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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1906
Page
6
In a Chicago Tribune item a 17 year old Marietta refuses school for work. Her frugal father, earning $1500 yearly, frets at department stores or factory jobs she pursues. Marietta teases him with fanciful schemes while pressing for earn and help at home.
A Philadelphia Press item describes a householder asking a locksmith to repair a key in his daughter's piano. The locksmith protests his lack of piano expertise, but the householder insists on a fix that would enable “jock the blamed thing up.”
Miss Frances Gardner of Chicago describes personal success with Dean's Kidney Pills after five years of kidney complaints and $100 spent on remedies. She reports curing in weeks, restored health, appetite, digestion, and sleep. Pills sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
Thomas Dyke, unarmed, fought a wildcat on Locust Mountain south of Mount Carmel Pennsylvania after stopping to help Elis horse. He dodged, grabbed the animal and broke its neck after a several minute struggle. A physician treated scratches on his face and hands.
Mrs Mary Metzger of Sweetwater Oklahoma describes severe eczema covering her body with agonizing scratching. After four months of torment she used Cuticura Remedies per directions, recovered fully, and now recommends them to others.
Fisk Goodyear of Burchtown Pa trained about fifty squirrels to fetch nuts and serve guests on Thanksgiving night at 4 dinner. One by one the trained animals delivered chestnuts and walnuts to a bowls, with a grave squirrel cracking shells and brushing crumbs with his tail.
The piece promotes the Sunny South as a climate where crops can be grown month by month, avoiding blizzards and sunstroke. It highlights profitable cattle raising, fruits and vegetables for northern markets, abundant work, cheap productive lands, and strong water. For details, contact G. A. Park of Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Louisville, Kentucky.
Actress and loyal Kentuckian Mary Anderson De Navarro issued her memoirs and sent a copy to the Commercial Club of Louisville, Kentucky with a note expressing best wishes and admiration for Kentucky.
A summary of why Canada’s prairie provinces lure settlers from Europe and the U S. Rich soil and favorable climate yield top cereals with large harvests. rapid railway expansion gives access to markets and stable farm prices. Free homesteads of 160 acres plus a low entry fee boost immigration, aided by a strong school system and respected law and order.
Construction begins on a pension-style bridge over the Thoy al gorge of the Arkansas river in Colorado. The 257 foot high structure, part of an electric railway plan, will span a 50 foot channel bottom and 230 foot top, with plate glass floor and steel railings for visitors to look down the chasm.
The article highlights a collectors hobby in finding forged or spurious artworks. It references the niche appeal and compares it to genuine art collecting, noting the intriguing possibility of discovering convincing fakes. It also includes unrelated ad and dialogue snippets about gas engines on canal boats and a cigar brand endorsement.
A collage of vintage ad copy and notices mentions Dr Winslow s Seething Syrup for chilipen and pain relief, Putnam dye, Defiance Starch, and a claim about feline census facts. It notes Gen Seugere s expected visit to study American military training and posts.
A jumble of patent medicine pitches claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and touts a perfect blend of ingredients. It links to J Cusey & Co Toledo and hints at testimonials while mixing with unrelated notes about lawyers, starch, and a Philadelphia ice trial quip.
Gen Daniel H. Rucker, aged ninety five, lives in retirement in Washington. Father-in-law of Phil Sheridan and a boyhood friend of Sherman, he resembles Sherman in appearance. Born in Belleville New Jersey he joined the army young and served on the frontier. He fought in the Mexican and Civil Wars and has long resided in Washington.
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