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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1898
Page
3
Analyzes nerve theory and tobacco claims in a jumble of medical quackery and advice. Includes No-To-Bac and No-Te-Rac endorsements, a Chicago News quote about engagement, and a foot powder pitch for Allen’s Foot-Ease promising quick relief and general comfort.
A periodical excerpt extols Mrs Lydia E Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound for easing female ailments in old age. A letter from Mrs J C Orms of Johnstown Pa describes relief from headaches dizziness hot flashes back pains and womb trouble after using the remedy. It notes Mrs Pinkham's long experience and the scale of women treated by her correspondence department.
A compilation of quotes and jabs from multiple papers praising Shafter while mocking rivals and commenting on Cuba Spain and the Philippines. It references Dewey warnings and the Maine aftermath with snark about journalism and public mood.
Minvacer Doig cites Dominion inspector figures to place Yukon district clean up at $7,000,000. Famine drives labor to Circle City as Royalty revenue tops $400,000 and the Canadian government anticipates a haul nearing $1,000,000 from U S citizens while police guard washings and permits.
Notes of Current Events report the last monument in Chickamauga Fork dedicated to Wisconsin soldiers. Dr David H Hayes a Civil War surgeon died at his Holidaysburg Pa home of heart disease. That year cottonseed industry consumed about 4,000,000 tons valued at $120,000,000.
Commodore Watsons expedition disrupts Spanish aristocracy plans to spend summers at San Sebastian, a resort in Gipuzkoa. The piece notes San Sebastian as Spain’s summer capital with the queen visiting June to October and the Basque people claiming ancient descent from Adam and Eve.
A London Mail story recounts odd inquiries received by museum staff. An American collector asked for “mice nieces of the ruins” from the great fire for a curio cabinet. Other anecdotes describe Germans claiming to be “Questionable people” and patrons seeking “the original Sanscrit.”
The text presents a fragmented account touching burial places in Africa, Cape papers, and dramatic battlefield imagery. It includes references to a “World's View,” Marayos beauty, and grand canyons, then shifts to notices from Sioux City correspondents and commission merchants with ad-like content and a brief wartime peace preface dialogue.
You wouldn't think to look at that man that he was possessed of more than average intelligence. Yet he is engaged in a business that requires constant headwork and he's making a success of it. My barber is the man. The China quarrel foreshadows how foreign powers may divide the country. Many people suffer from drepepsia constipation and stomach diseases. Hosterter's Stomach Bitters offers relief and health.
A brief exchange touches on gambling. She condemns winnings in dens, calling it a sin, while he shrugs, asking what use worrying since no one sins that way. The dialogue hints at moral tension without resolving it.
Seed dealer boast promises big wheat profits at 40 cents a bushel with Salzer seed samples and a 4 cent postage farm seed catalog from Salzer Seed Co Le Crosse Wis. The ad features quirky product names and a joke about pessimists amid marketing hype.
A collage of 1895 advertisements and notices shows Hall’s Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents, various quack claims, a Philadelphia alderman offer rejection rumor, and miscellaneous overheard lines about music, poetry, and children’s remedies, reflecting era marketing.
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