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Newspaper
Hedrick Journal
Location
Hedrick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1903
Page
4
Hedrick brief notices record friends and visitors from Winfield Packwood Ottumwa and beyond. Local business ads mix with community updates including farming ventures sales and upcoming construction plans for Dudgeon Gambell store and local hires.
Tax payments may be made at Hedrick State Bank for Steady Run Benton Highlands and Competing townships. Delinquent if not paid this month. E L Smrru, Cashier.
Money to loan on farms at five percent interest with easy terms and reasonable commission. Contact Guo B Baker in Hedrick, Iowa.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney of Toledo and endorsements from Wust Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin as reputable druggists, states internal use and blood action, and promotes 75 cent bottles with testimonials available free.
The funeral of W. W. Stewart was held at the Presbyterian church after a home service, conducted by Rev. Thomas E. Sherman. Stewart, born April 19, 1848 in Indiana, died September 8, 1903, leaving six children and a life of faithful church service as elder in Martinsburg and Hedrick. His funeral reflected a peaceful departure with emphasis on Christian testimony and shared sorrow.
Advert reveals Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as kidney remedy promising relief from back pain and urinary issues. Claims cures for rheumatism liver bladder and overactive urge with sample offered by mail. Describes sale in 50c and 1 sizes and urges readers to mention newspaper ad.
Henry Harland, while at Harvard, vacationed in Norwich Connecticut. He meets an old friend and owes him a quarter. On Sunday, the Deacon rebukes no business on Sabbath. Harland hurriedly pays, notes a cab, and finds the Deacon waiting at dawn.
A romance hangs over the death of Jim my the Bum a Bowery figure known along the sailor’s Rialto. He hid his real name but was said to be the rogue son of a former New York supreme court justice now in Brooklyn. At his funeral two richly dressed veiled women rode in a private carriage as chief mourners, possibly his sisters. Gambling and drugs doomed many Bowery lives as the workhouse and morgue constantly change its drifted souls.
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