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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1920
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a cheap, gentle laxative that works while you sleep. It warns of constipation causing headaches, sour breath, and stomach discomfort, urging readers to buy the product for quick relief.
A garbled advertisement fragment touts dyeing methods and products for fabrics like wool linen cotton and silk. It mentions a dye kit and color cord guidance with claims of timeless color results and fashion conformity.
A home remedy mixes water, Bay Rum, Barbo Compound, and glycerine to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly until the shade deepens. the mixture promises non dripping, non staining results and glossy hair.
An old advertisement offers $100 for any catarrh cure not achieved by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years at 75 cents. Testimonials free from B J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
Vic Murdock chairman of the Federal Trade Commission explains the commission’s work at the National Farmers meet. Delegates discuss studying grave problems, meat packing, coal mining, and other primary industries as farmers plan international outreach and research efforts.
Relatives of William Welsh Adams claim he was released by captors in Mexico after a ransom was paid. A telegram from Saltillo and messages from Monterey indicate Adams is in good health, with prior reports placing his abductors near Cedros Hacienda and awaiting payment by the American Metals Company.
A vast prairie fire sixty miles wide swept La Palma in central Argentina. Fifteen thousand sheep and much other livestock perished, with material damage estimated at 1.9 million dollars. The blaze is described as the largest in Argentine history.
Theresa Coventry of Newark credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing an eight year organic illness and back pain after weeks of treatment. She reports improved ability to work and washing and urges others to try the product. She offers her testimonial and invites free advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A fragment shows a worker arguing for higher pay and less chores. The speaker offers to quit and suggests taking the employer’s job while the other does the household tasks at home. The exchange hints at labor tension and wage bargaining.
A vintage drug ad touts Pape's Cold Compound for instant relief from a severe cold. It claims the first dose clears nasal congestion and stops runny nose, with subsequent doses every two hours for up to three doses. The copy mixes sales pitch with a pasted quarrel excerpt.
Readers are advised to sow sweet cover crops from January to May as farm co ops merge into state groups for a 4 pm meeting on February 27. Reports detail farm sales, water works installations near Huxter, shipping associations, and county farm bureau drives with high sign-up rates.
A testimonial from C. C. Hines at 823 Mound St lauds Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a temperance herbal tonic for women's ailments. The purely vegetable formula is sold in tablet or liquid form and advertised with ingredients printed on the wrapper. A trial tablet size costs ten cents from Dr. Pierce of the Tav al Hotel in Buffalo, NY.
A reader from Kansas City Kansas reports using Dr Jerce s Favorite Prescription for woman s weakness and nervous exhaustion with steady recovery and strength. She credits it with saving many lives and recommends it to others based on her nursing experience.
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