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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1899
Page
4
Hardy Columns covers local happenings in Hardy and nearby areas with general news notes. It highlights community events, notices, brief reports, and brief updates affecting residents and businesses in the Hardy area.
The K and H of P and Hardy Lodge No 436 meet on the Wednesday night of the month. Neighbors are cordialy welcomed by Harry, presiding officer A N Clancy.
The item notes James Linch recovering from illness, McMurty Bros planning an ice house near the creamery, and A N Clancy with two boys visiting. It recalls Mil Corbin who died after serving in the Santiago campaign, with his remains to be shipped home. Also includes testimonials for Chamberlains Pain Balm and a church leadership parable about congregations carrying the load.
An OCR fragment presents a chaotic mix of drug advertise ments for Shilohs Cures consumption cough Rocky Mountain Tea and Karl s Clover Tea. Mentions Druggist H B Cole price promises refunds and guarantees with emphasis on health benefits and testimonials. Includes lines about digestion coughs colds and tonics with generic sensational language.
A Lake Erie incident recounts how a veteran pilot with an artificial leg steered the Susan E Peck onto a bar near Bar Point, grounding the vessel and prompting investigators to blame the artificial limb for compass interference. The pilot later proved the theory by commanding a vessel without his artificial leg, resolving the mystery and restoring his standing among skippers and owners.
A collage of vintage remedies advocates DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for sores and wounds while promoting Rock Mountain Tea and One Minute Cough Cure. Advertisers cite cures for piles, nausea, bad breath, and croup, with claims of instant relief and permanent benefits, highlighting Cole's Drug Store promotions and various purveyors.
South America reports a climatic peril called death by own action wind. In Brazil and nearby regions a soft moist warm air hangs over land driving people toward madness and spikes in crisis reports and crimes. Criminologists worldwide note this peculiar atmospheric influence as deluges of personal crises accompany the weather pattern.
A Pennsylvania tale recalls a man who halted his town paper after angering the editor. He later sold his wage, faced tax auctions, bought forged notes, rushed the printing office, and paid years of subscriptions in advance while securing a strange agreement to end further stoppages.
A Scottish preacher describes his exhausted congregation dozing on a Sunday. He interrupts, protests the unfairness, and urges listeners to give him a chance to start. His plea blends dialect with humor as he presses to proceed with the sermon.
A Caribou Maine man wandered into a remote hotel and claimed he slept well all night despite insomnia. The landlord, offended, roared that there is no cua in his house and challenged him with a two dollar bet.
The fragment compares human life to a dice game advising contentment with what fate deals rather than pursuing maximum gain. It cites Plato and presents a reflective aphorism on fortune, risk, and virtue.
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