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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
8
Washington December 26 Special reporter Tesse Mitchelllan notes a controversy over women athleticism and strength. The piece contrasts calls for moderate exercise with harsher training and quotes opinions and a testimonial praising Dodd’s Kidney Pills for revitalizing energy and endurance at work.
The article discusses early theories of anthropometry and attempts to improve photography by reproducing dimensions and poses. It credits partial progress to M. Der tithonm and 10 Vikes jist, noting methods to capture distance, size, and stance though exact accuracy remains debated.
Fragmentary OCR reads a Toledo Ohio notary oath for J Cheney Co makers of a catarrh cure. Mentions a one hundred dollar claim per uns cured case and a December date. Includes unrelated dialogue and drugstore references.
An article outlines high costs of cement culverts and flanking highway work, noting the need for renewed culverts, rising cement and timber prices, and expert opinions on culvert design. It also covers agricultural topics on potato seed selection, furrows for field work, and the value of timely maintenance and farm shop practices.
A 19th century advertisement touts Dr. Florence Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic remedy for dyspepsia stomach trouble and nervousness claiming it cleanses the system of poisons from poor digestion. It also promotes Florence’s liver pills as a sugar coated stomach and bowel aid. The text urges readers to request a free book and lists the remedy’s supposed benefits and safety.
A recent patented device uses a vertical post with brackets and two pivoted horizontal arms. One arm is spring controlled to support a two-part bag mechanism that aligns two winged members. A leather connector keeps parts aligned when not stressed, and contact with a sack causes the hinge to break, sweeping the bag into the ear.
A parent child exchange features a drawing ritual with Ralph, a three year old, and Pally Bt emies' Budgetius as his sister. The dialogue playfully questions origins of images as the child notes many dogs in the pencil and mentions a dog car found yesterday for Harold.
A fragment discusses folk beliefs about avoiding tasks on Friday and the urge to break crockery to appease fate. It notes a girl delaying a room change until Friday, and recalls Dickens linking Friday luck to good outcomes. Also mentions a guaranteed cure for piles with refund promise and a medical ad.
A traveling reader questions two shop signs seen abroad. One sign, a brass saucer with a semi-circular notch, stands before every barber shop. The other sign features two long curtains of cloth on each side of a door, eight or nine feet long and four feet wide, varying in color. The note asks what these signs signify, and mentions a remedy for consumption claimed to help a young Brooklyn girl.
The ragged hobo grumbles about repeated calls this week at the Riteline door. He recalls a time when his presence twice daily was common, claiming past visits were worse. The exchange shows a stubborn town scene with a weary resident and a persistent but tired visitor.
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