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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
10
The piece urges women to seek Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for uterine and ovarian troubles, kidney issues, ulcers, tumors, discharges, backaches, and general pains, claiming it cures these derangements that harm health and happiness.
A historical note describes Chinese women and the custom of binding feet as immodest if the feet peep from under dresses. It states pictures showing such feet are deemed indecent by Chinese people.
A faded notice promotes railway travel through New York lines and several railroad companies, offering trip planning and agent help. It also mentions a dubious medical cure advertisement, a Lake Shore New Year schedule, and a sales pitch for starting a talking machine business with Chicago Musical Supply Co. exhibits.
The National Populist convention met in Sioux Falls with delegates led by temporary chairman Ringdal of Minnesota and permanent chairman Patterson of Colorado. Committees named on credentials resolutions and permanent organization, Roberts rules adopted, sessions set 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., with limited speeches and a note on fifty-seven new cotton mills in the South.
The letter by W. H. Kinkade of Alameda, Assiniboia, West ern Canada, prompted many inquiries. It asserts honest Canadian government agents, land costs, and homestead potential. Readers are advised about prairie conditions, entry fees, and work requirements to become an independent farmer within ten years.
A Rock Island reader recounts lasting catarrhal issues improving after Peruna use and notes the product’s value for health. The piece extols Dr. Hartman offering free advice to women with derangements and describes his book Wealth and Beauty sent free to address requests.
A brief dialogue notes Mrs. Bronxborough saying a cook left after her beau sought to borrow her husband’s dress suit. Mrs. Richmond confirms the cook’s departure due to the suitor and the husband’s refusal, reported by the New York Journal.
A collage of clipped snippets recalling a medicine man’s sly fame, curious travel ads, a 1748 locust tale near London, and various product pitches. Mentions include Dr Quackleigh, a New England express, Shriners Washington visit, and Allen’s Foot Ease among other dated curios.
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