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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
8
A reform speaker defends a total abstinence pledge against claims of excessive strictness. He cites science on alcohol harms and emphasizes moral duty, public responsibility by mothers and all citizens, and urges active efforts to discourage production and traffic in liquor. He calls for unity and law enforcement to fulfill the pledge.
Mrs. T S Buck recovering after heat while Mrs Buck’s husband works for Duncan Hauman. Rolfe visitors included Independent Wayne Clow Glenn Wallace and Paul Templeman. Des Moines visitors Miss Agnes Wilson and Miss Florence Imus. Numerous callers from Gilmore City Paullina and Des Moines. A ten pound baby arrived to Mr and Mrs Bill Cooper. Iha Weaver and Mrs Marchant wed quietly last Thursday. Weather warm. X Y Z club met at Mrs Knutson’s with luncheon.
A column extols drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush the stomach liver and kidneys. It claims this practice cleanses the digestive tract boosts appetite and makes cheeks rosy. The piece then shifts to a local community page with various short notes on visits, travels, and social events.
In 1888 a severe cholera morbus attack left a man near death as doctors gave up hope. He paid a porter 50 cents to buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and took eight double doses, then slept and awoke cured to catch a train next morning.
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