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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
5
Local notice promotes Cunningham & Pennington's barbershop baths in Chariton claiming the shop offers the nicest bath rooms. It specifies location under the Commercial Bank with a street or unit reference.
A druggist, J. D. Beaman, states that passing counterfeit money is no worse than substituting Foley’s Honey and Tar, a famous cough remedy, implying deceit in medicine and commerce. The remark condemns counterfeiters and justifies consumer protections.
The Sun River valley west of Great Falls Montana is opened to homestead entry under irrigation with 30 dollars per acre water charges payable over five to ten years. Model rural villages are planned every six miles, and crops include alfalfa sugar beets potatoes with beets yielding about 23 percent sugar. Dairy prospects look strong with several creameries and large butter imports from elsewhere, suggesting Montana dairy growth and local industry.
Illinois builds two eight room cottages at the Illinois Hospital For the Insane Bartonville for phototherapy at a cost of 100000 dollars. Solariums colored ruby violet amber and opal will test color effects. Red rooms target despondent patients while blue rooms aim to calm violent cases. Opal is claimed to aid consumptives.
The American Beauty rose was selected as the national flower by a wide margin at the first national flower show held in Chicago's Coliseum. The Society of American Florists plans to officially sanction the designation.
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