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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
4
The Santa Fe publisher prepares a book on Indian slang and lines. The work, gathered by an expert ethnologist, aims to advertise Southwest wonders yet holds definite scientific value. Great care is given to accuracy and illustrations. Advice is easy to offer but hard to take.
Bonny DeLano of Chicago relates illness began with irregular painful menstruation and general decline. After using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she improved within a month and has remained free of pain for a year. Ad warns against unverified testimonials and substitutes.
A collage of old advertisements and aphorisms touts Putnam Fadeless Dyes, Aira syrup for teething, Laxative Bromo Quinine, Wizard Oil, and Defiance Starch. The text intersperses brand claims, refunds, and remarks on virtue, courage, and human nature, reflecting period advertising and moral advertisements.
An 19th century style advertisement promises One Hundred Dollars reward for Catarrh cures and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. It includes endorsements by West Truax Walding Kinnan Mervin druggists of Toledo Ohio and mentions testimonials free and price per bottle. It ends with a quip about love and smoking and a vague statement on activity and function.
Michigan farmer S K Lent, sent from Allegan County to Western Canada, describes rich loam soils near Saskatoon, crop yields up to 50 bushels of wheat per acre and 100 of oats, tall hay meadows, strong stock country, and Americans from Minnesota buying land at Saskatoon and Rosthern for immediate improvement. He travels from Winnipeg to Edmonton and notes excellent farming districts east of Edmonton toward Regina and Prince Albert. The river provides water for hay and mature feed.
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt outlines at home ironing steps for summer shirt waists. It emphasizes even starching with Defiance, smoothing with a damp cloth, and careful creasing to restore a fresh look. It advises heating iron, clean ironing board, and airing the finished garment in sun before storage.
New Orleans Times-Democrat describes a memorial hall in New Orleans housing relics of the Lost Cause. The collection includes flags from Hilliard's Alabama legion and many Louisiana units, personal items like Winnie Davis’s rocking chair, battle fragments, cannonballs, bullets, and a Richmond dome flag. Each artifact bears stories of Chickamauga, Shiloh, Manassas and other battles, reflecting enduring Confederate memory.
A Boston plan seeks to establish a great technical college for women with a 2.5 million bequest. The curriculum would cover medicine design telegraphy and other arts sciences and industries to help scholars gain independent livelihoods. The idea follows a trend toward technical training for women amid calls for better teaching and equipment. The note cites Kansas City and Winnipeg efforts as parallel developments.
Advice warns against starting with long walks for unaccustomed walkers. Begin with very moderate exercise, such as two miles daily, and gradually increase. The piece notes the Minnesota board of control recently purchased two jobs of chewing tobacco for state institution inmates.
A fragment ad column notes laundry starch faults blamed on the ironer but cites Defiance starch as a soft glossy alternative priced at 16 ounces for 10 cents. Also promoted are Red Cross Hall Blue and Mother Gray's Sweet Powers for Children with testimonials and druggist availability nationwide.
Samuel R Callaway, president of the American Locomotive company, began over thirty years ago among the continent's shorthand writers. He maintained his practice and could perform top clerical work, earning recognition in the Grand Trunk railway of Canada where his pothooks and hangers aided his rise.
Twe Ol King's Private Wire shows John J Rockefeller, when away from New York, uses a private long distance line to Forest Hill in Quebec to transact affairs as if in the office. He avoids mail writing and relies on a trusted operator for spoken messages.
Omaha based Defiance Starch Company touts home industry success with extensive advertising and wide distribution west of Chicago. The article praises quality, economy, and fabric safety, noting larger packages at similar prices and a one year track record with dealer guarantees and no premiums.
John Watdner, a farmer in Lia Crosse Wisconsin, found in a bag of wheat a sack of gold notes and securities totaling over 2000 dollars. The money was placed there by his father who died over two years ago. Since then Walum has sought the concealed funds on the farm during harvest preparations.
The new Connecticut state law took effect August 1 establishing a speed limit of twelve miles within alties and fifteen miles elsewhere. It requires compulsory speed reduction at crossings and full stops when horses appear and restricts cities towns and boroughs from regulating traffic, extending beyond the prior New York law.
The Leafless Wonder-Wonder is a rare parasitic flower found on decayed wood in the Malay peninsula. It is a leafless bloom with no vine or stem, growing as a solitary organism among forest debris.
In Detroit Mick Jan 13 Benjamin Major of Jane and Hurlbut Ave reports a cure for kidney and bladder troubles after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says he suffered long and found no relief until this remedy. The piece notes increasing reports of cures. It oddly cites a statistic about Italy from 1879 to 1899.
Some grocers do not stock Defance Starch due to on hand 12 oz brands at the same price. Defance starch offers 16 oz for the same money and requires no cooking. The article also notes vast belts of forest land in Arkansas remain untouched by loggers.
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