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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1897
Page
8
A foreman refused to prison two men citing his birthday. Another jury altered a guilty verdict as bells rang for a holiday. A burglar escaped paying due to the robbed man’s refusal to lend money, seen as incentive to crime by the jury.
Mrs J S McGinnag of Rochford Illinois reports severe heart pains fainting vomiting and female troubles including ovarian inflammation and uterine displacement. After doctors failed she used Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and recovered, urging other women to try it.
In the Matopos settlement repeated talks among Lord Grey Sir Richard Martin Rhodes and Matabele chiefs fail to curb unrest as natives gradually return to their kraals. Rebels in other areas resist submission despite scarce supplies hampering both sides. Grit this week shows a photo of Langaba Mangwe Induna, a chief who joined the revolt.
The report notes Bul wayo captured and Daniel, secretary to Lobengula, imprisoned for rebellion. It mentions Bauku, half-brother to the late M'limo, chosen as M'limo's successor after the priest was shot by Mr. Burnham, and now a prisoner.
A physician who injured his flesh while resuming a hypodermic injection after a horse startled him sought indemnity from an accident insurer. The court dismissed, ruling the injury was not caused by external violence in the policy terms, a decision seen as peculiar by readers. The item also notes varied anecdotes and quotes from contemporary papers.
A woman suffered worsening scalp sores with crusts and hair loss for two to three months. After trying Hood's Sarsaparilla with Hood's Pills and Hood's Olive Ointment, she observed improvement.
The fragment notes that many beings do not drink water, absorbing moisture from air and food. It claims a parry and rabbits can live fifty two years without water and suggests deer feed on dew rich herbage. It mentions sheep feeding on turnips in autumn and winter with little water intake.
In Snort County Kentucky Bernie Quick courted Fred Bakamb and Henry Perkins. Quick favored Perkins causing a fight where Bakamb struck Quick and Perkins was involved, leaving Bakamb badly wounded. Reports are meager from Middiesborough. Also notes a bad ear for Italian vineyards where heavy rainfall ruined wine, doctored with alcohol and coloring, deemed health injurious by sanitary inspectors.
Prospectors and seasoned miners are expected to flood the Black Hills area as snow melts. The North-Western line is promoted as the quickest, best route to Deadwood with trains fully prepared for travel. Refers inquiries to Agent R. Beer at PLE. & Mf AN, General Passenger. 8. BR. Omaha.
A garbled collage of headlines and ad lines including a note on partnership profits, a patent cure for catarrh priced at 73 cents, a jab about praise and a sly jab at battery and blarney, an old admonition to speak openly, a bucking dye pitch, a toothless line about the Prince of Wales, and a pediatric teething remedy sold at 85 cents a bottle.
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