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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
3
Fragmentary lines from an old York Weekly edition show a playful dispute over a trolley car incident and a misheard exchange. The snippet hints at a conversation about a pretend charge and a casual accusation amid unclear context.
The Senate opens after a holiday recess and reads President Roosevelt's Panama message. Debates include McComas defending the president and Morgan criticizing the administration. Loe introduces Panamanian policy while Key figures like Hale, Allison, Lodge and Carmack engage on post office investigations and Isthmus issues. House actions cover Hawaii electric power, Dingley law revisions, and cotton boll weevil emergency funding. Both chambers adjourn for the weekend.
A description of an elderly man living in Waco with vivid notes on his age and portraits. The passage includes exaggerated biographical detail and repeated praise for Dr. Hartman’s Peruna, with claims of long life and health benefits. Various clippings praise the remedy and urge readers to request a free Peruna brochure.
SAAC BROGK, a citizen of McLennan County Texas, has lived 115 years. He spent many years at Rosque Falls eighteen miles west of Waco and now resides with his son-in-law at Valley Mills Texas.
A scientist proposes that radium energy comes from atomic instability releasing large energy. A seed company advertises a mail offer with 10 000 plants for 46 cents and a seed catalogue plus assorted vegetables and flowers, with a 20 cent postage option for a Berliner canflower bonus.
A comic note from Mrs. EB Borden of 442 P Street Washington DC dated May 25 1902 describes a hen mistaking a bee for a f or honey and swallowing it triggering a humorous exchange with a rooster. The advertisement also endorses Fiso's Core for Consumption as a preferred cough medicine.
A quirky note on Brownovigh-Owens jokingly turning troubles into laughs and a curious seed pitch touts Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass as top fodder plants. The piece claims Victoria Rape yields 66 000 lb per acre and invites readers to request the John A Salter Seed Co catalogue from La Crosse Wisconsin for farm seed samples.
A widower with nine children wed a widow with seven in Nebraska, prompting humor about a “4 merger.” The line hints at economic themes, stating economy is the road to wealth and naming NAM FACELESS DYE as a symbol of that idea.
A jumble of quoted lines references Sara Jeannette Duncan and Maun, plus notes about a Winston’s Scornt a Srmor for Children testing and a bold claim about a bottle that softens the game reduces inflammation and cures wind. The passage mixes adages and product mentions without clear context.
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