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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1920
Page
7
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine offering a 100 dollar reward for incurable catarrh. It asserts the remedy works through the blood to heal mucous surfaces, expelling toxins and improving general health with use. Testimonials are requested and Toledo, Ohio, is listed as the company base.
J M Robison of 612 W Adams Fairfield testifies two years of kidney pain and backache ended after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports dizziness and blurred sight relief and renewed energy. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY manufactures.
An advertisement invites readers with ruptures to request a free trial of a new rupture appliance. It promises a 30 day trial with no expense if unsatisfied, urging test of comfort and effectiveness, and to share the offer with others. The Easyhold Co. of Kansas City markets the device claiming easier cure than old springs and belts.
An old time home remedy recommends Hamburg Breast Tea as a safe inexpensive cold cure. Prepare by steeping a tablespoon in boiling water, drink as a tea throughout the day or before bed. The method claims to open pores, relieve congestion, loosen bowels, and break up a cold.
Advertising copy urges readers to rub St Jacobs Liniment on stiff aching joints for fast relief from rheumatism. It claims the pain dissolves quickly with no internal treatment and promotes a 30 cent bottle as an honest remedy from any drug store.
A string of visits stretches from Floris to Ottumwa as Agnes Davis returns from New London and Nellie Burnaugh returns from Waterloo. A hay wagon accident injures Arthur Pumphrey, while Floyd Crawford heads to Mayo Brothers hospital for goiter surgery. Local families welcome relatives from Albia Glenwood Denver Tulsa and Stockport for the holiday period.
Mrs Linda Harrod of Ft Wayne Indiana reports years of stomach trouble with only temporary relief until she tried Chamberlain's Tablets. She says after taking two bottles she can eat anything without distress and felt immediate relief from heaviness and pain after meals.
Smiths and Baldwins along with Wrights called on Rev Hickler in Hedrick on Sunday. Many families from Hedrick Batavia Ottumwa and Des Moines visit relatives here and in nearby towns.
The Bethesda community enjoyed a picnic at the Clark home on a sunny Saturday with Ed Roach and others reporting a glorious time. Visits spanned several nearby families including the Hollander, Roach, and Parker clans and Birmingham Grinnell connections.
Mrs L Gibson of 12th and Edison Street La Junta Colorado reports kidney troubles eased by Foley Kidney Pills. The ad claims rapid relief from backache rheumatic pains sore or swollen joints and improved kidney and bladder function. Jericho Easton druggists promote the product.
Lindy Tholey Ramsey visits Ottumwa while Joseph Nelson calls on Nelsons in Fre mont. Mrs Dedrick travels from north state to visit relatives including Mrs Ruggles. Annel Nelson and daughters visit Fred Graham near Batavia. Amanda Sutton dies. funeral Tuesday. A Nebraska visitor spends Fourth with home folks. News from Numa Iowa of a new resident joining the Hoover family. Amber residents call on Miss Della McVey. Mrs Irish visits her brothers and sisters. Horace Linder and Hedrick visit T M Linder. Edwards entertain guests from Camp Point NL and Alfred Ramsey visits Fred Graham near Batavia. A C Nelson and family, Bernie Williams and families spend Sunday with Linus Wilson. Celebrations occur in Sigourney. A C Nelson acquires a new Overland. Police seek two elopers from Ottumwa, a 12-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, last seen headed to Des Moines. Detectives lack trace of the pair.
Buena Vista county names Blanche Womak as the first woman county clerk in the state succeeding C. C. Colwell who moved to California. Womak has served as a deputy for two years. Also an advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted bowel remedy available at drug stores.
In Belgrade refugees from Salonica show the fall of Russia's elite. About 500 nobles including grand dukes and princes wander hungry in ragged furs once worth fortunes, seeking soup at relief stations while unsure where to sleep. One countess barefooted, cloaked in an ermine coat, laments lack of clothing though the garment remains.
An advertisement advises avoiding meats and eating light foods while taking three Chamberlain's Tablets to cleanse the stomach and tone the liver. It claims relief within a day or two.
A short exhortation praising patriotism and the freedoms of the United States. The piece emphasizes courage, national pride, and the value of professing love for the country. It reflects a booster tone and civic sentiment.
The fragment hints at self-critique and national introspection. It questions whether personal actions reflect broader political or social tensions and suggests possible misalignment between individual conduct and national sentiment.
Dr. A E Taylor, aide to Hoover and head of physiology at the University of Pennsylvania, told Iowa State College's semi centennial crowd that within ten years the United States will need to import food. He cited declining yields, urban migration, and wartime shifts as factors, and warned Europe’s food problems could reappear in the United States.
The article argues labor remains the largest cost in building with no downward trend and freight rates likely to rise. It notes material costs driven by labor and freight, especially lumber, while demand outstrips supply, suggesting higher building costs in the future. A small note mentions new steel cellar window chutes as a product.
An ad promotes Eclipse screens and sash for summer and winter use. It urges replacing old hog house windows with Sunshine windows to protect pig crops, claiming easy installation and low cost for year round protection.
A witty exchange riffs on tobacco aromas and truth. One line insists a kiss from a smoker would smell of tobacco, while the other contends the woman did not smoke, prompting a playful puzzle about assumptions and scent.
A farmer argues that boosting cereal output and returning to a simpler American standard of living is essential. He warns that without supplying Europe with war food rations, reconstruction will stall and America will lose access to European brain and manufacturing products. He advocates a food surplus for export as the main remedy.
A concise piece argues for using one language to describe the United States and its national anthem, emphasizing unity and national identity.
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