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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1907
Page
8
A Cincinnati letter describes Gomera Island in the Canary group where residents use a loud, musical whistle language. The system imitates intonation, allowing long-range conversation and even meal planning or scolding actions miles away.
Miss Hodges laments a neighbor who borrows everything including her diary to track the weather and her hens eyes. The wife of a California traveler allegedly copied entries into Hodges diary to settle expenses, a cap sheaf remark used by the speaker.
The Baltimore Herald urges renewed effort after setbacks noting that races restore balance and businesses, and individuals alike, must begin anew. It argues that failure to start over leads to lasting defeat, while fresh starts defeat laziness and spark brighter outcomes.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Heart Cure claiming to extend life for patients given up by doctors. It asserts the remedy strengthens the heart nerves and muscles, restores heart action, and improves blood flow. A testimonial from B Murphy credits renewed vitality after using multiple bottles. The ad guarantees first bottle benefits or money back.
De Witt Merriam’s memory of a love lost in Nice resurfaces years later on a foggy seashore reunion with the same woman. Their exchange leans between reality and fantasy as Merriam faces a choice that could renew his life.
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Croup Cure as a safe syrup that stops croup in twenty minutes without distress to the child. It claims to treat only croup and notes sales by F W Jer feho & Co.
The Journal presents Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee as a coffee substitute crafted from parched cereals and nuts with a coffee like flavor. It claims health benefits for digestion, sleep, appetite, and strength and lists Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a complementary product at 35 cents.
For years Dr Shoop opposed opium and unsafe ingredients in cough remedies. He welcomed the Pure Food and Drug law and has long printed a warning on Dr Shoop’s containers against narcotics, guiding mothers to choose his product sold by F W Jericho & Co.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites J J Cheney Co of Toledo and includes testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages and offers a $100 reward for a failure. It touts internal take, blood and mucous surface action, plus testimonials, with Toledo address. Also promotes Preventics cold tablets as preventive care and other remedies.
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