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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
3
The modern patent medicine business grows from old home made remedies once common in households. Mennonite Dr Garten popularized Peruna, expanding it from local use to a national manufacture and medicine trade. Peruna targets coughs colds throat bronchitis and catarrhal diseases, with widespread trust in Dr Hartman’s judgment.
Australia arranges the return of 1,000 discouraged Australians now in South Africa. The memo hints at garbled health claims for Garfield Tea, promising headache relief and blood cleansing, while joking about marriage and sense.
An advertisement promises Dr W C Coffee’s book on home remedies for deafness Mend symptoms and failing vision at low cost. The notice also cites chivalrous candidates in Chard England sharing an election outcome. Allen’s Foot-Ease advertises a foot powder with free trial while a joke questions a woman’s instruction to a boy.
Fritz Hirchhlaff of 24 Columbus Ave New York writes that after eight years of persistent skin sores across limbs and underarms he spent three hundred dollars on doctors and false cures. Within seven days of using Cuticura Remedies he was cured and able to work again, a dramatic reversal after prior failures.
Toledo grand jury returns 246 indictments against 93 leading business men and firms. The cases name the Toledo Master Plumbers association, Toledo Brick Supply, Toledo Lumbermen's Credit association, National Supply, and Toledo Supply. Conspiracy in restraint of trade alleged, with ties to high rents and costly building operations.
The town of Iloilo on Panay Island was totally destroyed by a Friday morning fire leaving about 20 000 people homeless. Heavy winds hindered firefighting as civil and military authorities tried to control the blaze and aid victims. Damage totals could not be estimated and communications were disrupted. Iloilo, the capital of Panay, is a major Philippine port and sugar trade center next to Manila.
In Birmingham Alabama two people died and twelve were injured in a Southern Railway wreck at Woodlawn Junction early Sunday. A southbound freight train stalled on the near line, a later passenger train collided with it, and a wrecking crew working nearby struck the wrecks.
A startling report circulated at the capitol Thursday claims a $400,009 discrepancy exists in the University of Wisconsin accounts. President Van Hise said there is absolutely no suspicion of misappropriation, but acknowledged failures to charge certain investments to proper accounts.
Iowa liquor dealers must label compounded or imitation whiskies with ingredients and their proportions after July 4 under state and national law. Labels must disclose contents and ingredient proportions on each retail bottle, not just wholesale casks, to ensure clear disclosure for consumers.
Negotiations proceed to form a joint rate schedule under Iowa’s new law. The state railroad commission will investigate and issue the binding order, with hearings set for April 30 on the general commodity list and a mid June session on coal rates. The board may reduce wheat freight rates by about half a cent, while other cereal rates likely stay intact. A statewide rail inspection will cover 10,000 miles, starting with Milwaukee. No teacher shortage is apparent in Iowa, with salaries and the new certification rules cited as factors. A proposal to regulate public utility rates is under discussion, with Council Bluffs pushing for water rate reform. A Des Moines gift of an oil painting to the Women’s Club art gallery arrives from Europe.
From the Chicago Tribune era piece the article offers preventive tips for rheumatism kidney and bladder troubles emphasizing moderation in heavy foods more water open air exercise and timely meals It advertises a detailed prescription fluid extract cascara aromatic barkola compound prickly ash bark aromatic elixir and advises readers to show it to a druggist or mix at home
The passage collages old product claims and dramatic historical anecdotes. It includes mentions of Putnam Fade residues on furniture, Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup, a claim about alcohol, a natural laxative called Garfield Ten, and a dramatic Geronimo chase description, all reflecting varied, era-typical advertising and sensationalized biography.
A long anecdote recalls a farmer who passed a dollar to merchants and neighbors for ten years, never reclaiming it. It never funds local taxes or schools again, urging readers to support local shops to keep money circulating. Also notes on royal honors, hot water heating ads, and fashion hair standards in Japan.
A Utica woman shares a dramatic recovery after six months postnatal sickness. She describes dizziness headaches blurred vision and swelling then credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her appetite strength and weight from 80 pounds to over 130. The pills are praised as a tonic and builder improving blood formation and nourishment.
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