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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
7
Items from the Des Moines letter describe happenings at the state capital including legislation, debates, and notable decisions. The correspondent notes influential figures, upcoming sessions, and potential changes affecting governance and public policy.
Des Moines justices of the peace will ask the supreme court to decide if defendants who demand a jury in civil cases must advance the costs. Judge McHenry had ruled they need not, while Justice Van Liew and others contend payment is required. The appeal stems from a case in Justice Van Liew's court after a jury demand and cost dispute.
A Staunton Virginia resident, Mrs. James M Long of 113 Augusta St, testifies that Doans Kidney Pills relieved backache and urinary troubles from January 31 1903 and that after four and a half years she has had no kidney trouble since, with the claim backed by a dealer price of 50 cents per box. Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertised. Also a joke about winter weather and a matinee.
Mrs. David Brown of Locke Arkansas reports two physicians gave little relief for years of eczema. She describes constant itching and unable to walk for months. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills three times, she slept well and her ankles healed quickly. Now a year since treatment, no recurrence.
Advice stresses clean kitchen walls with light coatings and regular upkeep. Warns against glue based paints and hot water mixed coatings while emphasizing whitewash, alabaster walls, spring and yearly refreshing. Recommends brushing pantry walls, removing dishes, cleaning shelves, and sealing holes to deter insects and mice.
In a brief exchange, Gussie recalls meeting a man who called her a foal and left Knox describing him as amazingly slow. The dialogue hints at tension and curiosity about the man's character.
An 1884 notice from F J Cogger and Co of Toledo guarantees a reward of one hundred dollars for each case of CATAR… that cannot be cured by Hapa Caramma CORE. The document, sworn by A W Gleason, promotes Fall’s Catalogue Cure taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, with contact to U Cheney and Co and mentions Hall's Family Medicine for court use.
A collection of quirky quips and promotions including a riddle about diminutives and a quick pitch for chocolate pies labeled Our Pie. Also features remedies and proverbs in a breezy old newspaper style with gag lines about beauty hair and a leap year joke.
Mr. Arnold Shanklin reports Panamanian social trends with married men favored for steadiness while bachelor women are discouraged. The piece contrasts social expectations with Miss Helen Varick Boswell and notes government housing for married workers and a social set forming. Also promotes Salzer's agricultural seeds, boasting oats, barley, and high yields with offers for seed catalogs and bonus samples.
A wistful scene unfolds as an orator lowers his voice asking where listeners will be when another century passes. An auditor replies in a matching whisper, noting the delay in concluding the speech.
Louis Jones of the Grand opera house and his colored brother share gloom in a barber shop. Both sigh over the weather and the era, the shop quiet as a barber’s chair. The colored man recalls a philosopher line about seizing the moment, while Jones wonders who that philosopher was.
A light mulatto named Abe tells minister he plans to wed May Felicity Johnson next week and asks about the cost of a wedding like white folks. The minister says five dollars, but Abe only has eight dollars and contemplates living as colorad folks while planning housekeepting.
A notice offers a free watch fob with orders of 34 worth of hides or furs or purchases of gins. The ad from N W Hide & Furs in Minneapolis promises easy earnings with little effort and hints at competing products like Brom Quin ine laxatives. It mentions signatures and quotes from various sources.
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