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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1893
Page
8
A collection of anecdotes and observations from the era. A lawyer praises an old smoking pipe for comfort and color, while maple sap yields high sugar from trees near springs. Laughing sketches recount artistic mania at home and a shower bath joke. Mrs. Bismarck’s household is described in free, informal dining.
A Massachusetts minister questions reporters about writing on why women linger at the door after saying goodbye. His wife confirms the strain as summer battles with flies disrupt shared leisure.
An old column contrasts a harried housewife with a headache to a calm husband using Krause's Headache Capsules. It praises prompt relief and nursing from the wife is blamed, while noting men recover quickly. The piece promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and Chamberlain's Pain Balm sold by Anderson & Werkman with a local testimonial.
From August Island the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway will sell excursion tickets to Chicago and return at 3 15 66. Coupons good only on date of issue. Tickets valid for continuous passage on all regularly scheduled trains including sleeping and parlor cars. Sioux City and North Railroad offers harvest excursion fares to western points for one round trip plus 2.00. Also notes property sale: two acres with house and barn and two wells in good repair listed by John Ruwe.
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