly Wolly Winkum biscuits, builds a bakery, hires staff, teaches cooking to rich girls, and expands into a classroom business, becoming a local success story.

Polly Folly Rutherford Mr. Sortwaine Studing Mr. Mellwaing Paul Mel Rutherford Pally Mr. Mellwaine Panion Faul Mollwaine Grandpa Melwaine Henet Gourdsor Credicters Rutherfords Mellyaing Sover Virginia Pal McIlvaine Polly- Fink

Quack Remedies and Odd Finds From a Local Page

A ragged column braids patent medicines and oddities from Lowell to Boston. Pairs of ailments promise cures from Bucklen’s Avutea Suryer to Hood’s Sarsaparilla, while a note credits Electric Bitters and Green’s August Flower for liver and stomach ills. A tale of plumbing, a well and a tree root near a Junior Travelers Club site hints at discoveries amid excavations.

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