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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1899
Page
13
Parle court recently granted 204 divorces in four hours, with all parties receiving state assistance so the divorces cost them nothing. The item also includes scattered notes on manufacturing growth, medical claims about deafness cures, and historical cotton production statistics.
The Belgian railway system, described as hostile yet highly profitable, spans 2800 miles with 2000 miles government owned. It has transformed a quiet agricultural nation into a bustling commercial hub, with profits outweighing the national debt interest and other European nations pursuing state railways.
A fragmented report recounts a small female elephant charged by a buffalo in high grass. Her rider fled as the elephant halted, an explosive rifle shell misfiring into the elephant rather than the buffalo. The wound festered over a year, yet the elephant stood firm while the buffalo fell to another shot. The tale notes the elephant grew nervous at gun reports afterward.
An old Herald note advertises home grown, warranted roses and shrubs for cemetery and lawn use. It sells hardy stock, house decorations, and greenhouse offerings from SMITIVUS VILLA GREENHOUSE in Stony City, with a humorous aside about a congressman’s retirement from Wrathington Star.
A letter from Mrs. Monte Barger of St James Missouri praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing changes of life. She suffered leucorrhoea and falling of the womb, but after six bottles she was cured and healthy. A second letter from Mrs N E Lacey of Pearl Louisiana reports long term leucorrhea and womb issues resolved after eleven bottles plus Liver Pills, with age fifty five. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to women who write her in Lynn Massachusetts.
A deep survey of John chapter fifteen frames the vine and branches parable as Christ’s teaching on abiding in him. The author links vine growth to spiritual fruit, explains the Father as vineyard keeper, and emphasizes obedience as the true sign of belonging.
A fragment from a column cites Miss Susan Wymnar a Richmond School teacher in Chicago praising Be-Runa for sleeplessness relief after overwork in the serial room. Other snippets mention Peruna user Mrs. Margaretha Dauben of Racine Wis Health and Beauty pamphlet offers, lightning and wire fence hazards, and assorted patent remedy notices.
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