Farmer urges buying at home markets to save towns
An Iowa farmer’s letter published in the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette argues that patronizing local merchants sustains rural towns and schools. He recounts his own rise from modest beginnings, laments mail order competition, and urges farmers to invest in nearby communities to keep wealth and services local.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Jlumberman
Towa
Farm Journal of
Philadelphia
Iowa
Mall Order
Sziven
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertises Quick Relief
Dizzy or bilious feelings and constipation advertised to vanish. Claims a healthy bile flow and waste removal with a stomach and liver tonic. First dose promises relief from depressed dizzy states, 25 cents at all druggists.
Wisdom From Proverbs About Remembering Favors
A reflection on remembering benefits given and favors received, noting wisdom aims for necessity over excess and the value of gratitude within prudent conduct. The maxim emphasizes balance between acknowledgment and avoiding vanity in human relations.
Doctor’s Grave Look Ties Patient Debt to Past Illness
A doctor emerged grave after visiting a patient who owes him payment for services rendered during a prior illness, highlighting a tense financial dispute behind the medical visit.
Coming Events in South Dakota September and October
McCook county fair in Salem on September 8 to 10. Hutchinson and Charles Mix county fairs in Tripp and Platte on September 9 to 11. Aurora county fair in Plankinton September 9 to 11. State W C T U convention in Mitchell September 11 to 14. State fair in Huron mid September. Sixteenth Corn Palace in Mitchell late September to October 3. SD Educational Association meeting in Deadwood October 21 to 23. State Presbyterian synod in Mitchell in October.
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Salem
S. D
Tripp
Platte
Aurora
Plankinton
Mitchell
Huron
South Dakota Educational Association
Deadwood
State Presbyterian Synod
Loss of Late Growing Vegetables From Neglect
Garden care advice warns neglect after spring enthusiasm ends causes radishes lettuce peas and beans to vanish and weeds to overrun. July becomes weed season. steady cultivation mulching and hoeing through July and August keeps vegetables palatable into fall. Close cultivation for two to three years can yield a practically weed-free garden.
Primitive Gate Craft Advices Long-Lasting Manual
Instructions describe building a simple gate using a flat rock or wooden block, nail the weckers to the gate, and support the iron shaft with a plank five inches wide and one and a half inches thick at the top. No hinges are needed and construction is quick.
Sheep Thrive on Short Grazing Pastures
Short grazing animals like sheep can thrive on hillside or pasture land with sparse grass. Farmers with limited forage should consider keeping a small flock to manage the land and provide a useful source of wool and meat.
Hogs and Sheep Care Tips for Small Flocks
Discusses feeding with oilmeal and bran to prevent sheep indigestion, and notes swine farming yields quick returns. Compares hog breeds, stresses sheep care and sanitation, and recommends separate hog yards, safe pen design, exercise, water and salt access. Suggests mixing sheep with other livestock when space allows for best returns.
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Cain
Mitchell Man Confirms Doan’s Kidney Pills Benefit
James L. Moreland of Mitchell Iowa reports long lasting relief from back and kidney pains after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. He previously praised the remedy years ago and now reaffirms its effectiveness. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milling Co., Buffalo N Y says Doan’s Kidney Pills.
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Mitchell
James L. Moreland
Second St
Dean
Diehl & Brown
Po-Do-Lax Advertises Cure for Indigestion
An old advertisement touts Po-Do-Lax as a pleasant and sure laxative that cures indigestion and related woes like pimples headaches biliousness and torpid liver by toning up the stomach and eliminating derangements.
Liver Tonic Promises Health Benefits
An old advertisement touts a liver product that purifies blood, claims better complexion and steadier nerves with regular use, and offers a 50 cent bottle with a money back guarantee from doctors and druggists.
Molineux Found Insane After Murder Trial
Roland J. Molineux, once acquitted in the Mrs. Adams murder case, was declared insane by two Brooklyn physicians and likely to be committed to an asylum. He was seized in Babylon L I after appearing in a bath robe and old hat, alarming passersby and leading to his detention by police. His father said doctors reported the illness may be temporary or permanent.
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New York City
Roland J. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
New York Coiis
Brooklyn
Molineux
Babylon
L. I
Devin
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with testimonials
An 19th century advertisement offers Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents per bottle with a One Hundred Dollars Reward for incurable catarrh. It features J Cheney & Co Toledo and Nat Bank of Commerce Toledo claims of Cheney's honor and solvency. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cheney
Nat
Bank OF Commerce
Oledu
Ohio
Hall
All Drugeists
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Hans Garbus
Antwerp
Ds Fom
Paris
Suroepe
Thie Moenne
Geoth Nishilina
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