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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1917
Page
11
A 1917 county ledger opens with drainage bids and bank bonds while a civic column urges reversing high living costs by cultivating idle urban land. It extols gardening as healthful, economical, and beautifying, urging residents to reclaim waste territory and grow staple foods at home.
A note advises that people over sixty should go to bed at the onset of a cold and stay there one or two days to speed recovery. It claims quicker healing and fewer risks of serious disease if they use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, with druggists selling it.
Mrs. Frank Crocker of Pana Illinois says her five year old son Paul suffered a severe cold with chest coughing fits last winter. She notes worry over his condition and credit Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with helping him after a neighbor recommended it.
A town tale tells how a stubborn local figure known as the kicker opposed a reform move by a live wires group. They secretly boosted the measure at a council meeting, only to have the wires vociferously oppose it, prompting the kicker to switch to vigorous advocacy and push the proposal through. Also an ad for Chamberlain's Tablets notes relief for stomach liver and bowels with indigestion heartburn and constipation.
Age District Number 77 to W C Wood Auditor Garfield Township Clerk Frank Shimon and others as owners and to Merchants Loan Trust and Equitable Life Insurance as lien holders and to all actual occupants of the lands described, that the notice continues.
Notice from Pocahontas County Board of Supervisors announces drainage district 77 formation. Describes lands in Sections 29 32 and 81 in Township 92 Range 31 and highway corridors. Engineer D W Trick reports feasibility. hearing set April 1917 at Pocahontas courthouse. damages claims due March 28 1917. board reserves final action.
The article notes that cheese tea and boiled milk tend to slow bowels while raw fruit bananas apples graham bread and whole wheat promote movement. It recommends taking one or two Chamberlain's Tablets after supper for constipation with druggists selling them.
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