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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1898
Page
8
An old health ad extols St Tacots Gli as the best and cheapest remedy for rheumatism neuralgia sciatica lumbago sprains bruises and stiffness. It argues to choose the remedy now to end pain and avoid delays and suffering.
The Indian army feeds elephants nine times daily. At mealtime, animals line up before food piles and receive ten pounds of raw meat packed in two-sound packs. Rice wrapped in leaves is tied with grass. on command elephants raise trunks and receive a package, ensuring no grain is wasted.
Alderman Louis W. Camp of Macomb Illinois reports remarkable weight gain and relief from stomach troubles after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He gained 22 pounds in five weeks and has had few aches since stopping the pills. A physician confirms his good health and digestion. The statement is sworn by a notary.
Government demands imperatives for bunting fabric of wood pulp based quality, specifying one pound tension, thirty four threads per inch limit, two ply warp with one ply filling, colorfast stripes, and stars muslin cut from a bleached blocks. The fabric must be warp two and fill forty five pounds warp sixty five pounds test, with two inch wide test pieces.
Instructions for baking corn pudding with milk eggs flour and butter. Then notes on child sacrifices and Stomach Bitters. Description of piano leather from US deer skins via German tanners and Kutzerman family. Ridiculous claims about Shrugging habit and cold weather, Mother Gray remedies, and a joke about insomnia.
A Cumberland Maine family credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with reversing a paralyzing illness in a father and restoring his health after diphtheria. They report improved appetite, regained strength, and the ability to attend school part time. The ad touts 100 doses per bottle for one dollar.
A Detroit man recounts a clash with a Third Street restaurant proprietor over a 55 cent bill. After insults and threats, seven vigorous kicks sent the man into the street, remarking that seven times eight is fifty six, and suggesting a $0.56 charge per kick. Readers are left amused by the peculiar street scene filed from the Detroit Free Press.
Researchers promoting kite experiments report gulls and other birds reacting curiously to the airborne apparatus. Large birds circle and flicker near the kites, but none attack or land on them, while smaller birds perch on the string and sway. A silver-tip eagle, a stork, and geese were among the observed reactions during aerial trials in New Jersey and Chicago.
A brief, fragmentary item cites a playful exchange about marriages and licenses. The text briefly mentions a poetical tone and the line What is it Tom What is it Clare The license, reflecting a casual stage moment.
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