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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1903
Page
7
A long excerpted miscellany notes rural German weddings funded by guests with high prices for food and drink, mentions Halley’s comet and the Star of Bethlehem, and surveys various ads and product pitches from Defiance Starch to Allen's Foot-Ease along with local beliefs and trivia.
Notes from Des Moines report Iowa's general fund shows a surplus of 239000 dollars as of September 30 with 858475 dollars covered by appropriations. Labor Commissioner Brigham seeks three factory inspectors and enforcement of fire escape laws. Iowa Agricultural College budget outlines over 500000 dollars in next year's appropriations including a heating plant and building renovations. Five Des Moines businessmen face contempt hearings. state cow purchases for Mt. Pleasant hospital. county agricultural societies must organize. and local notes include demographics and a London dinner remark.
A mosaic of curiosities and anecdotes spans spiritualism in England with Beecher, a Buddhist publisher in Tokyo, Thackeray in Ireland, Justice Brewer at Smyrna, and aging health cures in Ohio. The clipping blends quips, misreadisms, product pitches, and brief memoirs from early 20th century notices.
An old advertising block extols Doan's Kidney Pills for back ache kidney trouble and dropsy relief. Include testimonials from Stephen Schaefer and others praising rapid pain relief better sleep and regained health after free trials. The text touts dissolution of gravel and elimination of urinary symptoms.
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