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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
6
Farmers are urged to improve hog, poultry, and horse care with dry pens, balanced rations, outdoor exercise, and clean barns. Emphasis on dairy and orchard maintenance, weed control, proper tree spacing, and economic farming through production, selling, and purchasing. Includes guidance on denatured alcohol cautions and careful seed quality.
A three year old girl wakes her mother in distress asking if she is all here after believing she is not. The mother reassures that her child is present while the child recalls dreaming she was a chocolate stick and had eaten herself, prompting a night of heartbroken wails.
A Louisville reader reports eczema cure for a grandson after heavy medical trials and credits Cuticura Remedies with rapid improvement and final cure. The letter describes severe sores and long suffering before using the products and notes dates in 1884 and 707 as part of the testimonial.
A fragment from a column features a quip about Reverence with a sneezing caddie and a daughter rejecting a wealthy suitor for habits she dislikes. Another note has David Belasco describing matinee idols and a theater anecdote about Love's Labor Lost and a theatergoing date.
A railroad worker details years of indigestion eased by Grape-Nuts food. He reports rapid appetite return, increased energy, seven pound gain, and no indigestion after starting the cereal. His wife also tries it, endorsing the product as the discoverer’s perfect food. The ad promotes Read The Road to Wellville and There’s a Reason.
Mrs. Frank Roseboom of Moscow Idaho describes inherited kidney trouble worsening her nerves and sleep. After trying many medicines she credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relieving the alarmed symptoms and reports improvement. Details include local sale at 50 cents a box by Foster-Sillburn Co. Buffalo. Universal language jokes and assorted ad fragments follow, including cures and product promos for tonics, starch, and cigars.
George returns after a week away having written Clara many letters but her greeting shows coldness. He jokes about onions and a kiss after dinner. The couple reconciles as he settles back into her arms despite the missing kiss in the ninth letter.
An eight year old Philadelphia area boy visiting New York with his merchant father grows tired by evening. The youngster questions prayers saying God is busy elsewhere while the father contends with the moral duty to urge faith. The excerpt includes quotations from various authors and products of the era.
A period ad extols a simple laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as safe for family use. It claims the product from California Fig Syrup Co. is ethical, trusted by doctors, and widely sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
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