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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1905
Page
7
An advertisement extols Peruna as a universal remedy preventing colds pneumonia and consumption stating it safeguards health with early use. It cites testimonials from Mrs H H Adams and Mrs Frances Wilson praising relief from severe colds bronchial attacks and lingering coughs after using multiple bottles.
A fragmented exchange questions Mrs Googoo’s manufacturing claim and notes a Grove signature on a product bottle. The disjointed dialogue mentions a cold cure in one day and an ir de druggist disclaimer about refunds.
A report notes the Vatican stores vast gold in medals vessels and other objects. It asserts the gold content could exceed the entire current European money supply and surpass familiar circulating wealth.
A boy asks to buy a stray dog from a German laborer, who refuses but jokes about selling the dog for a sovereign. The piece ends with an unrelated USDA endorsement for Barker’s Oats and a claim of high 1904 yields and a 1905 challenge to farmers to beat them.
Speltz or Emmer varieties yield 8 bushels grain and four tons hay per acre with Salzer’s pedigreed seeds. The La Crosse Wisconsin firm lists Beardless Barley 121 bushels, Home Builder Corn 30 bushels, Speltz Macaroni Wheat 80 bushels, Victoria Rape 60 000 pounds, Teosinte Fodder 160 000 pounds, Billion Dollar Grass 50 000 pounds, Fedigree Potatoes 1 000 bushels. Promises pay in 1905 and offers free seed samples by mail to John A Salzer Seed Co.
A fragment notes onlookers warn residents when a car passes and mentions a fish pond keeper. It recalls a horn instead of a tin horn and cites Piso s Cure for consumption used for nearly two years with no comparison.
In Chicago Daily News style dialogue, a grocery man touts 26 cent peck apples while a pretty cook rejects them for being skin deep. The pair spar over quality, with culinary riffs on pie making and a jab at better stock outside the door.
Whistler’s eccentric look and ritual barbering are recalled by Mortimer Menpes as the artist preens over a white lock and causes a shop audience to gasp. The piece also notes ornate ponchos and ceremonial dress featuring large silver disks and feather work, tied to vicuna wool and noble status in dramatic textile traditions.
The St. Louis Republic lauds a multicolored rough poncho from ancient Peruvians as the finest and most extraordinary piece of primitive weaving. It features 100 squares with over 60 figures, including terracotta steps and an ascending condor, plus border scenes of a warlike feeder warrior with lamp.
A Canada grocer notes it is unprofitable to keep white sugar. A Philippine island market scene shows a mango negotiation where a seller offers 3 cents per fruit or 6 for 20 cents, then refuses the bundled deal to protect supply. The traveler pays and is refused.
A White man was arraigned before a colored justice of the peace during reconstruction times for killing a man and stealing a mule. The judge claimed two kinds of law in the region, Texas and Arkansas, and debated which law would apply. The prisoner finally chose Texas law, facing hanging for killing and a fine for theft under Texas justice.
The Atlanta Journal notes a man repeats a familiar saying about an older boy and questions why he shows no similar pride in his younger son. The piece explores family pride and tradition with a tone fitting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper.
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