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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
9
Fragmentary text notes artificial exposure to oils and acids, plant and animal behavior, a Paris poet ending a career, a rope act with a statue, and a claim about sea life totaling 120,060,000 fish in a square mile.
A British project described in Electrical Review details a magnetic track brake by British Thomson-Houston. Two steel bars form alternating north south poles when current runs through a single coil, pulling the brake onto the rail with several tons force. Generators provide current, isolating from trolley circuits, and a track tongue, brack, and replaceable shoe bolts enable hand or automatic operation.
A terse, old fashioned saying notes that men are born with pay and authority, while some gain wealth later in life and others rely on effort or chance to acquire income.
A compressed survey of patent medicine claims and advertising lines. It cites Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative, notes its gentle action and physician approval, and warns to buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product. It includes testimonials about Cuticura for eczema and a humorous wartime street scene. It ends with old advertising copy and a note on British Methodist Times profits.
Maude Forgie of Leesburg Virginia writes of months of feminine ills and pain and says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made her well and strong again after following the prescribed treatment. The notice promotes the plant based remedy and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
In Des Moines, Secretary of State Hayward and State Treasurer Morrow sent a non factional inquiry to 133 Republican legislative candidates about supporting an extra session to amend primary laws and let voters decide the U.S. Senate at the November election. Replies are rolling in, with discussion focusing on party unity, costs, and avoiding factional strife.
The piece contrasts the spider and the fly in a long wartime stance, noting the fly’s allies and the spider’s modest impact on humans while aiding in controlling fly populations. It also extols proper starching for fine wash goods and mentions Bartholomew’s church spending, a fur and gun advertisement, and a teething syrup product.
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