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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
13
A faded manuscript fragment recounts Charles Laver and others debating fiction about love and a poet’s warnings. The text shifts to a harrowing medical tale of a baby with severe skin disease cured by Cuticura products, as vendor ads tout remedies and sales pitches through dubious lettered testimonials.
A garbled clipping touts a private reward for a cure and features dubious medical claims. It mentions CHENEY & CO Toledo and Wake Malln Family Pills, with misleading testimonials and a staged card scene involving a daughter and a decoy visitor.
Our agents report orders for 1,000 Overland automobiles with broader contracts totaling 20,000 units for 24 million dollars. The company touts price advantages with a 20 percent cost reduction this year, detailing models priced from 1,250 to 1,600 dollars and speeds up to 60 mph. The narrative frames Overland as a rapid growth success story and urges readers to request a promotional book via coupon.
A garbled advertisement promises a free sample bottle of Peruna to demonstrate its value in all catarrhal troubles. It invites readers to mail for a sample from the Peruana Company in Columbus Ohio, and to mention reading the offer. It also mentions a medical department providing free advice and health literature.
A playful item sketches a casual conversation about clothing and weather. The dialogue touches on unsettled skies and a humorous jab about a bill, all set in a Boston spelling of the Tran script with light casual tone.
A Michigan woman shares relief from stomach distress tied to coffee use. After years of illness and dependence on medicines, coffee worsened pain until she switched to Postum. She reports digestion improved, strength returned, and no more medications, urging others suffering from coffee-related ailments to try Postum.
A Los Angeles New York Herald dispatch from southern Kansas reports astonishing claims of corn rapidly growing to feed a starving boy, plus Western farm fortunes, wild boasts of 100 bushels per acre, and stories of rapid Western city growth, droughts, migrations, and bizarre weather events across Dakota and Kansas with wind storms tearing fences and overturning barrels.
A garbled OCR fragment describes April 1 US date events at United Presbyterian with Henry Ward Beach and a letter containing a sheet of paper bearing two words. The text includes misread names and quoted phrases, highlighting a playful or mistaken exchange and a scene where Beach exclaims about writing and forgetting a name as a subtle joke.
Fragmentary ads and notes mention major topics including a vast hydraulic gold mine in Trinity County California covering 2460 acres, claims of Burma acreage rising from 3800 in 1908 to 80000 in 1907, and various consumer products. The garbled text also cites medical pills, foot powder, and a humorous Uncle Jerry quip about grapefruit labeling.
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