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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1892
Page
13
An ad urges suffering women to use Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a safe, rebuilding cure for chronic weaknesses and female disorders. It promises full system restoration and a money back guarantee if it fails to help, contrasting with Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and offering $500 to prove cure.
Frank G. Carpenter extols St Petersburg as a vast, unique capital built on mud, with grand palaces, churches, and canals. He notes Peter the Great's vision, the Neva’s granite docks, and the immense scale of buildings including St Isaac's Cathedral. He also mentions urban life, the vast winter palace, and the bustling bazar before shifting to medical studies on blood circulation by Dalton and colleagues, showing a complete circulation in 15 to 25 seconds.
The article describes French flower and feather makers as family based artisans, each worker a specialist, with women often providing original ideas and men handling commercial aspects. It contrasts France’s large share of world supply with the lack of large factories and notes strong hands on craft and originality.
A curious collection of quips and anecdotes opens with wry reflections on beauty and virtue, then notes a Wayne County golden wedding with original guests, and concludes with Sioux City finance: Fidelity Loan and Trust taps English and Scottish investors to fund Western farm mortgages, expanding to London and Edinburgh offices.
The piece recounts how author Wills preferred warm baths for writing and even used bed as a second sanctuary when inspiration struck. He cried while composing the king's farewell scene in Charles I, and an incident with his landlady is related. The column also includes short items on politics and curiosities.
A writer declares Robert J. Ingersoll the greatest modern poet despite not writing verse, praising his prose as poetry with Burns Browning Homer-like music and painterly vision, but noting his siren themes and bleak background.
A vivid ad touts Mostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal tonic for the stomach bowels and liver. It claims regulation of digestion kidneys and blood, relief from malaria rheumatism and neuralgia, and improved appetite and sleep with three wineglassfuls daily. It promises unmatched results if persisting.
An uneasy ad claims a Chicago factory makes shoes for the dead, always white for women and children and black for men, at five to fifteen dollars per dozen. It then touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle spring cleanser, urging one bottle for the family at fifty cents, large size one dollar, from California Fig Syrup Co.
The article lists Newfoundland stamps with a seal codfish Newfoundland dog's head Her Majesty in widow's cap Prince of Wales in uniform and a whaler in full sail. It notes a period advertisement for Wall's Catarrh Cure claims blood and mucous action. Mentions Panama Isthmus graveyard toll and several drug ads.
A letter batch from merchants and individuals touts August Flower for dyspepsia and headache relief. J B Young of Kentucky notes relief after a fair trial. J W Smith of Townsend Ontario cites value to a postmaster. C Rugh of Mechanicsburg praises its selling power for constipation and dyspepsia.
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