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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
8
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as the best cure for severe skin, scalp, and hair troubles, claiming instant relief from inflamed humours and a speedy cure. It targets infants and children, arguing the products cleanse, soothe, and beautify skin and hair more economically than rivals, with various claimed uses.
A fragment from a 1901 paper notes Pinos Cure for consumption as a remedy for croupy children. It mentions Onllahow 114 and Parkersburg West Virginia with an April 10 1901 date and a note about a death. The rest is garbled.
A fragmentary historical page includes an Allen’s Toot Vase sale pitch for foot care, faux medical cure claims, and garbled testimonials. It also contains a stray joke about a boy exchanging sugar and a short literary aside, all presented in a battered OCR style.
In hot July and August mothers are urged to feed babies Grape-Nuts and Postum to ease digestive trouble. A baby’s improved bowels after careful feeding is noted, with claims the grain product helps digestion without taxing the bowels. The note cites a family using Grape-Nuts and Postum instead of coffee, claiming stronger health and fewer issues across all members.
Harper's Magazine discusses how regional terms enrich English. Prof Brander Matthews argues Americanisms and other provincialisms, if vigorous, strengthen language rather than threaten it. He cites English as a global, hardy tongue with nurseries in Britain, the United States, and colonies, ensuring renewal and endurance.
A Washington Star report quotes a city post office official on the strange habit of people forcing through reversing storm doors and colliding in corridors. He notes twice daily crowds at windows and Sunday rail, with many victims of door jams and confused pedestrians, suggesting a sign might help but doubting readers would heed it.
A relative of Ottawa officials reports Captain J W Mills of the Hudson Bay Company steamer Wrigley will stay in the city with his wife and three children before returning north. The Mills family traveled 44 days by canoe to civilization, crossing arctic terrain from Fort Smith to Fort McPherson, with summer trips of about 2000 miles on the Mackenzie.
Bellflower Missouri July 6 Mr G V Bohrer urges old men and women to use Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney and urinary troubles. He claims years of suffering ended after two boxes with rapid relief and lasting improvement. The letter touts the pills as a permanent cure and notes Bohrer is now 95. An unrelated line mentions a local debtor with a $100,000 fortune.
A prospectus style notice promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for severe nervousness and female disorders. It cites dramatic symptoms and testimonials from women in Philadelphia and Ohio, claiming cured cases after doctors failed, and urges readers to try the product to restore health.
New York Press notes Ludicrous errors in famous paintings. In Van Dyck’s Charles I study armor fails and Charon’s boat is misrepresented. Breaghell’s Wise Men of the East shows an odd white habit. Reynolls mislabels Lig’s piece. Westminster Hall costumes mix eras. The Lillipettes Gather has gunmen. Mazowitty’s Four Divinents misidentify symbols.
Features a Philadelphia Ledger item noting a quote about self knowledge and reflections on letters written before marriage, attributed to Gibbs. The fragment hints at personal reminiscence and literary digression without broader context or dates.
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