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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1916
Page
8
A reader touts Dr Miles Laxative Tablets as a gentle pleasant remedy for constipation. The ad claims quick relief with chocolate flavored tablets, sold by druggists for 25 cents per 25 doses, from Miles Medical Co. Elkhart Indiana.
An odd older ad copy promotes a ready to use hair darkening product claiming natural results and ease of use with a brush. The text also mentions a fabricated legal claim about a 1607 date, described as an absurd example from a Pittsburgh survey.
Iowa political figures including Senators Cummins and Kenyon and Representatives Steeter, Haugen, Goad, Dowell, Woods, and others publicly support woman suffrage. They forecast strong backing across the state with May campaigning and hope to influence the final vote as the suffrage movement gains momentum.
Read in a distorted OCR passage, a Supreme Court decision prompts strong endorsements for equal rights and civic participation. The fragment cites Justice Byron and contemplates equality in the exercise of rights and the value of a representative republic.
The article argues for woman suffrage, citing Colorado's 1893 vote and 1915 constitutional change, noting Utah and Wyoming as examples. It discusses legislative support, suffrage associations, and the impact on politics while warning that data on new women voters is incomplete.
A terse account describes a House hearing before the judiciary committee on suffrage where Representative Price questioned a female candidate. The exchange focused on the candidate’s ability, with Price pressing in a pointed, belittling manner.
Fragmentary OCR passage references individuals and a debate about progress and kinwes with garbled words. No coherent events, dates, or clear entities to summarize into a factual card.
An elderly home remedy ad describes taking Salts formed from grapes and lemon to cleanse the kidneys. It warns meat overloads kidney function, causes uric acid buildup, leading to sluggish kidneys and a host of symptoms. The remedy claims it neutralizes acid and maintains clear, active kidneys with a daily dose.
An advertisement extols drinking hot water before breakfast as a health cure. It claims internal cleansing benefits for the stomach liver kidneys and bowels and compares it to external skin cleansing. The message urges a limestone phosphate mix sold cheaply to form a daily internal bath.
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