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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1904
Page
8
An old pamphlet notes indigestion can expand the stomach and crowd the heart causing rapid beats and disease. It promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy and mentions The Herald offering a new ten volume cyclopaedia set at a low price for inspection at the Herald office.
A vintage advertisement extols Mother's Friend as an external liniment to ease childbirth. It claims pregnancy brings beauty and strength, promising healthy, cheerful mothers and a neat life ahead, with a free treatise on motherhood offered by Sue Bradley Regulator Co. of Atlanta, Georgia.
The piece argues England pressured Japan to oppose Russia, accusing Britain of inciting a war in the Far East to harm Russia while risking India. It says Japan is the aggressor and England unlikely to openly back Tokyo, warning of India’s danger. It predicts land battles over China and asserts Russia’s land strength makes a large war unlikely to involve Britain, France, or America.
A reflective piece arguing the boy’s central need for companionship and proper male role models. It stresses that boys seek camaraderie with peers, prefer boys’ schools, and will turn from coed instruction if only girls teach. It warns success hinges on the boy finding himself.
The United States lags in submarine and torpedo boats under 1,000 tons but ranks fifth in relative naval strength. It under construction ships exceed all but Britain, promising a great navy. Policy seeks honest diplomacy yet readiness to enforce the Monroe Doctrine if needed, calling for defense by sea and faith in God.
Civic Improvement League backed Miss Hirrel Stevens idea turning vacant lots into vegetable plots using seventy boys for hands-on training in agriculture. The program, praised for beautifying neighborhoods and keeping youths productive, plans expansion with more lots, better tools, and earlier start next spring. A prior Atlanta remark advocates sweeping away billboards and landscaping vacant lots to create small urban vistas.
A villager warns public improvements raise taxes but argues a town should run like private business. Growth from paving adds value to all property, with tax rate rises offset by broader gains. A New York county bonded $25 000 for improvements and real estate values increased significantly within two years, reflecting a larger economy.
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