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Newspaper
Ireton Clipper
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1891
Page
1
Local notes report warm corn weather and a fresh buckwheat flour offering at Carter’s restaurant. Farmers complain of scarce hired help while residents travel to town, including Arthur Whitfield and John Van den Berg. Mentioned are a Hawarden Methodist church dedication, dance attendance, Willie Dey’s Des Moines schooling, and typhoid illness.
L B Bishop Democratic senator nominee spoke to a Democratic club on Saturday night. Robey and L B Ingold from Sioux Center attended a Republican club meeting Wednesday. E D Chassel editor of the LeMars Sentinel named Republican representative candidate for Plymouth County. A supplement features Hon Wm McKinley speech from Ottumwa Coal Palace. M B Church improvements progress rapidly. Mrs Pryor and Miss Minvie Tarbox travel to Illinois to join Mr Pryor as he leads a congregation. Dr A E Day will be in LeRton on Saturdays and Mondays for three weeks, eye and ear practice. Mr Savage lists boots and shoes stock for sale. Gov Boies spoke at LeMars Thursday. locals Dr Mosher, F W Krause, John Niehans, Joe Spiers attended. Woodman Thompson of Center Township rents farm and plans to move to Treton, buying a block and building a flat.
Sunol the great trotting horse lowered the world record at Stockton California with a mile in 2 084. The prior record was 2 08 5 by Mand 8 Ed Kline of LeMara. A coroner's inquest failed to reveal the motive for a suicide by hanging. Local notices report farming sales, political meetings, temperance lectures, and community events.
R B Fosters For Sale advertises cheap furniture with emphasis on chairs at unusually low prices proving the claim. The short notice invites customers to visit the shop to take advantage of savings on seating and other items.
A number 1 new milch cow and several Poland China male pigs are advertised. Call O. C. Post, located three miles southeast of Ireton.
A Palouse City ordinance tolls an 8 pm curfew for under sixteen, with arrests and fines for violators, while Montana towns consider similar rules. The Altoo Democrat laments a wheat stack arson near Carnes, hoping the culprit is caught, and a local ad notes W. B. Day & Co selling groceries and boots. A district school report from Washington township covers enrollment and attendance for 1891 with names of top attendees and teacher Cora Morea.
A large sheet will accompany the Christmas number of the Domicion illustrated, featuring artistically grouped engravings of all Canadian universities. It aims to showcase Canada's higher education advantages to readers abroad and is described as a premier, costly supplement surpassing previous issues.
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds as the best remedy during La Grippe last season. It claims quick relief and no lingering after effects with a money back guarantee. Trial bottle offered free at C F Hoffmann Co Drug Store with large bottles priced 50 cents and 1.00.
Ida ville residents including Postmaster Wm Timmons farmer John Leslie and hardware merchant J W Gardner praise Electric Bitters for kidney liver and general vitality, saying it restores strength appetite and life. Only 50 cents a bottle at C F Hoffman & Co drug store.
An old advertisement promises a nasal injector free with each bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy priced at 50 cents. The copy touts Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy as a positive cure for catarrh diphtheria and canker mouth. It also mentions De Witt's Little Early Risers as pills to cure constipation and sick headaches from Hoffmann & Co.
Races at Dodependence Iowa lead the Chicago and North Western Railway to offer excursion tickets to Dodependence and return at very low rates from October 19th to 31st inclusive. For tickets and further information apply to the OC and N W Ry offices.
A terse note on physiology cites a claim that man begins at a cell and disputes a fraud claim. De Witt's Little Harry Risers are praised for causing no nausea or pain, claimed to account for their popularity. BP Hoffman & Co states they would not run a drug store without these pills.
A poetic note from the St Paul Globe cites old sayings: a ring around the moon signals a Tain and a ring about the eye warns of a blow. The ad then promotes SHILOH'S CURE from Boffman & Co claiming instant relief for croup whooping cough and bronchitis.
An advertisement claims Shiloh's Vitalizer cures indigestion constipation dizziness loss of appetite and yellow skin with Hoffman & Co listed as the sellers. The piece presents a promotional claim without substantiated medical evidence.
Borrowers are urged to explore available funding from Baxx and Northwestery lenders offering flexible terms on various loan purities. The notice emphasizes substantial capital ready for both long and short durations to qualified applicants.
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