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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1897
Page
10
A brief note suggests infant digestive issues stem from improper feeding. It warns that many meals can make the baby's bowels hard or unsettled, likening it to sand in the eyes and implying dietary adjustments are needed.
An article explains a new mechanical method for fattening chickens in England. It describes a pump on wheels delivering paste-like feed through a tube, with birds confined in stalls to sit and gain weight for the market, noting a shift from hand to machine driven cramming and French devices being adopted.
An expert poultry handler feeds fowls by tube down the throat into the crop, enabling forty dozen birds per hour with precise technique. Beginner errors risk throat injury. digestion timing and crop condition determine feeding. Forced fattening appears profitable, with a London dealer reporting savings on food and higher sale prices after treatment.
England imported bicycles worth 770000 dollars and exported 2405000 dollars in the first three months of the year, the first full year with month by month trade records at the custom house in London.
A historic notice touts Well of Mist and Hortetter’s Stomach Bitters as protectives in malarial regions. It claims Bitters fortify health and aid digestion and kidney trouble, urging inhabitants to procure the remedy for protection against fever.
A shipboard camel from the Bremen line Dresden faced an unusual voyage cramped in a box with no room for proper stance. Paralyzed rear legs persisted until a clever fix: hoisting in a sling so toes touched ground, then forelegs paddled, rear props revived, and the camel stood ready to move though it would no longer sit.
A merchant and a young man clash over masculine wardrobe needs. The merchant proposes heavy calfskin boots with cavalry tops to claim a distinctly male item. The ad copy then markets Allen’s Foot-Ease for comfortable, relieved feet and easy shoes.
A fragment recounts ancient dinner customs where rose petals covered floors and cushions for scent. It notes Hellagabalus showering guests with blossoms causing suffocation, Cleopatra laying petals two cubits deep for Antony, and Herod the Great entrusting Martainne to servants with orders tied to his fate in Rome.
A garbled ad style snippet lists remedies including Hall's Catarrh Cure and Piso's Cure for Consumption, with miscellaneous claims about hair regrowth, hygiene products, fashions, and travel notes. It references cabinet-like testimonials, prices, and scattered consumer tips in a fragmented, antique newspaper voice.
A testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for curing severe displacement of the womb, claiming doctors had given the patient up. The letter says benefits included restored walking ability, reduced bleeding, and kidney, liver, and stomach relief, urging other women to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice.
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