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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
1
Local notices recount Hamburg fair scenes with open gambling and liquor, a bullfight burlesque, and boisterous crowds. Shenandoah and Shenandoah Sentinel comment on public tastes, with Hamburg residents claiming the event drew diverse patrons while noting no serious disturbances.
Furnished by James H. McDonald Abstracter Real Estate and Loan Agent for the week ending Aug 10 Igor notes his services in Fremont County Bank block Sidney Town. Deeds show R O Campbell and wife to M Jolhing warranty nine parcels, N O Carman to O Carman wd pt lot 8 in 22 67 42 $1 J Boyd to S Lindsay wd lot 8 blk 16 Tabor J C Tooley and wife to H W Smith Riverton 16th 1880 1840 $250 Geo L Borchers to A V Browns lot 7 blk 122 Hamburg $2
A snippet notes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets retail druggists refund money if not effective. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box. The item is priced at 25c and linked to a Tuesday morning report.
An old ad reads Merit Blood Tablets as a vegetable cure for diseases of impure blood with eight months of treatment for $1 and a month for 26c, promising guaranteed cures or no pay. The page then blends humorous vignettes, testimonials, and small ads for Bartlett & Doyle and various remedies.
A Brown of Behnattaville cites long illness from dyspepsia and stomach distress. After four bottles of Electric Bitters she recovers fully, now able to eat anything. The tonic also eases torpid liver with gentle laxative effects. Guaranteed cure for indigestion and loss of appetite. 60 cents at Bartlett & Doyte's.
Travel promotion for daily trips to Buffalo and New York with vestibuled sleepers Chicago to Boston and dining cars on all trains. Meals served on American Club plan from 86 cents to 1 dollar. John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St., for details. Also advertises DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for skin ailments and piles and warns against counterfeits.
In a North American Review excerpt, Confucius chooses a son-in-law from his daughter’s suitors while debating a ballad that praises male privilege and demeans women. The fragment contrasts poetic harmony with language change and moral judgments in ancient times.
A York Sun snippet recalls Tommy in a language lesson discovering ditto marks to repeat words on the next line. While visiting home he uses the marks, producing a letter filled with garbled but charming ditto sentences to his father and mother.
The passage links nail appearance to personality and fate, noting pale nails signal infirmity and persecution by others, nails growing into flesh imply luxury, white marks suggest misfortune, and various shapes indicate traits from gentleness to ambition and rashness.
An odd reader letter touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as the sole preparation containing all natural digestive fluids. It claims the product relieves weak stomachs and restores natural function after taking several bottles. Bartlett and Doyle endorse the remedy.
General Baratiert dies in Jacksonville aged 66 a first cousin of a former president also Charles Bull Towle dies in Saltillo Mexico remains to be shipped to Boston two Atlantic City excursion train sections collide injuring ten yacht race against Independence uncertain as of Sept 3 Lawson may scrap old yacht if none found David R Searcy dies in New Orleans Jenkins defeats Maher in Atlantic City wrestling three others killed or injured in unrelated incidents Kansas City Stock Yards gains capital stock Texas railroad rates cut lightning kills three in Mount Hennen and surrounding area Clinton mine blast injures crew Oscar L Triggs calls Longfellow Holmes poetry trivial in class discussion
In this remedy notice Morley’s Liver and Kidney Cordial is promoted as restoring harmony among vital organs. It claims to aid digestion nerves and sleep by eliminating waste buildup and asserts availability through local agents and C Stoner & Co.
Cal on or address A B Noble real estate broker Hamburg La. Through June and July our baby teething and having diarrhea says O P M Holliday Deming Ind. Bowels moved 5 to 8 times a day. I gave four drops of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in water and he improved at once. Sold by Bartlett Doyle.
Special low rates and favorable limits on all points east from Chicago. Call or address John Y. Calahan General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago for details.
Mrs Nannie Galleger of La Grange Georgia saved her child from frightful disfigurement by applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve to great head and face sores. The product reputedly cures sores bruises skin eruptions cuts burns scalds and piles. 25c guaranteed by Bartlett Doyle druggists.
Washington August 9 Commissioner Yerkes of the revenue bureau says a legacy tax must be paid within a year after the testator's death and before distribution to legatees. Collection should not be enforced until after that year unless distribution is pursued within the period.
An advertisement features Dr. G. Stivers of Louisville Kentucky praising Morley’s Wonderful Eight as a remedy for neuralgia. He cites his wife’s two year suffering and claims relief in five minutes with permanent cure, noting free trial bottles and availability through local agents.
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