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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
6
A narrator recounts supporting Theodorescu and Monske in inventing a printing machine for the blind, transforming a difficult charity into a national enterprise. They built a 50 acre colony named Vatra Luminoasa, with workshops, a school, and homes to employ and educate blind citizens, aiming for independence and cultural advancement.
William Ellis chronicles Methodist and other missions across India, praising Eurasians, female missionaries, and YMC A efforts in Calcutta, Allahabad, Lucknow, and Ahmednagar. He notes zenana work, leper and plague care, education, industrial enterprises, and rapid church growth amid social reform, juxtaposed with harsh conditions and reverence for devoted workers.
The note states that women dress to gain male admiration and provoke chagrin among other women, highlighting social dynamics of fashion and status among peers.
The document extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative with cleansing and gentle relief without debility. It claims physicians approve its safe components and urges purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
Vandalism reports note the Mount of Olives olive trees were destroyed by four individuals. Istac- remains unclear amid sparse details and no official statements yet.
A quip from Smith's Magazine about Dennis-Hinnisy being the luckiest devil in Luck who promised to repay a five dollar loan before dying yesterday, per the humorous vignette.
A Wisconsin seed firm advertises a mail order catalog offer selling multiple vegetable and flower seed packets for 12c, with 16c optional for an extra cauliflower. The deal promises 35 bushels of rare vegetables and thousands of flowers mailed postpaid, highlighting Berliner Earliest Cauliflower and Quick Quick Carrot among items from La Crosse Wis.
In Seventh Avenue a policeman recalls old beatings as he intervenes in a scene where an elderly man hits a small boy. The man explains he sent Isaac to the delicatessen with two quarters, one for bread and one for fish, and asks which is which. The officer confirms it is enough.
A girl explains how her mother healed seven years of nervous headaches by switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. The writer notes a friend also converted after learning proper preparation, leading to coffee banishment in both homes. named by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book The Road to Wellville in plogs There's a Reason.
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