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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1899
Page
8
A short lived marriage yields a comic tale of a husband who pretends to praise his wife’s cooking. He praises soggy biscuits as delicious, claiming they resemble his mother’s. The wife retorts she could do better, prompting a quip about women being uncertain and hard to please.
France counts about 6,000,000 smokers with eight using pipes or cigars and seven cigarettes. In 1898 France consumed 807,000,000 cigarettes daily, averaging 2,700,000 per hour, 62,000 per minute, and about 1,200 per second, with all cigarettes laid end to end reaching around the world.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's foot Ease powder promises relief for swollen nervous feet and bunions and makes new shoes feel easier. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with a 26 cent mail offer. A curious Indian butterfly shows male wings with left yellow right red while the female reverses colors.
The letter from James Lewis of Louisville endorses Peru na as a cure for catarrh. It claims the mucus is blood and urges stopping the mucus waste by a course of Peruna. Readers are told to request a free catarrh book from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co. Columbus, Ohio.
A set of letters from women across states praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from painful menstruation and related symptoms. They credit the tonic with curing irregularities, backache, dizziness, and weakness after following Mrs. Pinkham’s advice and product regimen. Names include Mrs Peters Milan Tennessee Mrs Macore New Berlin and others.
A speaker asks if Pete has achieved full commitment at the Fast Baptist Church and notes the collection cannot be taken yet. The exchange hints at ongoing hesitation or delay in joining fully and participating in offerings.
Fr. Cheney & Co offer a one hundred dollar reward claim for a cure that cannot be guaranteed by Fallall's Catarrh Cure. The notice asserts Fr. Cheney is honest and willing to honor obligations. Wrst & Truax and Wanping & SMAN supply wholesale drugs in Toledo. Treatment claimed to enter bloodstream and mucous surfaces. Price per bottle and widespread sale stated. Testimonials from users included.
Buena Vista County Iowa delegates report favorable views of Wartney Deloraine and Souris river regions in Manitoba for farming. They plan March return to invest in improved farms, citing soil, climate, schools, and markets as superior. Also notes Wieliczka salt mines since 1240 and a courtroom exchange about a revolver pointed at a dead man.
A farmer mailed his name and address to Deering in Chicago and received by return mail a catalog with 100 plus half tone illustrations. The package included a photo of the largest factory in America a binder twine booklet a copy of the Deering Farm Journal and a personal letter all in response to a single postal card.
A stitched-together fragment shows a pair exchanging whispered lines about change, then a patent medicine claim for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising cold cure with money-back offer. It also notes Britain as a major moneylender and advertises Salzer Seed’s corn seed promising high yields with a mail-in offer.
A reader from Williamsport Pa, dated November 12, 1905, extols lemon baths as refreshing and endorses Piso's Cure as the sole medicine for consumption. The missive reflects early 20th century tonic culture and consumer health claims.
A reflective anecdote cites a French writer from the early eighteenth century found musing on a hillside above a flock of sheep. The scene prompts thoughts on appetite and existence as the writer contemplates whether among two hundred sheep there is not one tender leg of mutton.
An army officer recalls a 1865 marriage to the daughter of a man devoted to the Southern cause. He says the union was happy and that contact with his father‑in‑law shifted his views on slavery, prompting a controversial self‑identification as a slave.
A Kansas firm advertises a salary of 16 dollars per week plus expenses for a man to introduce Perfection Poultry Mixture and Insect Destroyer nationwide. Address with stamp requested. Perfection Mfg Co Parsons Kansas.
Public health alert notes a renewed outbreak of chewing gum related illness after a period of seeming control. The item advertises Mrs Winslow’s SooTuina Synop for teething, touts benefits and includes a price of 2 cents per bottle. An appeal from Ripans Chemical Co invites 5 cents for samples and testimonials.
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