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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
8
A reader from Allen recounts relief from organic disorder and female weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter notes headaches nervousness and recovery after following directions, claiming the remedy cures headaches backache and various female complaints.
A poetic exhortation by Ella Wheeler Wilcox urges tearing away superstition and letting light and knowledge fill the soul. The verse invites casting aside half truths to grasp the whole, seeking guidance from nature, stars, and wisdom for peace and strength.
A period ad and assorted lines claim Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known cure for catarrh with a hundred dollar guarantee toward cures. The note includes testimonials requests and mentions the Toledo address, plus other product and joke lines from the era.
Cal lao, Pa. strike of dock laborers for shorter hours and higher pay has been settled. Several items mention cures and remedies, fur trade ads, theater news, and advertisements.
Frank Morrey of Kelvington Saskatchewan recounts a move to a promising claim near Wadena on the Canadian Northern line. He notes 1906 wheat yields from 30 to 51 bushels per acre, outs 75 to 100 bushels, and that land sells for 10 to 15 dollars an acre. He describes a settled, well provisioned area with German and American homesteaders, abundant water and game, and a strong population shift to Canada for farming opportunities.
In this brief exchange a solemn man asks what people fear most about wealth. The hearer, with a dry witticism, answers that the other fellow will have it, reflecting a skeptical view on riches and social envy. The Philadelphia Ledger is cited in the quotation.
The notice touts Selzer onions and corn cucumbers with prices per bushel and per acre, listing generous yields and profits. It offers free seed catalogs and sample packs, promising rapid customer reach in 1908, with postpaid mailings or a penny add-on for an extra packet.
Vermillion Center Alberta Canada sold twenty five thousand dollars of school bonds at par. The issue carried a 71 percent rate and was marketed to investors through local channels. A closure date or bidder details were not disclosed in the readable text.
The article recounts a presidential excursion with Mr. Winthrop lasting ten miles under rain as the president led him through woods and across hills, ending with a plunge into Rock Creek and a splashy crossing before sending him home for rest. Separate notes report various bond sales in Detroit Aitkin Fort Pierre Calgary and Spokane.
The Hartman Peruna campaign declares it will advertise to the people rather than doctors, publish ingredient lists, publish testimonials as written, and expand globally. It asserts Peruna as a great, honest household remedy and pledges transparency despite criticism and imitators.
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