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Newspaper
Inter County Journal
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
8
A consumer letter from New York recounts neck sores spreading to hair, becoming unsightly, with relief after using Cuticura soap and ointment. Other notes praise Piso’s Cure, a burglar and tobacco ads touch on social signals, flares of consumer quips, and a Wiley-era product line.
A humorous dialogue opens with weather chatter and a toast to the wife as the scene shifts to a new mother and her husband admiring their newborn child. The man muses on their world and a surprising remark about nine nine cents underscores the contrast between affection and economy.
The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac is in over eight million homes and free from druggists, with early inquiry urged as the 1908 edition will soon exhaust. An unrelated note mentions Defiance Starch as superior quality and availability everywhere.
A collage of ad blurbs and quips extolling Defiance Cold Water Starch. It touts 16 ounce packages, non sticking properties, and chemical free quality while weaving in cheeky jokes about Miss Highflyer and assorted social how-to remarks from a Detroit Free Press fragment.
Washington notes from Dec 18 to Dec 21 summarize Senate discussion over punishment and committee assignments for a convicted senator, with the topic remaining unsettled. House debates covered insurance control, immigration, and canal funding while Landis delivered a landmark insurance speech.
Dispatches report Turkish consul in Batoum says Armenians are slaughtering Tartars at about 500 daily. A Des Moines notice notes William Toole’s father protests a pardon, while a Philadelphia Bulletin quips about milk in formaldehyde. A Catholic Standard joke and a Burroughs-Richley exchange are included. The final line mentions pelican pouches holding seven to eight quarts of water.
President Roosevelt recognizes A. W. Maxwell for republican services, appointing him receiver of public moneys at Lawton Oklahoma while Maxwell influences Missouri politics from Moberly. The piece also surveys Lacey’s mines bill, proposed retiree lists for veterans, Standard Oil probes, and patronage shifts amid cabinet fatigue and international curios.
A cryptic OCR fragment mentions a cubic foot of gold with an implausible weight value 1,203 1-2 pounds and an unclear term avoirdunois, yielding no clear event or identifiable entities.
A Washington D C reader Mary Dimmick writes of eight years of painful monthly periods and fears surgery but seeks relief from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A second woman reports following the remedy and intends to share her testimonial to help others.
Trials in court may be postponed but domestic trials follow a different timetable as judges push schedules, case backlogs, and hearings to resolve family disputes with limited delays and faster resolutions in select jurisdictions.
A beat authority estimates Earth's surface at 196 791 984 square miles with 58 000 000 land and the rest water. Pillsbury's Vitos seen as a popular breakfast choice. Defiance Starch touted for quality. Storekeepers report extra quantity and high quality hinder other brands sales.
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