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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1904
Page
3
An OCR fragment lists various product claims and testimonials including Matilda's Ho Providence, Druggists, commission men noting eggs, and warnings to avoid cheap imitations. It references Piso's Cure for Consumption and Defiance Starch with unrelated musings on divorce, coffee, and happiness, reflecting ad and editorial blurbs from a bygone era.
Miss Alice Bailey of Atlanta credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health after years of menstrual pain and ovarian inflammation. She says two bottles led to ten weeks of treatment, eighteen pound gain, and full recovery, urging other women to try the remedy. A note promises $5000 for genuine orange letter proof.
The Chicago Dun report notes retail sales above last year with 20 percent gain in overall sales. Demand held firm for high priced goods and luxury items while staple lines sold readily. wholesale collections improved and spring orders rose. Grain and railroad strains appear, with westbound shipments robust though eastbound foodstuffs declined. Provisions and livestock strengthened, but various commodities show mixed changes in price and supply.
Ollie Holbrook, an 17 year old girl employed at a Nebraska City bakery, stepped too close to a dough kneading machine. Her hair was caught in the belt, she was pulled from her feet, and her scalp was torn away. Doctors say she cannot live.
Ottawa December 28 Sir Frederick Borden minister of militia has returned from England He says at the next session of parliament a bill will be introduced creating a naval militia in Canada.
Marshfield Massachusetts reports a transformed North River bed after the 1898 storm creating a superb clam flat. Clams rival Duxbury in size and flavor while a village of diggers and carts lines the new beds. locals debate seasonal eating and peculiar decapitation of summer clams.
Youngstown Ohio December 28 Constable Dennis Elgan of Collesville township served thirty days in county jail after pleading guilty to assaulting Michael Livingston an attorney. While jailed he arrested three prisoners using tips from fellow inmates and recovered stolen property. Upon release he resumed duties as constable in East Youngstown.
The will of the late Mrs Adelia Sharpless of Salem Iowa probated gifting 20000 to charities and missions. Her husband Rev Eli Sharpless believed her remains shipped to Cedar county while a nephew from Rhode Island had them sent there. Charities mainly in Jamaica benefit from the bequest earned during missionary work abroad.
Bloomington Illinois December 6 The Manhattan Coal Company seeks a circuit court receiver due to unsatisfactory management by Co A Denham secretary and manager The president D C Byler claims he bears the financial burden and urges a receiver to safeguard the mine The company formed just over a year ago with 250000 capital stock Chicago and the East hold most of the shares
Samuel P. Avery former New England agent for Midland Oil Company of Minneapolis vanished about a month ago and is now wanted by police for embezzling nearly $10,000. He lived with his wife in Winthrop Center Massachusetts officials had kept the case secret to aid in locating him.
Soldiers Gow Laborers Lyons France December 28 reports disturbances that required cavalry to clear the streets. A few demonstrators were injured and several arrests were made, but the affair was not serious.
Dec 28 report describes a man at a Salpave hotel taking cyanide in what authorities call a suicide. The event is noted with limited details and no further suspects listed.
Catholic Sisters report Peruna relieves laryngitis and throat catarrh in children and adults. Congressman Meekison credits long-standing head catarrh improvement to Peruna. Dr Hartman, pioneer physician behind Peruna, offers free advice and a 1904 almanac.
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