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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1897
Page
5
A local obituary notes a son’s devoted care for his elderly father in Hardy. Funeral services were held at the M E church with Rev Stiles officiating. Neighbors mourn the quiet life of temperance and morality, as friends decorate the casket and offer sympathy.
A long Humboldt County column records visits by Mrs. Christophers and family, Burt Potter in Eagle Grove, and social calls by Dr. Baker and Verne Baker. It notes a Phonographic concert, dental work by Devereaux Bros., Osman's new pats, drainage efforts, and farm trades. It also reports A B Rummins commemorating a pioneer death after decades in Humboldt County.
A stream of notices urges readers to study and obtain documents on protective tariffs and the American Merchant Marine. Senator Elkins’s speech and the 185 West 23rd Street address are promoted, with requests for copies at a small price. Additional ads tout One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
A public speaker touts One Minute Cough Cure as unmatched for throat and lung trouble, while ads promote Shilohs Cure for consumption and Dwitts Witch Hazel Salve for skin and related ailments. The notice mentions Tennessee Centennial exposition details and Mobile & Ohio ticket sales to Nashville, with various remedies and promotional copy throughout.
The Indianapolis Journal reports ex President Harrison has revised his articles from The Ladies Home Journal with additions for a book. Edward Bok paid for the articles and released royalties, letting Bok arrange publication. Scribner's secured the manuscript, and the book will appear this autumn.
An editor testimonial extols Dr King s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, claiming it a guaranteed, certain cure unmatched by others. Advertisement notes trial battles at H B Coles Drug Store and ends with a poetic pledge about a future free world and prosperity authored by Edgerton.
An old advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded, priced 28 cents per box, sold by H. B. Cofe or a local vendor.
Excursion tickets to Des Moines will be sold July 26 and 27 with a single round trip fare, valid through July 29, offered by the Chicago and North-Western Railway agents in observance of the State Convention of the Prohibition Party. The notice mentions a cough remedy advertisement alongside.
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