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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1905
Page
2
In Paris suburbs a cafe cashier gives a kiss to every customer with a bill of 26 cents or more, a policy the proprietor says boosts business. Another owner rewards regular patrons with a box of Havana cigars each New Year, underscoring creative marketing in European eateries.
Poem fragment depicting a northern landscape with a gray tower amidst a green forest. The sea washes in and yellow sands stretch beyond woven boughs as night fades to day. White deer flee at dawn and the speaker’s love lies beyond a green field, heart chilled.
A dying man recalls a lost chance at happiness with Sue, the widow he loved for fifteen years who chose to marry another and raise his children. He had planned to wed tomorrow but a crash on the Coast Limited altered his fate and left him reflecting on fate, memory, and a life he nearly shared.
The text explains dogs’ high intelligence and training across centuries. It notes St Bernard monks training dogs for snow rescues and cites European armies using canines to locate the wounded on battlefields. It mentions ambulance services in Germany Austria France Italy Switzerland Holland Russia and America employing dogs.
Hawkins on his first town trip after a six weeks illness vents anger at a neighbor and a druggist as he retrieves tonic. He grumbles over friendly greetings and asks how a small remark can ruin his mood after nearly two months inside.
A compact meditation on happiness and optimism as a personal magnet for friends and fortune. It cites the value of cheerful thinking to smooth paths and overcome obstacles, then interleaves a public domain lyric about enduring love through seasons and time. The piece blends guidance with a Romantic verse excerpt.
A young Englishman in Palm Beach explains European politics to an American girl. She asks what a conservative is, with a Denver Republican quip that in England it’s a respectable man halting progress while in Russia he would cry fire.
Japanese salvage operations at Port Arthur employ about 1200 workmen to repair ships and store coal while aiming to recover fifty vessels. Captured artillery, vehicles, locomotives, cars, and other trophies have been gathered and prepared for shipment.
Peruana is presented as a universal remedy for catarrh with global endorsements. The advertisement touts the Peruna Girl travels worldwide, claims of eradication of catarrh, and testimonies from figures in Australia Hawaii Cuba and many places. It stresses a vast laboratory and a standard of worldwide acceptance and effectiveness.
A clergyman, recently engaged to someone of a different faith, sent a song article supporting his side to a newspaper. Late at night he telephoned the city editor in distress, asking to replace a line about Daniel in the fiery furnace with a reference to the Hon's den.
A New Hampshire farmer, Mr Marston, recounts a year long sciatic pain that left him bedridden for six months. After trying doctors he used Dr Williams Pink Pills, which enabled him to walk again within three months. He endorses the remedy for neuralgia and related pains and lists his post office contact.
The number of lunatics under control in Ireland is 22 000, up 1 000 from two years ago.
Classic 19th century ad copy praising Mother Grays Sweet Powders used to ease constipation feverishness teething and stomach troubles in children. Claims 30000 testimonials and availability at druggists 25 cents sample free by A S Olmsted La Roy New York. Also mentions Russian industrial schools and a testimonial for Piso Cure and a Chicago Journal quip about job interviews.
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