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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1900
Page
3
The article discusses spring wraps noting the impracticality of elaborate dress wraps for full figures and favoring long redingotes, short coats, boleros, and assorted wraps. It describes a masile cloth jacket with stitched seams, white penne trim, tucked yoke, tin lining, and three stitched straps with gold buckles, attributed to Jupic Chollet.
The article surveys taffeta and various silks for warm weather wear, highlighting brocade effects, trims, and liberty fabrics. It describes a pink crepe de chine wedding outfit with sun plaiting, black velvet bands, jeweled buttons, guip borders, and a pink flower hat designed by Jumpio Chollet.
A fragment quoting the Indianapolis Journal asking what a bachelor is and presenting Aunt Martha’s quip that a bachelor is a man who assumes every girl who looks at him intends to marry him.
Local brief from Sunny Side with items on residents and visitors. John Cook tours the area while Mr. and Mrs. Hines shop Hamburg merchants. Wm Watson, C W Daves, Pat Reeves, Claria and Freda Spiegel, Maud Mann attend events and travel between Knox Hamburg Nebraska City Payne Madison township. One Minute Cough Cure praised by J Koontz for bronchitis relief.
Instructions advise washing baby flannels with care using hot water and Fairy Soap plus Gold Dust powder to whiten and soften fibers. Garments should be washed separately, stretched to shape, and dried outdoors promptly. A humorous line contrasts a woman's demand for Rocky Mountain Tea with leaving for her mother.
A refundable offer backs a 50 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold, plus a 25 cent bottle with a money refund guarantee. Signed by T. C. Harris and Bartlett, Iowa, inviting patrons to see Pirates of Penzance on April 27 under the Woman's Culture Club.
A wife severely afflicted with rheumatism for three years improved after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. A fifty cent bottle, applied as directed, enabled her to walk to breakfast the next morning and she has not suffered a similar attack since. Remark attributed to A B Parsons. For sale by C Stoner & Co.
Advertisement for Week's Break-Up-A-Cold tablets claiming to cure a cold or La Grippe in one night. Offers cheerful refund of purchase price if it fails. Priced at 25 cents.
An advertisement offers free elegant silver plated sugar shells from Quaker Valley Silverware to every woman in the United States who writes a letter claiming it as her first request. The firm will send illustrations for selection and asks women to mail their own name and full address, excluding family or children. The Chicago based solicitation is by Quaber Voting Mra. Co. at 32-0W Morgan and Farrington Sis.
An advertisement claims Karl's Clover Root Ten cures constipation with a fifty year guarantee at 25c sold by Jas. Mann & Son. The piece shifts to wartime commentary noting soldiers prefer exposed breaches to shielded positions and sailors avoid active gunfire behind fortifications.
An Egyptian paper says first class up to date modern dining cars will run this season between Cairo and Luxor. It notes an American dentist has started in Assouan near the Sudan and a palace hotel at Khartum will open for tourists in about three months. Malaga gets about 16 rainy days annually and Beletum spends 1,213,000 francs daily on strong drinks.
W A Sitter and C Stoner & Co assert Kodol Dyspepsia Cure rapidly aids digestion. Quote credits relief from long term dyspepsia after trying doctors and medicines without benefit.
Hay for sale at Valley farm two miles northeast of Nebraska City Junction at 8 400 per ton. Taos Hern. Wm. Orr Newark Ohio endorses One Minute Cough Cure as life saving for pneumonia and coughs. A 60,000 acre ranch offered for sale at 10 000 with easy terms. Professor von Martens noted linguist and jurist at Venezuela arbitration. One Minute Cough Cure praised for immediate relief and safety. The beat musical talent in the city previews The Pirates of Penzance on April 27.
Fremont County Democrats meet at the Sidney courthouse on April 26 to select twelve delegates for the Des Moines convention and to handle any other business. Caucuses in townships are suggested for April 21 with township committeemen to be elected. local committee members are named. Also included are notices about pneumonia remedies and livestock feed promotions.
A mixed page presents patent pitches and quips including Clover Root Tea claimed to purify breath, bankruptcy court quibbles over legal terms, a Yorkshire curate winning luck in a steeplechase tale, a Philadelphia slander anecdote, and notes on poisons from Indian goat fodder. It also promotes Raven Food for cattle with claims of increased milk, better digestion, and fattening, offered by Bartlett & Doyle.
Notice by the district of Washington Township Fremont County Iowa inviting bids for building a school house. Plans and specifications viewable at Bank of Hamburg Hamburgh office until 1 PM May 12 1900. Contract awarded to lowest responsible bidder with $1000 bond. Board may reject any or all bids. F McCracken secretary.
The Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Cure, priced at 25 cts 50 cts and 1 00, will be refunded if not satisfactory. Sold for over fifty years this guarantee supports refunds for defective bottles. James Mann & Ne
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