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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1909
Page
6
An advertisement urges readers to eat enough wholesome food and rely on Kodol to aid digestion. It promises a money back offer on a dollar bottle if no benefits are felt after use, distinguishes bottle sizes, and notes availability from BE DeWitt Co. Chicago and F. S. Shriner, West Side Square.
Ninety two percent of corn planting was complete by June 1 and overall stand and growing conditions show about one to two percent improvement over last year. George A. Wells of the Western Grain Dealers Association notes weather has slowed progress and some damage from recent rains, with oats down about seven percent and regional differences shown across western central and eastern districts.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheny & Co of Toledo as makers, with Walding Kinnan Marvin endorsing them. The cure is taken internally and claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
June 12 near Douds Leando two local men Guy Dotson and Harry L. Biggs died from gas in a shaft opened for a new mine owned by A. E. Seaman. Dotson descended first and swooned. Biggs followed and both collapsed, the blast had freed gas and a rescuer could not save them.
The thirty-fifth annual G. A. R. encampment closed in Ft. Dodge Iowa after a three day meeting despite damp, cold weather. Delegates elected P A Rickel chaplain and J D Burns medical director. Officers include L K Langstaff J H Koons L L Cadwell W A Burhaps and J D Brown. Commander Michael McDonald denounced the Wirtz monument during the camp fire address.
An odd ad urges moderate earners not to hire a physician for diarrhoea and promotes Cham berlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a cure. It highlights years of use and reliability, listing a 35 cent price and sale by F. W. Jericho in June.
A mysterious woman wearing a brown gown and fur visits Oakland Cemetery each night since Memorial Day in St. Paul Minnesota. She sits on a tomb, mutters, prays, and wards others away, claiming a sister's grave. She fled followers and would not reveal her home.
Impressive ceremony marks the laying of Keokuk County's new 150000 dollar courthouse. Masons oversee the event with Grand Lodge officers in charge. A large crowd attended despite weather, with Rev. Charles W. Wilson of What Cheer delivering the oration.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for skin eruptions and wretched complexion caused by kidney poisons and stomach liver and kidney issues. It claims the tonic improves nerves eyes breath and skin and credits F. S. Shriner's drug store with a 50 cent sale note dated June.
A brief classified notice seeking clean cotton rags. The ad offers a good price and instructs readers to contact the office for details.
A lyrical meditation on escaping toil and ennui. The speaker longs for a westward journey beyond duty to a utopian space where joy and leisure replace labor and burdens.
To relieve constipation clean out the bowels tone and strengthen the digestive organs put them in a natural condition with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea the most reliable tonic for thirty years. 35 cents Tea or Tablets F. S. Shriner. June.
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