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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
8
Maude E. Forgie of Leesburg Virginia writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her months of feminine illness and left her strong and well. The letter promotes the remedy as a standard for female ills and urges other sick women to write for advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lyra Massachusetts.
The excerpt portrays a circle of eighty joyful, welcoming individuals who laugh, play, and rest together. It questions whether anyone among them could be lonely, inviting readers to consider hidden loneliness within the group.
The article recalls an old man reflecting on aging and forward planning, sharing a memory from 1849 Wisconsin. He recounts leading a Whig campaign with Brothertown Indians for General Zachary Taylor, the journey from Fond du Lac to Hayton, and family stories as he recalls life among the Brothertown community and early Wisconsin settlement.
The account recalls bee-tree honey harvests near a homestead, where rich honey flowed as a main sweetness alongside venison and salt pork fat substitutes. Children led the effort in rough campaigns, enduring stings for the sweet reward, while families endured hardship yet found happiness in pioneer days.
A Marion Kentucky man with chronic kidney trouble and swelling credits Dean's Kidney Pills with a rapid recovery after three months of use. He had been given up by doctors and nearly paralyzed on the right side but returned to work. Sold by druggists for 50 cents a box, Foster Milling Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
A collage of seasonal verse references from Milwaukee Sentinel New York Mail Washington Herald and Cleveland Plain Dealer noting summer receding and impending winter tasks such as snow shoveling coal and cold weather.
J P Hubbard of Marietta South Carolina praises Sloan's Liniment for neuralgia in head and jaws. He credits a twenty five cent bottle with immediate relief and cure, noting use for insect bites and sore throat and vowing to keep it in his house.
A terse exchange unfolds as a wife vents that she once received tender words but now faces a blunt, matter-of-fact husband who retorts that marriage proved his affection through their union. The dialogue hints at strained domestic intimacy and shifting emotional tone.
A Florida reader recalls eczema relief after four years using Cuticura Remedies for his wife's facial eczema and shares hair regrowth after Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Their baby benefited from Cuticura usage for baldness, with baths aiding heat rash. Signed by J. B. Springmire of Capitol Street Own City La, dated July 16 1905 and September 16 1906.
An old Houston phrase ponders orange and lemon blossoms as symbols of a suitor, noting one wears orange blossoms while only a lemon is present. The quip plays on perception and mistaken status in a light, mnemonic style.
A package from OUR-PIN promises ready to use lemon chocolate and custard pie fillings with proper proportions for immediate use at grocers for 10 cents a package. John Kiinger, proprietor of a Superior saloon, pleaded guilty to assault and battery on John Marshall.
A commentary argues tips are a bribe to hotel proprietors from customers and waiters. It condemns gratuities as improper compensation and calls for fair wages for waiters and public discrimination against extravagant tipping.
Readers learn that catarrh is curable, with Trull's Catarrh Cure claimed to cure all stages by internal use. The ad offers $100 to anyone with a case it cannot cure, urging readers to send testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hull's Family Pills for constipation.
Farmers around Almena report that the red clover crop has been destroyed by the effects of the open winter. The loss impacts local farms and may affect early spring planting plans.
The Evening Wisconsin Post Card Dep't offers an eight card set titled Zoological Post Cards Second Series. The cards feature valuable wild animals from Ringling Bros. Menagerie and are mailed on request for collectors and dealers. An opportunity to profit from selling to collectors or the public is advertised.
A legal action has been started against thirteen saloon keepers in Fort Atkinson for operating on Sunday, challenging their business practices and Sunday closures. The case seeks enforcement of local blue laws and possible penalties.
An advertising note touts Allen's Foot-Base powder to treat foot ailments and ease shoe fit, with a free sample offer. Separately, Tony Nachazel of Muscoda Wisconsin died after ingesting oxalic acid mistaken for epsom salt in a fatal poison incident.
An Italian laborer on the Burlington section was struck by a through passenger train, breaking three ribs and likely to die. Pettit's Eye Salve advertised by Howard Bros. Buffalo, N.Y.
A promotional note for Mrs Winslow's Soormine Stuer for Children Bathing touts soothing effects and claimed cures for wind colic. Separately a Memphis attorney wins a judgment against a girl and her parents to recover jewels exchanged during courtship, noting the suit's outcome.
The piece argues Louisville Kentucky leads in regulating theatre galleries with law and ordinance. Chief Hauger will judge gallery behavior while Wanger promotes a principle limiting hiss or jeer between acts. It lauds gallery wit and criticizes high society hypocrisy in upholding virtue.
Reports from Rock county describe extensive damage as many barns and buildings were blown down in the recent storm.
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