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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1906
Page
7
A fragmented OCR passage notes Calumet Powder as a superior baking aid and mentions unrelated items like newsboys in Spain and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup. It recounts a stale racist joke about a Chinese minister in Washington and a rich Chinaman with dogs, ending with the dogs warming a couch.
Frank and open publicity surrounds Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The text promotes relief for nervous, run-down women and a range of digestive and blood conditions, touting transparency of ingredients and no alcohol. It notes Buffalo New York as contact and recommends Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
Lloyd George spoke at a Welsh meeting where the chairman introduced a member of Carnarvon Boroughs to answer criticism from the Bishop of St Asaph on Welsh Disestablishment. The chairman called the bishop a liar and claimed Lloyd George would surpass him in rhetoric.
An Englishman enters a newsroom and asks to speak to the editor. After a brief exchange, he explains in a polite, earnest manner that the building is on fire.
Des Moines will host the Iowa Republican state convention on August 1 with 1640 delegates. Officers elected include Chairman Horace M. Towney and Secretary J. C. Mabry. The meeting also discussed C O D liquor shipments, packing-house plans, and a Denver conference of livestock groups.
A teacher asks pupils to draw their future, but a girl shows an empty slate and says she would like to be married though she does not know how to draw it. The column includes various pithy anecdotes about life, manners, and curious odds and ends.
A bitter broadside defends Grape Nuts and Postum against critics labeled as the tribe of Ananias. It asserts the plants’ cleanliness the superior manufacturing process and the digestibility of the products including Post Sugar and notes chemical analyses from London Lancet and Canadian sources. It pledges legal action against those who claim false ingredients and invites visitors to inspect the works.
The author condemns cooking school instructors and sanitarium lecturers who tout products like Grape Nuts and Postum for pay. The column accuses the head doctor of spreading deceptive claims through a magazine and notes a New York incident where a brave young woman exposed a lecturer, prompting a $10 reward.
Editors describe grocers papers pressuring advertising and brand names like Postum or CGrape-Nuts. They vow legal action to quiet slander and discuss policing competition with strong language about advertisers and the public.
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