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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
4
A fragmented newspaper page advertises multiple products and slogans. It mentions keepers selling ink, wood supply, Magnetic Starch, Garfield Tea, Jell O dessert, and various health claims. The text includes addresses, prices, and promotional lines for household goods and medicines.
A garbled early 20th century advertisement page touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 pledge, various tonics, and foods. It mentions Cascar ets, Wheat-O breakfast cereal, Magical starch, and other health claims, mixing brands, cures, and lifestyle tips in an unedited, faulty OCR fragment. The jumble references medicines, patent cures, and household products amid scattered brand names and testimonials.
Des Moines Ta Dev reports from the town weather and crop service detail season end crops across the state. Corn leads with 845,065,040 bushels at 49.2 bushels per acre and 93,164,800 dollars value. Wheat, oats, rye, barley, flax seed, potatoes and other crops are listed with county averages, prices, and totals.
Amid a solemn ceremony at Deilford, the Creston couple Mr. Morris and a bride attended by Janma Teves faced a collapse of their youth romance. The narrative shifts to a farm near town where many local boys, led by Morris, died under mysterious circumstances raising suspicions of foul play. Investigators found stomachs of some victims dissected, with no proven theory linking the deaths to a single cause.
Des Moines reports a defect in adopting the biennial election amendment to the state constitution. The house clerk failed to publish the amendment fully in the journal, rendering the whole amendment void. Iowa analysts and Attorney General Remley say the court must void it, reopening debate and potential reassessment.
In Clinton County a well known Elwood resident, Ja Dec Prank Potter, was instantly killed by a Milwaukee train while walking near the tracks. He was reportedly deaf and did not hear the approaching locomotive. He leaves a wife and eight children.
In Cedar Rapids a farm worker named Benner was badly injured when his arms and body were mangled in a corn shredding machine. Rushed medical aid followed, but the удар is not clearly reported. the incident appears to involve workplace machinery and vigilant injuries.
Town at Washington elects Lewis Capehart as Bi Minister while Scot resigns. Rural free delivery to start December 15 in Dunlap Harrison County with one carrier on a 24 mile route serving 650 people. RW Fadden named carrier. Missouri Valley Harrison County to get one carrier on a 22 mile route serving 5835, J W Waggener chosen carrier.
Strong claim extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the sole effective remedy for female troubles. It argues other medicines are inferior, urges readers to obtain the product and seek Mrs. Pinkham's free advice in Lynn Massachusetts. It touts millions of cures and letters printed in the paper as proof.
An assortment of brief claims and names mentions Magnetic Starch as top laundry starch, a quip about marriage, Helen Keller elected vice president at Radcliffe, Jell-O flavors, and a note about dining to know a man. The passage blends advertising with scattered cultural references.
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