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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1898
Page
8
Fragmentary ad like note mentions St Jacobs Oil as a to cure rheumatism and notes about Guba island forests and cultivation. It references Pigp's Cure and a few names including Wallace, Marquette, and Kanan Lee in a stray line. The text also contains a parable about lending seed leading to borrowings.
In Switzerland phonographic clocks and watches have begun to sound the hour clearly with a press of a button. Some models warn sleepers with phrases like Li's 6 o'clock and urge them to rise. The feature, created by a Geneva French watchmaker, uses engraved slabs to emit spoken words.
A wrecked vessel near Spain saw its crew battle a stubborn fire for ten days. The report, though garbled, notes intense effort against the flames as they sought to save the ship. Other items advertise laundry soap and patent medicines with period tone.
An old fashioned ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure promising a $100 reward for any case of catarrh it cannot cure. The notice lists VJ Guiney & Co and WisréTrvax Toledo as wholesale druggists and cites testimonies from Walding, Kinnan & Marvin. Also mentions general product claims and unrelated workshop line items.
A Sunday School exposition discusses Josiah's discovery of the book of the law during his reform, the restoration of temple worship, and the era’s prophetic figures. It notes the Scythian threat, the temple repairs, and the pivotal role of High Priest Hilkiah and the prophetess Huldah, ending with Josiah's death and the ensuing siege.
The United States hosts the deepest shaft at Red Jacket Calumet and Hecla on Lake Superior, a little over 4000 feet. Tamarack mine follows at 84500 feet. California’s Kennedy mine in Amador County reaches 2200 feet, with Idaho Nevada County and Sierra Buttes in Plumas County close in depth. California’s California shaft at 2150 feet parallels Geyser in Silver Cliff District Colorado.
A clipped 19th century exchange mocks strict gender norms. A man tells why he won’t let his wife wear a watch after 6 p m, quipping that he does not believe a woman should handle wheels after nightfall. The remark appears in a Philadelphia bolt of humorous dialogue.
A collage of vintage ads notes delays hampering cures, claims Jacobs Oil strengthens and soothes pain, Bank of England holds untapped silver bars, Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promise quick cold cure, Diamond "C" Soap prizes, Palestine’s growing Jaffa population, Mrs Winslow soothing syrups for teething, and calls for trial samples from Bipaper Chemical Co. These items reflect period commercial language and health product marketing.
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