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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
4
A Tibetan superstition discussion arose over a proposed treaty between Tibet and England. Officials refused to sign a draft covering multiple sheets, fearing bad luck if their names appeared on a document spread across more than one case.
A stern parent challenges a nervy suitor asking what he has to live on if he succeeds. The youth responds with a sly, nervy retort highlighting the prickly courtship tension. The fragment hints at a domestic comedy moment rooted in parental scrutiny and marriage plans.
Wanted in adjoining territories to represent and advertise the Wholesale and Educational Departments of an old established house with solid finances. Salary three fifty per day with expenses advanced weekly by check from headquarters. Horse and buggy furnished when necessary. Permanent position. Address Blow Bros. Co Dept. 9 Motion Bldg Chicago Ill
A fragmented 19th century ad style snippet touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children from New York's Children's Home nurse. Claims include breaking up colds in 24 hours, curing constipation, teething disorders, regulating bowels, and destroying worms. Sold locally and by mail for 25 cents. Coffee described as a strong antiseptic.
An old age health ad promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to support nervous system and life changes. It cites Mrs. Mary G.L. Koehne of Chicago who reports relief from dizziness headaches and back pain after six bottles, and invites women to write for free advice.
In a Civil War chase, Quayle schemes to smuggle Helene Berinquay and Henri toward Union lines. A forged reward cutout spurs Henri’s doubts as Quayle pours poison into a canteen while the trio hides from Yankee pickets and contemplates a single fatal shot.
Helene tires from travel and sinks asleep on a straw pile in a hut. A disturbance wakes her, ending the brief slumber as she rouses to new movement or sound.
In a tense night scene Helene faces killers near a hut. Quayle and Tenri threaten, Henri resists, and a brutal firefight opens with a Federal barrage. Helene fires, explosions rock the shed, and skirmishers push through the woods toward the line of flashes. The confrontation continues as the scene ends with a cliffhanger.
In Muskegon Michigan salt stores, large beds of salt are mined with a wheeled air powered auger that drills five inch diameter holes through the mass. Two men can extract as much salt with the power auger as two dozen with picks and shovels, reducing labor greatly.
A dialogue excerpt shows TJ asking about the number of rooms in a list house broken into. The other burglar replies he only cared about the haul, revealing a focus on the loot rather than the break-in details. The piece appears as a clipped line from a Philadelphia Press item.
The Senate sent the statehood and Lanata Canal government measures to conference and heard closing arguments in the Swayne case. It approved the army and naval appropriation bills with amendments, passed Indian, post office, and other measures, and adjourned into executive session to consider votes and treaties.
Nellie Davis of 1216 Michigan Ave Kansas City Missouri writes to thank Doan's Kidney Pills for a quick cure from kidney troubles sparked by a cold. She suffered back pain headaches and misery before taking several boxes restoring her to health and urges others to use the remedy. Trial free offer and Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertise 60 cents.
An English visa holder in a Moscow street observes a stocky man in a blouse resisting two soldiers as they try to lift him. The official bystander says there is no trouble, remarking that it is only a peasant turning volunteer.
Millionia in Ontea and Salzer's new national oat variety promises 140 to 300 bushels per acre in 30 states, with Mich encountering 240 bu, Mo 255 bu, N Dakota $10 per bushel, and overall millions of bushels and dollars added to farmers' prices as Ts grows oats broadly.
An odd advertisement touts Homebudder Yellow Dent Corn yields from 17 to 260 bushels per acre and lists other crops as money makers. It invites farmers to mail stamps for a big seed catalog, then pivots to a humorous jail joke from the Cook County Fall Journal about a man sneezing.
Advertises one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Jill’s Catarrh Cure. Claims testimonials on firm integrity I d Cheney Co Toledo and wholesale druggists endorse. Says the cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. price per bottle. Includes free testimonials and Hall’s Family Pills as a companion remedy.
The stage heroine exposes the heavy villain’s secret under sudden light. A sharp exchange follows as the villain calmly lights a cigarette and the heroine jokes about his disguise and shaving. A health ad notes Piso’n Cure for Consumption from Washington DC with a May 25, 1901 postal date.
In a dated quip from 1905 a friend asks why Father Time has his hair clipped. The answer says people are racing ahead and Time must be slowed so they cannot seize him by the forelock.
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