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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1903
Page
3
A historic testimonial advertisement urges women to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervousness depression and fatigue. It cites a reader's story of improved mood headaches back pain and renewed strength after six bottles, urging others to try the remedy.
An advertisement invites women to seek free medical guidance from Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Massachusetts. It claims thousands of women have recovered with her guidance and asserts the offer is genuine and unsigned by any man in America.
Medical societies urge action as reports claim petroleum drinking rises in Paris long before alcohol taxes. Physicians disagree on effects but agree on harm, noting it dulls or desponds victims. A humorous Dumas anecdote follows, then a Lakefield Minnesota testimonial touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for back pain and urinary issues.
Cattle receipts were light with the market steady overall and few of excellent grades selling higher. Bulls weak. packers report weak demand for bull meat. Hogs saw a morning uptick that faded, closing sharply lower after 60 loads moved. Sheep and lambs commanded mixed to firm quotes with several classes moving at quoted ranges.
Cattle prices show steady to strong for cows and feeders with some weakness in cows and calves. exports and dressed beef quoted. Hogs opened higher but closed weak with top at 96.97. Strong to slightly higher sheep and lambs across native and western categories. Prices listed include beef, stockers, heifers, canners, bulls, and calves with varied ranges.
Reuters Telegram and Marconi Wireless plan to send twenty to thirty miles from Brow Head news to the Cunard liner Lucania bound for Queenstown. The Minnetonka will also receive a message, reaching London about two days after leaving New York. The system aims to reach ships a few hours before arrival, with limited transmission distance.
An accident on a slope of the Old Telegraph mine at Bingham Saturday wrecked James Johnson’s miner residence and instantly killed his two sons aged eight and seven. The ground sank suddenly, splitting the Johnson house in two and swallowing one hall where the children played.
Captain Spencer Cosby, United States engineer in charge of harbor and river improvements in the Mobile district, has been ordered to the Philippines. He will be succeeded here by Captain W. F. Craigill, now in charge of Ohio River improvements.
A wealthy grazier named Chape lain built a chapel over his family burying place to preserve daily habits. He used the coffin mattress as a bed and spent afternoons reading and writing there. On receiving last rites he said he would not break his habits, preferring his grave to be a familiar home. He wished his old pipe, tobacco pouch, and penholder to be dated with him.
Frank Cecil of Bell county, indicted as an accessory before the fact to the Goebel murder, surrendered in Frankfort. He pleaded not guilty, was released on $3,000 bail by agreement, and was examined with only about a dozen onlookers witnessing the appearance.
A story from Washington recounts Justice Harlan hiring a 12 year old caddy at Columbia and Chevy Chase. The boy misses the next day’s tee time due to a luncheon for Senator Depew, apologizing to the justice as a richer householder’s child arrives with a new caddy.
A young woman on a suburban street car found her hat alive and mice fleeing across the car floor. The episode ended with the mice killed and the hat revealed as an old worn millinery item not used for a year. The incident serves as a caution to wearers of outdated headgear.
In a humorous senate anecdote Senator Spooner, noted for his height, is startled by Dr. Heenan of Odessa, a giant six four, when introduced in Spooner’s committee room. Spooner quips about expectations of senators being seventeen feet tall. The piece contrasts sensationalism with a remark about a seven million dollar loss before payday.
A 1901 to 1903 look reveals seventeen House changes in under two years after the Fifty-seventh Congress began in March 1901. The tally includes twelve deaths, three resignations, and two unseatings by contests, said by researchers tracking this data.
Omaha physicians advertise a free statement of case and information. For catarrh nose throat and lungs they promise one month inhaler and constitutional treatment sent for one dollar by postal order draft or money order.
Dr W C Coffee oculist of Des Moines proclaims eyes medicines you can use at home and claims to cure cataracts granulated lids ulcers of blindness and restore sight. He offers a free booklet on eye diseases to readers who write him, promising prevention of old age sight and stronger eyes.
Gertrude and Tivaline discuss a fur boa praised for comfort yet noted as very expensive. The exchange in Boston Transcript highlights the contrast between luxury and price in fashion.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure deafness caused by catarrh by addressing the inflamed mucous surfaces and Eustachian tube condition. It offers one hundred dollars for an incurable case and promotes Hall's Family Pills as a companion remedy. The piece also includes an aside about gendered mood differences and reputation impacts from a woman's shrug.
John Sebastian longtime Rock Island railroad man has been appointed passenger traffic manager for the entire Rock Island system. The role expands his authority to include the Choctaw Quit Oklahoma Railroad and the St Louis Kansas City and Colorado Railroad, placing him near the top of a major national railway network. Sebastian began in railroading 34 years ago as a ticket clerk on the Santa Fe-Chicago line.
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