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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
4
An advertisement touts Vogeler's Curative Compound as a blood purifier and tonic for fatigue. It claims to boost nerves, sleep, appetite, and strength, offering a free sample bottle from St Jacobs Oil Ltd of Baltimore, with a London physician’s formula behind it.
Mes Noam of The Royal Standard Frimley writes she suffered long from sciatica. She tried various remedies without relief and reports instant pain relief after using Si Jacobs Wil. The letter attributes her improvement to the product.
A long time firm employee describes his role as a chain of instruction ending with him doing the task. The dialogue with an old school friend reveals no formal title, only a sequence from proprietor to cashier to bookkeepers and finally to the speaker who must act without direction.
Mrs. Anthony Woeckener known as Chiquita, the smallest woman in the world, has a life policy for 500000, the largest ever on a woman in the United States. At eighteen inches tall and thirty-two years old, she was examined by three physicians who found her normal aside from size, with the policy arranged through a Boston manager.
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, builder of a rival America's Cup yacht, is described as a self made man with a fortune from speculation. He is known for the Lawson pink which cost him thirty thousand dollars. Russia plans an elaborate light display for M. Loubet with ships illuminated by incandescent lamps and electric garlands in Lionstadt Roads.
A jumbled ad dense page mentions stops cough remedies and laxatives, Winslow’s Syrup for teething, Defiance Starch offers 16 oz per 0. price 20c. tips on ironing Defiance starch, household hints, and quotes about honesty and vanity, with references to Poultry goods sales and a Norwich New York testimonial from 1900.
A veteran narrator recalls Decoration Day in Georgetown Colorado in 1883. Miners in color and history march to the cemetery with flags flowers and poignant memories as a five dollar incentive funds the speaker. Patriotism runs high amid frontier scenery and timeless remembrance of the Civil War dead.
This piece honors soldiers and sailors, urging veterans to remember and pay homage to the heroic sacrifices of 1898. It stresses the duty to keep alive in memory the patriotic dead and the glorious annals of the nation.
Mrs D Arnold of Los Angeles testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured a womb tumor after four years of illness. She took twelve bottles, saw tumor disappearance, improved health, and no relapse. Ad warns against counterfeit remedies and urges use of the proven product.
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