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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
4
Kidney warning ad explains that many suffer undetected kidney problems. It describes sediment in water as a sign and lists symptoms like frequent urination and back pain. The ad promotes Kilmer's Swamp Root, claims it cures kidney and urinary issues, and offers free sample bottle and booklet by mail from Kilmer & Co.
A Des Moines review praises Miss Childs Obilds a singer and talker who combines rare native sweetness with engaging stories of song history. She presents English to American favorites, offering an hour of music and discourse, with tickets 69 cents to 76 cents and advance at Brower's drug store.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes California hosts the world’s largest hop yards along the Sacramento, Russian and Feather rivers, with the biggest field at Pleasanton in Alameda County covering 868 acres and over 445,000 vines. Harvesting is all by hand during a short season, requiring an army of workers. Hop picking offers light work and fair pay but brings hop poisoning rash and dark staining of hands from resin, removable by rubbing with crushed hop leaves.
The halberd head is 15 inches long with a hollow socket for the staff and a broad ribbed point on both edges. A half moon or star piece faces one side and a four inch crooked point on the other for fascines and gabions. The five foot ash staff and the weapon’s role in marking ground, sorting ranks, and disciplining troops are described.
Chas. Davis of Bowerston Ohio narrowly escaped a fatal lung disease after using Dr King s New Discovery. He praised instant relief and a permanent cure. The ad promotes 60 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a free trial at Bartlett and Doyle’s drug. Listings include December 1900 to June 1901 sale dates and Burlington Route excursion tickets at one fare plus two dollars with return within two days.
Thackerville Texas man paid over 400 dollars in two years to doctors for a running leg sore. Bucklen’s Amica Salve cured it in one box. Also advertised are remedies for piles cough and liver cleansing pills. A. B. Noble was seen at Council Bluffs yesterday.
A fragment of social notes lists visits and travel among residents including Grace Smith in Lincoln and Miss Lela Castor teaching in Tabornest, plus Thanksgiving gatherings with families in Hamburg, Sidney, and Farragut. The piece also notes revival services at Nishoa, a Christmas cantata by the M S S, and a successful Red Riding Hood operetta at the opera house with performances by Simons, Kidd, Mawher, Metz, and others.
An advertisement features J. W. Gardner of Idsville Indiana praising Electric Bitters for relief from loss of appetite stomach and liver troubles and general tiredness. The note claims 50 cents at Bartlett Doyle’s drug store with guaranteed battle tested results. Separately, Jake Carstens plans to move to Oklahoma February to settle newer territory, a pioneer Westerner who once traveled the Black Hills.
Advert appears to tout Dr King’s New Life Pills as improving stomach and liver function to increase strength, mental clarity, and ambition. It claims a 25 cent tax will make you feel like a new being and lists Bartlett & Doyle as sellers with Eureka barber shop connection.
Thanksgiving is past and gone with scattered local notes. Families visit Hamburg and nearby towns, corn gathering ends, and residents share meals and travel to Percival New Market and Arizona plans. Local ads praise Dr Osldwell’s Syrup Pepto and One Minute Cough Cure for coughs and lung troubles.
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