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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
4
A scrambled page notes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin praised for digestion and constipation, with various ads and political asides. Mentions M Brink, John Jongewaard, and Orange City. discusses public curiosity about messages from Conger and Boer War reflections. Electric Bitters advertised for stomach regulation.
A Iowa Weather and Crop Service summary compares farm values of Iowa soil products from 1890 to 1899. It shows Democratic years averaged $160,227,877 annually while Republican years rose to $177,715,050. By Dec 1 1899 values reached about $194,605,706, netting an implied gain of $29.40 per $100 of 1896 crop value, with cereal production figures and price fluctuations supporting the shift toward higher farm wealth under Republican years.
The Progress Review Laporte City Ia and the Monona Leader switch to the Republican ticket amid editorials praising prosperity under gold standard. Editors Duke Naven and George H Otis recount past Democratic ties and praise Bryan’s defeat and Republican gains while noting party shifts.
Champ Clark of Missouri, a Bryan free silver advocate, offered to bet $100 that Bryan would win the presidency. The bet quicky grew to $200 after he posted a $20 forfeit, but on Monday morning he found $3500 in McKinley money awaiting him and forfeited the stake.
Court summons in Sioux County Iowa orders all concerned to appear September 11 1900 at 2 p.m. in Orange City to contest the will of James Weir deceased. H J Mel Ross Clerk of the District Court signs the seal.
Local note reports a fresh salt load arriving for A V B Co with storage and distribution anticipated. No further details on quantity or origin are provided in the fragment.
Reports place about 300000 allied troops at Vientsin and around 300 Europeans and American men nearby. Women and children fearfully await at Pekin about eighty miles away. The text questions the need to outline action for a forlorn hope.
An old editorial praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a simple laxative for women. It notes a shift in U S finances, claiming in four years the country changed from debtor to creditor as Europe borrows from America, reversing a four century habit.
Suffering readers are urged to send a stamp for a hookset titled Dyspepsia its nature cause and treatment from Private Par Inula Company Dayton Ohio. The notice promises guidance on indigestion stomach trouble and related issues.
The article notes Allied forces face hard battles in the Chinese city of Tientsin. It stresses war is brutal, not entertainment, and endurance is needed to restore comfort and safety, acknowledging only those who fought understand its horror.
A special July 29 excursion on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers a Grand Musical Concert at 1 30 p m and a base ball game at 2 30 p m between Mitchell 8 O Glab and Marquette Club of Chicago. General grandstand admission 25 cents with excursion tickets. Train departs Boyden 9 23 a m and returns Arnolds Park 6 30 p m. Round trip rate 1 30 for Boyden. Tickets from the railway ticket office.
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