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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1898
Page
8
A featured plea urges young women to attend to physical development to avoid worn and listless states. It promotes motherly advice from Mrs. Pintliun of Kenny Mass. and invites lengthy, frank letters detailing symptoms, surroundings, and occupations for tailored guidance.
A Paris doctor gains fame by selling a claim to cure various ailments for Wa patients. He pretends to diagnose by travel and theater shows, promising recovery after a prolonged treatment. The piece warns about a possible scam as many, hearing of it, seek his help. New York Times.
A humorous dialogue shows a parent scolding a daughter at breakfast about applying for a job. The girl protests and the father recalls a comic tale of someone who passed through the Gallery with two heads on a stromideus, highlighting exaggerated old world superstition.
A winter tale warns against overconfidence near icy paths. A speaker slips on a white snow covered area. ankle badly tied, left temporarily crippled. The narrator cites St Jacobs Oil as a cure and notes the injured man plans to walk cautiously for the rest of the season.
The item narrates a chaotic scene in Versailles Indiana involving Pram the Republican, the Toekers family, and a girl named Liev tag. It recounts a dubious medical claim about patent pills and a dramatic bicycle theft ruse, with local figures like Pram and Mr Tucker appearing amid a string of disjointed anecdotes and social satire.
A Boston father questions a puzzled son about a hole in his trousers. The boy explains he cut a hole so he could tell his two identical pairs apart and choose which to wear. Also advertised are seed and seed-potato offers from Salter Seed Co and Mother Gray’s Powders for Children with testimonials and free samples.
Fragmented line reads a domestic remark about the Hamiltons marriage length and affection. A secondary item promotes Mea Winslow teething remedy for children with gum inflammation and wind colic. Grief and misfortune mentioned as a social mood.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes, claimed to dry feet and relieve frost, damp, sweaty feet, corns, and bunions. Distributed by Allen S. Olmeted of LeRoy New York with sample offer through druggists and shoe stores.
A fragmented advertisement notes a one hundred dollars reward and claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by acting on the mucous surfaces. Cheney and Wisting? Kinman Marvin are listed as medical suppliers. Testimonials are included, urging purchase from local druggists.
An eccentric Washington host held a Christmas dinner attended by Mr and Mrs Black, Mr and Mrs Green, Ma and Mrs Brown, Mro and Mrs Gray, Mrc and Mrs White, and Jiro and Mrs Lemon. The ad promotes Laxathye Brome Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day and includes fictional testimonials and dated notes from Seattle in 1805.
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