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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
8
The piece surveys Halloween traditions from angels and witches to divination games, bonfires and love tests. It details apple paring, nut rituals, mirror and clover tests, ring and doughnut games, and playful pranks at girls’ gatherings with light rituals and festive foods.
Mrs A J Davis of Murray Kentucky reports kidney disease symptoms easing after three weeks using Dunn’s Kidney Pills. She describes dizziness back pain and knife-like abdominal pains followed by rapid improvement. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
The famous New York hotel opens the season with a policy banning tips. Management states staff receive full compensation from owners and are not allowed to accept any fees from guests.
A young woman admitted to a city mission with scabies incipient paresis rheumatism and severe sores from scratching could not keep food. After seven weeks of care a Cuticura Soap Resolvent and Ointment treatment improved her condition. Within five weeks she regained strength and sought work. Filed by Waurn Jane Bates on March 17 1907.
The South Side Observer reports a vandal hurled mud through a parish hall window during Reliance Hose Company rehearsal, striking a respected village woman in the neck. The paper calls for an end to the act and for those responsible to be punished.
An old advertisement urges readers to ask dealers for Alien's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes. It claims relief for corns bunions swollen feet sore hot callous and sweating feet and to make new or tight shoes comfortable. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 28 cents with free sample by mail to Allen 8 Olmsted La Roy New York.
A brief note explains honey granulation accelerates when exposed to light and warmth, urging storage in dark containers away from bright exposure. The advisory highlights that light triggers crystallization and quality decline.
A reflective verse portrays a sleepless night, comparing life to a game of whist. The speaker laments unseen forces shuffling the cards yet resolves to play on. The meditation ends with a calm acceptance and persistence.
In the afternoons Ciss sits by the golf links and collects stray balls. She places them in a basket beneath apples, deceiving players who search fruitlessly. Her young man buys the balls at two pence each and sells them to makers for six pence.
Nails used in baths and kitchens for hanging damp cloths and towels should be dipped in enamel before use so they do not leave rusty marks. This guidance aims to prevent staining on fabric and maintain cleanliness in wet areas.
The article notes rising use of whiskey as a rheumatism remedy, claiming near infallibility when mixed with Tors Compound and Sar saparilla Syrup. It advises table spoonful doses before meals and at night, with Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Chicago as the source for Tors compound.
A housewife offers Sandy Pares a slice of pumpkin pie after he explains he cannot work as the season ends. He recalls his unusual job as a groom on a merry-go-round, cleaning and polishing the flying horses.
The notice advertises guns and traps for sale and fur and hide purchases from 105 N.W. Hide & Fur Co. in Minneapolis Minnesota. It oddly includes a line about raising plush sponge pile with chloroform to look new.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a person named Rortansa Svare and a cure for inflammation with unspecified claims. It also notes a remedy of black seeds mixed with vinegar described as giving a good polish to a kitchen stove.
A fragment from Edmund Waller’s poem urges a rose to tell a beloved she is beautiful and young then suggests she yield to desire while warning beauty fades with time. The excerpt mirrors classical verse on transient charm and shared fate.
The text explains that bottled liquors contain sugar which ferments by tiny pores or cells. When the cork is removed the sugar breaks down into liquid and carbonic acid gas, which escapes as bubbles and causes effervescence and froth.
A local newspaper ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, claiming it cures at all stages by internal use. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any case not cured and urge readers to request testimonials from P. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Sold by druggists at 75 cents. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A decorative corset cover can be made by cutting two embroidered handkerchiefs in two and joining pieces. Create a front panel from a half of a handkerchief and attach a large lace-inserted strip. Add twelve inch beaded shoulder straps with lace edging. Requires about four yards insertion, three and a half yards beading, and six yards lace.
A piece of flannel dampened with spirits of camphor will remove stains from mirrors or window glass.
A Columbus Ohio reader testifies to relief during the Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter claims the product helped with nervousness headaches and allowed her to resume work as she recommends others seek Mrs Pinkham's guidance and address in Lynn Mass.
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