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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
8
A fragmented line references a laxative product marketed by druggists with a price of fifty cents a bottle. The text hints at ethical considerations and the merita of the laxative as a remark in a historical advertisement.
A charity directory lists 3700 contact points in New York with 50 000 workers shaping Christmas aid across prisons, kindergartens, hospitals, and juvenile services. In slums and tenements many children face bleak days, but village celebrations planned with open fires and special trains bring turkey dinners and gifts as friends join from the city.
The piece discusses urban child welfare, noting many slum youths fall into crime, and praises the New York juvenile asylum at Dobbs Ferry as a model. It details cottage life, reform methods, outdoor play, and farm placements that convert wards into promising citizens, with Christmas as a symbol of progress.
Fragmentary notes from a newspaper page mix holiday chatter with ads and theater blurbs. References include Helen Hay Whitney in Metropolitan, a Baltimore American quote on a cartoonish portrayal, a Philadelphia Ledger tidbit, Sloan's veterinary remedies, and mentions of Miss Hook of Holland and The Norse Girl, signaling a variety page with literary, medical, and stage items.
Mrs Lizzie B Sledge of 540 Jones Ave Selma Alabama dated October 28 1906 recalls a physician describing her facial condition as eczema and states she has felt no symptoms for three years noting British Ambassador Bryce may be considering leaving his Washington post
An advertisement offers 100 dollars reward for an uncured catarrh, endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills for constipation, with testimonials and wholesale druggists in Toledo. Mentions F J Cheney & Co and Wall Nor man & Marvin in endorsements. Also notes health concerns about the German emperor as a separate brief.
Miss Julia Marlowe appears in a new comedy titled The Joke with Frederick Lewis as leading man. Rehearsals underway in New York with scenes set entirely in Norway. Also promotions urge readers to order OQUA-DIE pies for lemon chocolate and custard varieties.
A quirky mix reports a ready to bake chocolate pie product named Our Pie with varieties Lennon, Chocolate, and Custard at ten cents per pack. It notes Lillian Albertson as leading in Paid in Full by Eugene Walker, and mentions Mrs Winslow's teething remedy. Gustave Mahler departs Vienna to become Metropolitan Opera director in New York with his wife.
A dated tone promotes Cascarets as the only safe medicine for the bowels. It warns against laxative abuse and emphasizes the need for proper digestive function for tomorrow. The copy stresses avoidance of harmful substances and endorses Cascarets as a trusted remedy.
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