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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
9
A health advertorial urges spring revival for those confined indoors by work and bad weather. It promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as liver and body tonics to combat rundown health, inactivity, and lack of ambition, claiming increased blood circulation and renewed energy.
Dr H F Lowry of Ottumwa, a noted veterinary expert, advocates Tanlao the new herb tonic claiming it relieves stomach kidney and nervous issues. He cites his wife’s improvement after taking Tanlao, while urging readers to obtain it via local drug stores or through a town jobber.
A fragmented ad claims a new method to share tenderness with no irritation using Culleyra Soup. It mentions Cullenra Dept X in Boston and lists Soup 26 Ointment 25 and GO Adv with nonsensical phrasing and no prices or clear instructions.
In a fanciful tale a pair of arbutus flowers speak with shy roots about waking each year to delight children. They reveal how adults and youngsters seek their petals for fragrance, while messages about self esteem and facing the world hint at the broader lesson behind the springtime ritual.
An advertisement touts GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER as a universal remedy for constipation indigestion and related ailments claiming a few doses relieve symptoms and noting its use in civilized countries. Also a humorous Irish assize anecdote ends with a matron offering whiskey and water as a settlement.
An Iowa advertisement touts savings on fire insurance with rates claimed at 25 to 4 percent. It markets a mutual homeowner policy for town and city residences, notes over 63 million dollars in coverage, and offers agent openings with liberal commissions in Des Moines.
An Irish bricklayer named Ipishman, evicted and seeking work in America, observes New York bricklayers pausing work. A foreman challenges him, boasting of Dublin pace by building a house in the morning and having a tenant in by evening, prompting playful Irish banter about even faster Irish methods.
A frugal beauty tip explains making a lemon skin softener by mixing fresh lemon juice with three ounces of orchard white in a quarter pint bottle. Strain to remove pulp, then store for months. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands to whiten soften and brighten skin, with fragrance from lemons.
A Philadelphia colored worker asks his employer to release him to go south saying he is called to a church there. He contemplates roles like pumfin or vestryman as he declares he will go to seek something.
An old advertisement promises ten dollars for a case of catarrh medicine. It touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as systemic and effective through the blood and mucous surfaces, sold by druggists for forty years with free testimonials. Includes an unrelated quote about gas arrangements and happiness.
Mrs. Willism Jay Mrs. Iselin Alfred Anson and Mrs. G B Mitchell of New York announce a great need for cooks for the army. A fund of 80 is needed. The New York cooking school led by these women aims to teach soldiers how to cook with variety cleanliness thrift.
Readable fragments describe a portable distillery by a French perfume maker to extract essences from flowers. The text mentions Garfield Tea and Nature's laxative as natural health claims, along with vague references to blood purification and various ailments.
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