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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1906
Page
2
Andrew Johnson of Sioux Falls crediting Dean's Kidney Pills for his recovery after a year of kidney trouble. He details severe symptoms, a street collapse, and gradual improvement after using the pills. Sold by Foster-Milburn Co. in Buffalo.
The principal export is jerky style beef and tasajo from Uruguay, valued at 8 500 000 pounds per year. Most of the beef is consumed in Cuba, while other forms like bonnet and a bird in the hand phrase appear in the text.
A waiter notices a penny on the table cloth as a gentleman he served rises. He points to the coin and asks if the guest forgot something. The guest replies he never tips less than that, and strides toward the door in a pompous manner.
A town official in India asks for weekly cat rations to combat a rat problem. Two cats are installed with different rations. Weeks later the senior cat goes absent without leave, prompting a mock legal proposal to promote the junior cat and hire a probationer cat on full rations.
An Asheville man credits Grape-Nuts with curing chronic stomach and pancreatic issues after doctors failed. He describes long indigestion, attacks mistaken for appendicitis, and dramatic improvement after switching to pre digestible Grape-Nuts with cream and light meals, noting weight gain and clearer nerves. The ad cites Postum Co. and The Road to Wellville.
Lawmakers approved numerous appropriations for state institutions and services including $446,676.46 for penal and charitable facilities, and funding for agricultural college, state university, normal school, and various state offices. They enacted pure food and other acts, set biennial election terms, and defined roles for health, archives, and military agencies with multiple specific allocations and structural reforms.
Senate and joint resolutions discuss inviting other states to send delegates to a national convention in Des Moines to consider methods of electing United States senators. Also includes authorizing extra legislative employees and a joint resolution on additional actions.
In the state capitol, room 27 is set aside for newspaper publishers reporters and correspondents as House Joint Resolution No. 1 proposes an amendment to Article I section eighteen to address drainage legislation.
A collage of quips and witticisms from readers and columns spans marriage vows politeness flirtations and political life. Snippets reference drinking promises old Rome jokes about engagement rings and a Boston streetcar moment with a Washington visit to Congress.
Mrs A Baker of Syracuse testifies the pills cured her rheumatic pain in the knee after a year of suffering and ineffectual medical treatment. She reports dizziness and intense pain, notes quick improvement after three boxes, and full cure after six boxes. The pills are sold by druggists or shipping from Schenectady, price 50 cents a box, six for $2.50.
Public health notice warns against mercury ointments and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from FP J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Internal remedy claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Teatimentals free, sold by druggists, price seven cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A Fort Leavenworth General at an education dinner shares a Western Omaha poker joke. He contrasts Eastern schooling with the West and ends with a zany punch line about a boy exclaiming take it you educated son of a gun.
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