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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
8
A Columbus Ohio woman writes of relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She describes prior illness including weakness nervousness irregular menses and proves grateful for the remedies calling them a Godsend and a never failing physician in times of distress.
A compilation of assorted notes covering music in Maine, metal forging chemistry, glass and lead oxide mixtures, Cape Colony reactions to a raid, Dutch English farmer meetings, Paris park patrol lighting, a straw stacking tube design, Colorado legislators abusing rail passes, a German name and Irish brogue exposing fraud, and a quip about insanity in hot weather tied to ice bills.
In Massachusetts, farmer Hittinger near Wrentham stirs excitement with a newly found ore deposit in his field. Reports claim Hittinger Mine assays reach $500 per ton in silver and $60 in gold, fueling talk of capital investment and farmers tilting their potato patches toward gold.
An aging Scotsman bedridden at Balmoral receives Queen Victoria’s attention as she visits cottages alone. She chats kindly, reads from her treasured Bible, and leaves five pounds with words that the Queen has seen him though his family seeks the sight of her. The tale highlights the monarch’s private mercy and personal connection.
A New Orleans Times Democrat anecdote recounts a railroad official claiming his milkman watered milk. His wife found a live crawfish at the bottom of a glass, implying water dilution. The tale paints a curious, sensational cue about adulterated milk in a humorous, vivid anecdote.
A Washington Star quip debates cycling and politics. Mrs Pedalcrank urges caution about a public figure riding a bicycle while he asserts that rotation in office has long been favored. The exchange uses pithy humor to link cycling with political turnover.
A youth crowded trap spectacle drew lax to nerves as riders crash in a field of six during a Seattle race under the Young Men's Christian association. The mill sport comparison underscores football’s lesser danger in this event.
Five top Pacific coast riders fell in a crash as J Slater from Ore endured a close call with a broken crank and a toeclip shoe still attached to his pedal. The incident highlights dangers and the high costs of bicycle racing with estimates of up to $50,000 spent per season by about forty riders and nearly $2,000,000 in the last decade on bicycle tracks.
The column spoof mixes quack remedies and humorous dialogue from Detroit Journ and Puck style jokes. It touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as travel aid, praises Alien’s Foot Ease powder for tired feet, and glances at a bridal tour joke with a wary tone.
Instructions describe washing embroidered linens to preserve colors. Prepare warm water with ivory soap, wash each piece in suds, rinse in clean water with a touch of starch, hang to dry in shade, then iron on the wrong side with firm pressure to restore their look.
A brief caption presents a child named Engle eating strawberries from a basket. The exchange notes the strawberries tend to roll to the bottom, prompting a playful question and response.
An old advertisement touts Halt's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. It repeats the claim twice and mentions Spain and goat substitutes for cattle with a population figure. A testimonial from D C Albright of Mifflinburg Pa dated December 11 1893 endorses Piso's Cure for Consumption as the only cough medicine in his house. It ends with a social aside about men’s necks and shoulders not counting.
Mr Meiners planted a 28 year old inverted apple tree on his Milwaukee grounds near an old German cemetery. The tree grows horizontally tied to a trellis, forming a ceiling like canopy about 50 feet across. Fruit appears yearly for twenty years and remains of good quality, though the variety is unknown to Mrs Adolph Meyer who now lives there.
A mix of outdated figures and curious claims about animals, stamps, and natural history. References range from a 21 year old horse and 32 mule in Barren County to global post age stamps and pelican feeding lore. Includes bank deposit notes and misspelled or garbled quotes about Africa and population, ending with a fragment about moral capacity and a jesting remark in a dialogue.
A noisy mix of aphorisms and patent medicine claims appears, praising early rising health habits and skin potions. It mentions Franklin philosophy, Dandreff skin debility, Tails Hair Renewer, Mrs Winslow soothing elixirs, and quirky lines on marriage and honesty, all in a ragged, promotional style with dubious dosages.
A Marykind area avenue near Washington bears Mnndil’s name as backers note the town planner is a strong admirer of Congressman Sydney E. Mudd, a Maryland politician. The piece discusses how the naming and land sales reflect this regard, with a Plautus quote about lending and friendship used as moral context.
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