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Newspaper

Gravity Independent

Location

Gravity, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1906

Page

13

Pink Pills Said to Cure Rheumatism in Topeka Printer

A Topeka printer 612 Buchanan St reports relief from a severe rheumatic attack after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He credits the remedy with removing pain and swelling and notes multiple others also improved following his recommendation. Pills are sold by druggists or by mail from Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.

Wil- Mame W. He Clark Buchanan Street Topeka Kans Dr. Williams Dr.Williams

Centenarian reminiscences and a child’s simple wisdom

A curious clipped piece references Garfield Tea Co of Brooklyn and a Mild laxative sample noted as a deduction by analogy. It recalls a six year old Nelly Bly answering a stomach ache with the suggestion that an empty stomach causes pain and that eating would ease it. A pastor’s headache is tied to it, with Nellie’s quip about emptiness repeating the moral.

Garfield Tea Co Brooklyn Garfield Tea Nelly Bly Nellie American Spectator

Knob Too Busy

A Chicago Herald note jokes that church hymn books may harbor microbes and spread disease while asking why no microbes are found around a saloon door knob, highlighting a humorous contrast in public health obsessions.

Chicago Herald

Cordial Invitation to Working Girls by Mrs Pinkham

A newspaper item urges working girls to seek help from Mrs Lydia E Pinkham advising she offers free letters of guidance. It describes female disorders from long standing to back pain and irregular periods and promotes Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier as remedies.

Lydia E. Pinkham Abby I Barrows Nelsonville Athens Co Ohio Pinkham Lydia

Voliva Loses Control of Zion City as Insolvency Declared

Judge Landis in Chicago court issues injunction preventing Wilbur G. Voliva and associates from disposing of Zion City assets. Dowie insolvency declared but not effective until today. investigators report Zion City industries can profit and misappropriation is denied under proper management.

Chicago Landis United State District Court Wilbur G. Voliva Zion City Voliva Dowle Landig

Russian government to grant amnesty on coronation day

St. Petersburg May 2 The government will proclaim a political amnesty on May 27, the coronation anniversary of Emperor Nicholas II. The scope is undecided but expected to be limited. The constitutional democratic party grudgingly accepts clemency for some terrorists, though not those who threaten authority. Prisoners are being released, including 27 members of the council of workmen's delegates who helped draft a manifesto advocating a raid on the gold reserve.

St. Petersburg Associated Press Nicholas II Constitutional Democratic Party Alexander II Council of Workmen's Delegate

Burlington Loses Its Contentious Export Rates Case

Kansas City May 23 The demurrer of the Burlington railway denying the jurisdiction of the government in export freight rates was overruled by Judge McPherson of Red Oak Iowa. The ruling affects railways and shipping interests and upholds Congress power to require carriers to file and maintain tariffs for exports and imports. The decision implies Burlington and other railroads facing rebates charges must proceed to trial.

Kansas City Burlington Railway United States Court McPherson Red Oak Congress Itha Ae Uanoninawaten

Death Chamber for Dogs in Council Bluffs

A streamlined airtight box designed to hold twelve dogs is being built here to test chloroform anesthesia as an alternative to shooting canines in the planned experiment.

Council Bluffs

Rest and Fatigue in a Springtime Tale

A tired man, worn from a year of hard work, plans a rest by trudging miles through mud and brush to fish. He imagines a day off from business life, yet anticipates sunburn, chiggers, and ants in his cold lunch, with no fishing payoff.

Steen

Dyspepsia Cure Praised by Columia Woman

Mrs Mittie Huffaker of Columbia Tennessee credits Peruna for curing years of dyspepsia after bed confinement. She praises the remedy and urges others to try it. Dr S B Hagiman announces a revised formula adding a mild laxative quality to Peruna.

Mittie Huffaker Columbia Tenn Runa Peruna S. B, HagiMan M. D

Fortress Monroe Enquiry About Jeff Davis Imprisonment

At Fortress Monroe Virginia about a year ago a man with two ladies asked a new soldier where Jeff Davis was imprisoned. The recruit pointed toward the go-ahead house and joked he did not know if Davis was still confined there.

Fortress Monroe Jeff Davis Chicago Record-Herald

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