02 Jul 1903
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1903
Page
1
The adobe governors palace in Santa Fe New Mexico is described as the oldest civic building in the country. It has served as government seat under Spanish Mexican and American regimes for centuries and now houses the New Mexico Historical Society museum with L Bradford Prince as president.
An old newspaper fragment markets Hall’s Catarrh Cure at 750 price and Defiance Starch at 10 cents per ounce. It notes an Italian French German Swiss language exchange trend with Zurich agency and claims a child can learn three languages in six months. Also promotes Mother Gray’s Powder for children and a quip about ice and wooden women.
In New York the painter Charles Schreyvogel, famed as the Western frontier artist, worked on a roof with a soldier model lying recumbent to resemble Wounded. The model froze nearly unable to stand until revived with an alcohol bath. A separate tale tells Hera Kendall recounting a man on a train who used a hot water bag to warm steak and coffee as a comic case of light housekeeping.
A Millville family credits Postum Cereal Coffee and Postum for health gains after years of stomach trouble and nervousness. The wife recalls solving her ailments within months and praises Postum and Grape-Nuts, urging others to try them as a coffee substitute.
A fairy tale scene follows three elfins in a woodland nook as they explore July festivities. They ride rockets, view explosions, and meet a three legged squirrel, a white-tailed crow, and a scowling owl. An eagle teaches them the true value of the day and the flag.
In a nostalgic voice, the piece recalls the long preparation and risks of declaring independence on July 4 1776. It portrays the 56 representatives, the reading of the Declaration, the ringing of the liberty bell, and the birth of a nation amid marching crowds and celebratory gunfire. The narrator, aged and invincible, quips about pensions for Fourth of July soldiers and plans to push the idea politically.
A veteran recalls forty plus years of celebrating Independence Day with the revolutionary spirit. He describes early childhood exposure to fireworks and powder, marching with an old saber, and continuing the tradition of patriotism through the generations.
The passage recalls 1776 and the enduring patriotic spirit. It argues that the nation’s founders’ aims remain vivid in present hearts, urging vigilance to keep liberty alive for future generations and youth. Sentinels of liberty are described as guiding the course back to true freedom.
A Detroit woman and amateur art association secretary extol Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relieving female weakness and general fatigue. She credits six weeks of treatment with renewed health and urges other women to try the remedy.
Vermont will dedicate a monument at President Chester Alan Arthur’s birthplace in Fairfield during July. Speakers include Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago ex Senator William E Chandler of New Hampshire and Secretary of the Navy with ex Governor W W Stickney in charge of arrangements.
A vintage ad urges trying One Package Defiance Starch with a return option to dealers if displeased. It promises one third more value for the same money, claims satisfaction and non sticking to iron, and references Lewis' "Single Binder" cigars with higher price as offering fair dealer margins and better smoking. The notice cites Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois.
The Glasgow Corporation bought James McNeill Whistler's Carlyle portrait after a visiting committee learned the price Whistler had set at 41000 guineas. Whistler, amused, deflected questions and shifted topic as negotiations concluded with a bargain for the painting.
A garbled OCR item mentions Red Cragg Bell Hire and claims efforts to return items to a white state. It also references a large two ounce pack, Beanie, Slavery drinks, and watered down water in unclear context.
Governor Garvin of Rhode Island declares belief in woman suffrage. In a Rhode Island Suffrage Association address he predicts adoption in Rhode Island and other New England states, noting it has worked well elsewhere and will prevail across the nation.
Defiance Starch promises the best money back and guarantees value. The 14 ounce package is offered at 10 cents as a trial option for customers to try the product now.
A compact collection of quips referencing genius and long hair as a sign of eccentricity, followed by early 20th century style ads and jokes. It notes a 25 cent joke about genius with long hair, a quip on curing colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine, and a Disraeli anecdote about appointing a high commissioner to the Church of Scotland after a swearing issue.
Fragmentary OCR text with nonsensical phrases and placeholders. No coherent event or entities to summarize into a clear news item.
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