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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1899
Page
8
A garbled page segment bundles product pitches and notices from the era. References include laxatives, tonics, and patent medicines such as Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Also mention Krupp cannons, a whale power claim, and Hemp cultivation notes. Multiple dates and mis-typed names appear, blending advertisements with stray verse and local notices.
The Edmonton Bulletin reprints a Minnesota and Wisconsin delegation praising Alberta. They cite a Dakota farmer who doubled grain yields in Alberta, note high wheat yields of 20 to 55 bushels per acre, oats 70 to 100, barley 40 to 60, potatoes 300 to 400 per acre, and strong beef pork markets. They praise climate, schools, and open lands with plans to settle. They state a half section purchase and intend to return next spring.
A fragment from Philadelphia North American notes a surprising moment as people appeared in modern bathing suits, sparking question and debate about fashion and propriety in public display.
Souvenirs at public dinners feature elaborate, themed keepsakes from mandarin hats at Li Lung Chang to miniature electric road cars at opening events. New York firms churn out hundreds of mementos, with banquets for bachelors and weddings sometimes costing many dollars each.
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