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Newspaper
Chariton Democrat
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1903
Page
3
A collage of quirky notes and curios from town life includes a promise of farmland cash per acre, scattered remarks on social manners, a London pickpocket tale ending in a rebuke about washing hands, and a failed lecture tour by Albert Sonnichsen with a comic audience reaction.
Mrs. Fred Chalker of Dublin Michigan recounts long suffering from backache and fatigue. After two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills she improves and is fully cured, praising the remedy as a pain saver for the back.
Collectors and shoppers receive a postal offer for a bird’s eye view map of the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis priced at 10 cents, with requests to George Morton for delivery. The snippet also advertises diverse remedies, weather lore, and everyday goods from various merchants across Iowa Minnesota and Illinois.
A quirky observation notes that smaller hotels project a grander image through elaborate stationery. The piece emphasizes design over size, suggesting branding priorities influence guest perceptions more than actual scale.
An assortment of early 20th century patent medicine entries promises relief for feverishness stomach troubles teething and worm infections. Brands include Mother Gray's Sweet Powders Winslow's soothing syrup Kra Nol and various unnamed tonics with prices listed 25 cents and up. Local druggists and addresses are noted for purchase and samples are offered.
In Iowa the Democratic convention endorsed J B Sullivan for governor amid a rift over reaffirming the Arkansas City money plank. The platform opposed government ownership of shipping and favored direct senate election and tariff reform. Delegates praised the reorganizers who gained seven of eleven resolutions committees while Reaffirmation fell by wide margins.
In Taylorsville Mississippi J N Lew reports using Doan's Kidney Pills for a weak back and persistent ailments. He claims the pills eased back pain and related symptoms after trying many remedies. The note highlights relief from nocturnal urination, swelling, and nervous discomfort.
A collage of consumer claims promotes Defiance Starch and Allen's Foot Ease for shoes and feet with generic lifestyle lines about honesty education and youth. Mentions banana ripening room temperature and various household products sold by grocers or druggists.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for antiseptic cleansing of mucous surfaces blood and fluids. It claims relief from ulcerations inflammations irritations and disorders affecting women and notes benefits for anemia hysteria nervous debility and beauty. Mentions global use and depot addresses London Paris Boston and Potter Drug.
A miscellaneous clump of ads and aphorisms notes youth romance as boundless, promotions for Foot Comfort and Defiance Starcigs with cheap tobacco, a price claim for Lewis' Single Binder cigars, and a quip about April showers saying your name is mud.
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