01 Feb 1900
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1900
Page
1
An advertorial urges both women and men to treat kidney and bladder issues with Swamp-Root from Dr Kilmer and Co. The copy notes kidney trouble affects mind, ambition, and vigor, claims widespread prevalence, explains symptoms like frequent urination and bed wetting in children, and offers sample bottles and pamphlets via mail from Binghamton New York.
Ex-Governor Larrabee resigns from the Board of Control and Gov Shaw named Col H H Rood of Mt Vernon to fill the vacancy. Joel Mayne former editor of the Express at Red Oak dies at his niece’s home. Mayne previously edited at Sidney Ohio and was known as a conscientious Christian.
A petition to create a Burlington pension department aims to retire active workers and grant pensions. If adopted, it matches rivals like Pennsylvania and New York Central by using a surplus from the Burlington Relief fund and employee contributions. The plan would average 1 percent of wages monthly, with pensions roughly half of current pay.
Narrator Mary A. Dickerson recalls a child at play with drums and keys making noise to impress, while adults recoil. The excerpt notes a first day at school ending with a teasing remark about a tidy girl and a teacher sending her home for a supposed "suskuse" as Turness repairs Geil near the post office.
The carpenters express nearly universal objection to sharpening their tools. They never set the rims, and when a grindstone is obtained they cut it into pieces and use the fragments for anything but sharpening chisels or axes.
Mrs Gofrequent notes her husband goes out often. Mrs Seldon Llome confirms they always keep seats near the central aisle and it never disturbs anyone.
The Iowa Homestead and its Special Farmers Institute Editions plus Poultry Farmer and Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal are offered with the OPINION for $1.50 for five publications a year. Farmers in the county urged to subscribe, as the bundle combines county, farm, poultry, insurance and institute readings in one affordable package.
The piece lists multiple newspaper promotions and ads including The OPINION and Weekly Iowa Bee Register offering one year combines. It notes price references for Des Moines and Omaha weeklies, mentions Lincoln's birthday date confusion, and highlights state news coverage by The Daily Nonpareil as a distinctive Iowa publication booster. It includes medicinal ads for DeWitt's products and DoWitt's pills.
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