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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1910
Page
3
The ad extols Allen's Foot-Ease as the original powder for the feet claiming cleanliness healing antiseptic action and relief from tired feet. It cites 30 000 testimonials and warns against imitations promising better stocking life and cost savings while urging readers to demand the advertised article.
The Senate set aside the railroad bill for Senator Lorimer of Illinois to explain corruption charges. The House focused on sundry civil appropriations, including 488000 for a mining bureau. Amendments shaped the railroad bill, while Porto Rico governance and anti trust funding drew debate.
William Brown completes a 25 000 mile world trek from Newfoundland to San Jose seeking a 10000 purse with a four dog team. A Minnesota Agricultural College professor plans eye preservation by electrolysis. London telephone study suggests diagnosing eye troubles remotely. Isle of Wight physicians hear heartbeats via telephone. Julius Boeckh from Lansing Iowa plants 7000 young cottonwood trees and 1000 catalpas along the Mississippi River, hoping for quick financial returns.
At a New York luncheon Mrs Stuyvesant Fish joked about suffragettes with mockery. A young wife paraded in a decollated gown from Rue de la Paix as Mr Dash commented on its cost. The exchange captures vanity and money in a playful social scene.
In Glen Park California women organize a sidewalk project paying half price for materials and labor. A rock dealer and a local improvement club member supply cement and supervision while women and children crush rock, lay foundations, and help load and unload. The effort slashes costs and expands paved streets in the district.
A London Tit-Bits humorous exchange notes a talking board member and an elder who defines a steel trap as smart because it knows exactly when to shut up. The quip ends noting further talk would be unfitting.
A severe earthquake in Avellino Province in Southern Italy caused major panic and widespread damage. Death toll estimated from thirty five to fifty with many injured. Calitri San Sossio and Chianca among hardest hit as residents fled in terror. The king and queen rushed to the scene by special train boosting public morale.
The arbitration board awarded a 10 to 12 percent wage rise for 27 000 railroad workers on 51 lines west of Chicago, raising annual costs by about 3 000 000. The decision favors daily and hundred mile schedule pay, with extra raises for additional work, citing the cost of living.
A government brief in Portland seeks public domain recovery of about 3,000,000 acres tied to the 1866 grant to the Oregon and California Railroad. The land, estimated at 45 to 50 million dollars, faces opposition from Southern Pacific Company.
Temagami Ontario offers canoe rides by local children who learned the craft from Indigenous ancestors. Summer camps teach two years of work in one, with prime fishing and hunting. Accessible via Grand Trunk Railway. free descriptive publication available from W S S Cookson, Chicago. Unlucky Accident as humor ends with a dentist joke about broken forceps.
London May 14 Dr Sambon reports from Rome that the Field committee proves maize is not the cause of pellagra. The parasitic conveyor of the disease is the smulium repans a biting gnat. The finding counters earlier maize blame and shifts attention to the gnat as vector.
A collage of early 20th century ads touts Dr. Martel's female pills and Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for women's ailments and constipation. It includes testimonials on skin disease cures with Cuticura Remedies, Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, and Marine Eye Salve trials, ending with a cautionary quip about newlyweds.
A testimonial from Mrs. Sadie Mullen of Elwood Indiana reports relief after taking six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes reduced pain and avoidance of surgery, praising the remedy for female ailments and inviting others to write for confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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