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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
16
A 104 year old physician famed for a herbal remedy called Swedish Essence of Life. The tonic claims to toning the stomach, boosting appetite, aiding the liver and bowels, and improving blood and kidney function. Free trial bottles offered by M R Zaegel & Co of Sheboygan Wisconsin.
Chicago November 6. Switchmen of the Switchmen's Union threaten a nationwide stoppage of 10 cents an hour raise and an eight hour day demand. Railroads refuse more than 2 cents hourly increase. If called Wednesday night, strike could halt all lines from Buffalo to the Pacific coast and unite trainmen in sympathy.
Stensland the bank cashier was sentenced by Judge Pickney to indeterminate terms in the penitentiary for embezzlement and forgery. The sentences may run one to ten years and will be concurrent with his existing term. He testified on bank losses and real estate schemes spanning a decade, implicating Hering in pressuring him to use funds.
An explosion at the Dempster coal mine two miles south of Ottumwa killed Kinsey Huston and fatally injured another worker while three others were seriously hurt. The five miners had just lighted blasting fuses when a windy shot blew the cage from the 100 foot shaft, throwing them onto the surface.
An ad-style passage extols Brandreth’s Pills as a venerable laxative tonic for all ages. It claims the pills are carefully made, effective for over a century, and sold widely in plain or sugar-coated forms. The copy alleges generous or stingy traits in people and touts a holistic family use.
Widely read novelist Miss Braddon marks her seventieth birthday by releasing her sixty second book. Royalties exceed a million copies, with earnings totaling $12.50 for her best known work Tady Audley's Secret. She reads multiple languages with ease. An interesting aside notes the Kaiser’s involvement in arranging marriages of relatives, including a Berlin banker, and a de-camp’s disappointed refusal.
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