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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1898
Page
6
A country boy visiting New York saved hundreds of women and children from a runaway town event but sacrificed his own life. The nearby ad touts Tostetter's Stomach Dittters as restoring health to those with disordered stomachs and bowels. A nearby dialogue ponders aging soldiers and local shows amid fame.
A 19th century feature notes a surge in interior decoration with four porcelain plaque murals by Muville. The Schick Hubinger Bros Co awards free plaques to buyers of Idastic Starch, detailing sizes, gold trimming, and a limited Sept. 1 offer through wholesale grocers.
A reflective study of the Shunammite woman's plea for a son and his restored life from 2 Kings 4. The narrative traces Elisha's role as a counselor to the king and the miracle of the child’s illness, death, and miraculous revival, with parallels to Jesus’ Galilean travels. The piece emphasizes faith, prophecy, and the home as a temple of God.
Dunvegan Castle on Skye, home of the Macleods since the ninth century, sits atop a promontory by Loch Follart. The fortress, strong in historic clan wars, guards the fairy flag, the legendary palladium of Macleod. The flag’s powers are said to be limited to three unfolds and a final safeguard against extinction.
West End housing trend shows flats gaining ground while many avoid being labeled residents. Advertisers call these dwellings mansions built in stories. Allen's Foot-Base powder advertises rapid relief for swollen burning or tender feet with claims of easing tight shoes and curing corns. Sample offered gratis and product priced at a quarter.
A dialogue in which a domestic worker argues for lower pay, citing a small household. The employer counters by noting fewer mouths to feed but the worker insists the family includes two extra people when she is present. The exchange reflects wage negotiations and helper expectations.
A vintage page offers wheat at 40 cents per bushel with samples from Sulzer's Red Cross claiming 80 bushels per acre alongside a Farn Seed Catalogue for four cents postage. Also advertised is Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 15 cents. The page includes old caricatures from Thebes and cures for consumption, plus light moral quips and jokes concluding with pithy sayings.
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