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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1917
Page
8
Aunt Lizbeth and Cathy exchange banter about work and paying debts as Tick and a farmer discuss a loan for a farm purchase. The dialogue reveals tensions over marriage, money, and the harsh realities of rural life, ending with a suggestion that the farm may change hands.
A nervous woman describes relief after using Dr Miles Nervine. Joseph Snyder of Tiffin Ohio reports six months of nervous prostration with weakness and sleeplessness. He credits the first bottle with improvement and full cure after finishing it. Miles Medical Co. advertises the product through testimonial style.
A vintage remedy advises drinking hot tea to break a cold and relieve congestion. It claims the tea opens skin pores, loosens the bowels, and drives the cold from the body. The instructions describe steeping a teaspoon of the tea in boiling water and drinking two teacups throughout the day, noting it is inexpensive, vegetable, safe, and harmless.
A vintage ad touts 25 cent Jacobs Oil as a quick remedy for backache sciatica and rheumatism. It claims a small rub-in soothes soreness, stiff joints, and lumbago without burning the skin, promising relief by the time you reach fifty.
The article discusses morning habits like drinking hot water and how neglecting rest affects the nervous system. It links fatigue to daily waste accumulation and claims vital balance relies on regular intake and activity, warning of weakening health when routines falter.
A Cincinnati advertisement promotes a corn remedy using free-dried dew ether and drops applied to corns. It claims instant drying and removal with fingers, urging readers to avoid infection and encouraging use on tender areas.
A fragmented meditation on envy and compassion traces how envy causes pain to both envious and envied. It discusses moral restraint and the idea that the joys of others can provoke discomfort in those who are subject to desire and comparison.
An old time remedy for darkening gray hair is revived with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound. It claims to darken evenly, restore luster, and give a youthful appearance after a few applications. The Osage Orange wood note follows, citing U.S. Forest Service tests.
Fragmentary OCR shows numbered passenger and freight trains with times like 4:52 p and 3:10 p Going West and Going North. Entries include No. 4 24 22 182 stock freight and passenger notes with partial letters and misread station labels.
Directory page lists county officers including treasurer recorder sheriff coroner and superintendent of schools. It mentions agents such as attorney and assessor along with township clerks and trustees across multiple districts. Names include John, Olin G Reige, Anthony, Meyer, Carter, Van Peursen, and others with positions in city and independent school districts.
OCR reads a partial district list with names such as Grant Chapman Chas Estiack and Van Pearsem, plus district numbers and a November date, all jumbled and incomplete in a township directory fragment.
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