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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1893
Page
7
A Chemnitz manufacturer hails cheap durable curtains made from a compound of wool dust fruit stones amber warms bleached leather waste and infusorial earth mixed with bisulphite of carbon. The material is rolled into leaves decorated with patterns and combined into curtains. He predicts most European homes will soon use them.
The article praises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, naming its efficacy for malaria rheumatic and kidney disorders dyspepsia liver complaint constipation nervousness and debility. It urges a fair trial and verification by readers citing physician testimony and generational experience.
The Hampton Court vine is leveled as Europe's largest, with branches spanning 2,300 feet. Planted from a slip in 1768, it yields upward of 2,000 bunches of grapes of the Hambro type each season.
The product claims a money back guarantee if it fails to help, promising full refunds to customers who do not see benefit or a cure from its use.
Donald Kennedy of Roxbury Massachusetts touts a weed based remedy that he says cures every inch of humor from scrofula to pimples. He reports eleven hundred cases with only two failures and over two hundred certificates within twenty miles of Boston. He describes rapid benefits and a one tablespoon dose at bedtime with no diet change and promises a book on the label.
A rural readers column highlights topics for farm life. It discusses planning a well arranged farmhouse cellar and practical tasks such as stump removal hog feeding pumps, thinning fruit, and the use and value of straw. It notes an engraving showing an organized cellar.
A guide discusses cellar layout for dairy work with milk tables and churn area, warns on wind exposure, and suggests partitions. It describes a draught horse build and temperaments, weight ranges, and handling for farm use, plus notes on using sulphur and dairy practices for butter and pork fattening.
Fragmentary notes describe a dough table setup with a back board B supporting a dough, and strips C C placed to prevent main board warping. No dates or clear entities are present.
A reader describes blasting stumps with dynamite and the needed gear including boxes, caps, and fuse, then lists home remedies such as butter milk for stains and oxalic acid for white goods. It also covers lemon and glycerine for hand care and a wicker lawn stand for serving outside.
A compact list of key events from 1600 to 1690 including Jamestown founding 1607 the King James Bible 1611 Shakespeare’s death 1616 the Great Plague 1665 and the Glorious Revolution era notes. Names of monarchs, settlements, and major political events are noted with dates.
A compact timeline tracing Britain from Herodotus reference to Tin Islands through Roman and Saxon eras, listing key figures and events. From Albion and Lermo to Boadicea, Hadrian, Severus, the seven Saxon kingdoms, Egbert, Alfred, Canute, Edward the Confessor, and William the Conqueror, ending with Domesday and Henry I reforms.
A Isle of Wight worshiper recalls future Tennyson themed garden plans and a tale about Lord Tennyson’s friend’s daughter whose pet pig was named Maud because it would run into the garden and trigger scolding.
Laura Jones a seven year old on Long Island Patchogue was dared to run across a railroad track. As a train approached she froze and was killed instantly. The incident stunned local residents. Mormonism grows in New Zealand with 3178 members, 232 Europeans, and twenty elders active among Maori leaders.
A compact chronicle outlining key events in German history from 1806 to 1852. It covers Prussia’s losses at Jena and Auerstadt, the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, Napoleon’s dominance, the 1815 Vienna Congress, the Germanic Confederation, education reforms in Prussia, revolutions of 1848, and the 1852 abolition of trial by jury in Austria.
A historical note extols the 1831 harvester as a landmark in farming efficiency claiming it can cut and bind an acre in forty five minutes and that one worker can grow grain enough for a thousand men for a year while others handle transport and processing. The piece mixes ads for patent medicines and a mention of a Mt Whitney California sighting of a golden scaled trout.
Jusse Barker of Humboldt Kansas reports fifteen years of biliousness and constipation eased by August Flower after other preparations failed. He praises its good qualities and urges others with dyspepsia and biliousness to try it, noting the improvement as a new lease on life.
Advertises Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and eases colds headaches and fevers. Claims benefits for kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and notes prices 50c and 1 and the California Fig Syrup Co as the manufacturer.
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