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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1898
Page
3
On November 2 and each following Tuesday an extra car will run via Kansas City and Worth the Southern Route with no altitude issues and no snow.
How to look good depends on healthy organs. A sluggish liver or disordered stomach dulls appearance and a pinched look signals kidney trouble. Electric Bitters, an alterative and tonic, acts on stomach liver and kidneys to improve blood and complexion. Guaranteed. Cole's drug store sells at 50c per bottle.
Little Orrie Porter worsens with little hope of recovery while Grandma Skafte recovers and can sit up part of the time. Miss Gertie Beedle hosted an entertainment and basket social for a school library fundraiser. Fred Southwick and family visited Nate Loobey. Plamley visited Goldfield last Saturday. Pete Nelson’s children recover from measles as March begins and residents start to move.
Sickness lingers in Humboldt with Mrs. Chester Brooks buried on Sunday. Two Georgians visited town seeking land prospects for the South. Miss Ethel Dunlap closes her Ketman district school and plans return to Wisconsin after visits to Renwick and Goldield. Movements persist on the roads daily. Immigrants appear. Next Wednesday evening Mr Clark will deliver the Sth and final lecture of the season for the C S L C.
Mrs. John Keith remains ill but shows improvement. A dime social was held at W J French home. Miss King visited Clarion. Mayor Griffin traveled north to buy stock. Mrs. Bryan is recovering. Prof Bradshaw attended the Teachers Association at Renwick and toured Independence Hall. Nora Van Dorsen visits her brother in Bancroft. Revival services begin at the Presbyterian church. Mr Campbell took possession of the post office. Epworth League birthday social at Mrs Orratt’s netted nearly fifteen dollars. Mr Nelson sold his dray to Mr Donaldson who moved into the Gould house.
A fragmented 1910s advertisement spread warns of selling Stark Trees and promoting dubious “Rocky Mt. Tea” remedies. It also mocks agricultural columnists urging fence post cutting after the new moon and implies political retaliation. The piece riffs on mail requests, pay for salesmen, and rural recruiting tactics.
A torn fragment shows druggists discussing Scotts products and a comparison to rivals. The legible bits imply a claim of quality and customer appeal in a sales context.
The advertisement warns buyers not to substitute inferior preparations for Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites of lime and soda. It emphasizes the product's twenty five years on the market and urges purchasing the genuine standard from druggists, priced at seven dollars. The label features Scott & Bowne, chemists, New York.
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