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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
3
A humorous Nouston Post item cites a startled exchange about a supposed thief in a dark closet beneath stairs. The punchline notes you cannot arrest a gas meter, highlighting a domestic misperception of a crime in progress.
A collage of early 20th century advertisement copy offering Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward and testimonials. It includes claims of internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, pricing at 75 cents, and notes on other products like Hall's Family Pills and Allen's Foot-Ease. Also features an anecdote about a seasickness cure and a short humorous quote from the Chicago Tribune.
A collection of home remedies and health notes claims spanking fails for bedwetting and promotes a free home treatment for mothers by Mrs. M Summers. It also advertises Dr Pierce's laxatives and describes a Russell Sage fund typhoid survey in Pittsburg. An Harper's Weekly anecdote mocks Western views of Indian labor.
The piece describes secretaries of Congress members trading in government publications like agricultural reports and geodetic surveys. It notes a Wall Street style barter system where members get needed items for their districts through exchanges, including eulogies printed for deceased members.
About 200 Sioux, weary of reservation life, aim to emigrate to a highland region in Nicaragua granted by President Zelaya. They will lease or rent their 320 acre parcels to white settlers to fund the move, with a fall departure and a pledge to fight for Zelaya when needed.
A six month report by C L Green inspector in charge of New York city branch of the division of information of the department of commerce and labor notes idleness among workers. It shows 3812 men found work in the year through the bureau and reports shifts in farm and common labor demand with wage gains and improved applicant quality.
Professor Henri Poincaré, speaking before the Association for the Advancement of Science in Paris, questioned Newton's law of motion and argued that successive speed increases from a constant force may converge to a limit equal to light speed, implying mass grows with speed. Recent radium observations are cited as supporting evidence.
Berliner, a Washington inventor, is believed to have perfected plans for a new weapon. The device combines small aeroplanes and propellers to create a winged torpedo powered by cordite explosives. Equipped with horizontal motors or gyros, it would reach speeds around 100 miles per hour and outrun standard guns.
Astronomers report Mars exhibits Earthlike atmosphere and seasonal ice. Professor Fox notes life may exist in some form as Lowell’s observations of water vapor and canals suggest intelligent irrigation, with Flagstaff and Lick observatories central to the findings.
In the Mobile Alabama inferior criminal court Judge Alford ruled Section 12 of the Fuller prohibition law ineffective and discharged Louis Warly and Matthew Cody who were arrested with wagons bearing whisky and beer barrels.
A collection of short items cites the Nation al Lead Company Dutch Boy trademark as a purity guarantee and offers a lead tester in New York. Other clippings include satirical lines from the Chicago Tribune about Rome and gas bill nonpayment jokes.
An 1908 testimonial reports eczema starting on the face spreading to arms legs and finally fading after using Cuticura Remedies. The writer, C Burkhart of Cham bersburg Pa, cites doctors confirming eczema and relief after trial of the remedies.
Paw Paw Michigan and Chicago Illinois women report avoiding surgery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They claim former doctors warned of the need for operation due to tumors and female complaints, yet the remedy restored health. The advertisement touts the product as a root and herb formula effective against displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration.
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