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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1903
Page
7
An advertorial urging nursing mothers to breastfeed and warning against artificial feeds. It promotes Vincl Vinol as a supplement to boost mother’s strength and benefit the baby, claiming no dangerous drugs and offering a money back guarantee if it fails. It appeals to nearby mothers within ten miles of the store.
A discussion on the value of shade trees to communities and the removal of fences to improve appearance. It argues trees provide summer shade and winter relief, raise property values, and encourage beautification with shrubs and flowers. It also advocates for street lighting to reduce accidents and crime, noting electricity makes lighting affordable and beneficial to public safety and convenience.
A somber verse laments a bright soul driven to darkness by fiendish forces. It pleads that the land abandon contempt and instead honor the memory with a nationwide song of mourning from sea to lake, honoring the dead and humbled.
Rev J P Eckmann argues in St Pauls M E Church New York that true gentility rests on Christian creed not wealth or attire. He asserts Christ was the first gentleman and that Christianity produces refined men, criticizing pride and linking gentleness to character over status.
The essay argues that drama has a universal beneficial influence on morality and the human soul. It asserts theater educates sympathy more effectively than axioms, via vivid illustrations of others lives, and enhances intellect through direct sensory engagement. It claims sight and hearing potentiate learning more than written truth.
A small East Alabama town of 1600 people built a railroad after merchants formed a company, surveyed, subscribed, and financed the venture. The line carried 20,000 bales of cotton and all freight, transforming the town’s economy and illustrating how pluck energy and money can spur industrial growth in the South.
Beaumont women organized under the national association rules to improve the town. They will divide the city into districts with deputies to supervise each block and aim to clear streets and sidewalks of builders refuse that has blocked sidewalks for weeks to months in places, showing the scope of their civic effort.
After three years of discussion residents on Woodward Avenue Detroit removed fences boosting property values by about 20 percent. The complete removal of fences is praised as essential to private grounds and urban beauty, a principle echoed by Michigan towns with active female boom committees shaping beautification.
The Iowa Central Railway offers excursion tickets to western and southern destinations at one fare plus $2 round trip, valid 21 days from sale on the first and third Tuesdays of February March and April 1903. Inquiries may be made through any Iowa Central agent or A B Cutts Minneapolis Minn. Also notice DeWitts Little Early Risers pills claim to cure biliousness jaundice constipation and liver trouble without gripe or weakening the system.
The M E and T R joins the Colonization agency to publish a monthly paper on the southwest for gratis nationwide distribution. It seeks farmers east of the Mississippi and asks agents to collect names for a mailing list via commercial clubs and prominent citizens. James Barker, St Louis, promotes Homeseekers tickets on the Great Western Ry with monthly departures from November through April and through tourist sleeping cars.
From Feb 17 to 22 Iowa Central Railway sells round trip tickets to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola at one fare with return by Feb 28 or extended to March 14 Stop overs allowed south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi At winter tourist stops Mardi Gras will be a memorable experience Full information from local agents A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis F22 Special Rates to California Arizona via Chicago Great Western Tickets on sale Feb 15 to Apr 30 Tourist sleeping cars J P Elmer GPA Chicago TM A30
Two Minnesota women share their recovery stories from nervous conditions after using Dr Miles Restorative Nervine. Mrs N M Bucknell of Minneapolis reports relief from chronic headaches and prostration, regaining strength and appetite. Mrs W A Thompson of Duluth says seven bottles restored her health after years of insomnia and weakness. All druggists sell the remedies. free book offered by Dr Miles Medical Co.
Psychology of indigestion blamed for most non organic heart disease claims. Cites Nevada Ohio resident D Kauble who reports heart relief after four months using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Advertisement notes product digests all foods, relieves stomach pressure, and claims bottle prices and sizes. Prepared by E O DeWitt & Co Chicago.
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