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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1909
Page
2
Thomas Burlingame aged 18 and Rose Teeter aged 17 visited Justice Roddewig on a Saturday forenoon and obtained consented marriage. With a license signed by parents and magistrate approval, the couple were wed, leaving as the city’s happiest young pair.
Winchester Indiana readers report relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for irregular, painful cycles and related symptoms. The company cites hundreds of letters from grateful women and offers free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A reflective piece on how a person’s laughter reveals character and intellect. Quoting Goethe, Emerson, Lavater, and others, it notes laughter as a telltale sign, with examples from Cassius, Horace Walpole, Cato the Younger, and Phillip I, illustrating how seldom laughter shadows inner disposition.
A writer visits a Haitian voodoo temple and notes goatskin drums. A Roman Catholic priest failed to dissuade locals from destroying instruments. Government interference is limited due to voodoo influence. Opinions differ on whether human flesh is used in ceremonies, with locals split on the matter.
A reader describes lifelong constipation relieved in days by predigested food Grape-Nuts after failing with laxatives. Bowels became regular and the writer claims complete permanent cure, praising scientific food and urging readers to try it. A sponsor note invites reading The Road to Wellville and mentions new letters periodically.
London Times discusses whether organized Shaman sacrifice exists in voodoo rites, noting cannibalism appears only as rare acts in civilized nations. It contrasts public opinion and Haitian attitudes with occasional cases of extreme behavior attributed to tribal influence and temporary insanity. Also mentions Bucklen's Arnica Salve testimonials and general news coverage.
The article reports growing demand for California Sunkist oranges in Britain as American growers expand export sales. It notes London’s distribution branch and the shift from Medilenane to California varieties meeting British taste, signaling solid market prospects for the California Fruit Growers' Exchange.
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