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Semi Weekly Herald in Eldora, Iowa

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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Herald

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1909

Page

3

Alaska's Grand Glaciers and Peaks Rise In Scenic Splendor

A vivid tour through southeastern Alaska highlights Mount Logan, Mount St. Elias, Wrangell peaks, and the Malaspina glacier. The article extols sea routes to Sitka, Skagway, and Glacier Bay, notes rail links like the White Pass and Copper river lines, and celebrates Alaska's dramatic mountains, fjords, and canneries as a growing national treasure.

Seward Alaska Hudson Rhine George Killarney Yosemite Switzerland Prince William Sound Kenai Peninsula Mount St. Elias Mount Sanford Blackburn Mount Wrangell Mount Drum Copper River Juneau Skagway Coast Range British Columbia Pacific Seaboard United States Seattle Peiny I Alands Hanging Valley Okagway Sullewater Mount Edgecumbe Sitka Cross Sound Johns Hopkins Muir Brady Ala Glacier Bay St. Elias I. C. Russell United States Geological Survey National Geographic Society National Geographic Magazine Russell Duke of McKinley Alaskan St. Elias and Fairweather Ranges Malaspina Wrangell Range Chugach Mountains Wrangell Mountains Copper Resurrection Bay Kenal Mountain Alaska Central Railroad Company Matanuska Susitna Alaska Range Fairbanks Tanana River Lake Clark Cook Inlet Mount McKinley Mount Hayes Talkeetna Mountains Talkeetna Group Susitna River

Real Tea Bootlegger Sparks Train Car Tale

An Oklahoma man recounts a bootlegger aboard a Frisco line who sold bottles labeled as cold tea to thirsty cattlemen and an Indian. The trader warned buyers to drink after leaving the station, saying the liquor inside would risk his life if consumed on board.

Oklahoma Through Express

Silk Stockings Inspire Susan B. Anthony Eloquence

Susan B. Anthony, noted for simple dress, confessed a feminine vanity for silk stockings. When pressed, she joked that wearing silk stockings lifts her mood and confidence, letting her feel as if she walks among clouds and soars in eloquence.

Susan B. Anthony

Cure for Itching Humor Reported by Patient

O L Wilson of Puryear Tennessee describes a three year skin disease with black swellings forming itching sores on face neck arms and body. After doctors failed relief he used three sets of Cutiura Remedies and recovered within a week some sores nearly healed. February 8 1908 Bogon Potter Drug & Chem Corp Solo Props

O. L. Wilson Puryear Tenn Potter Drug & Chem. Corp Solo Props Bogon

Do Your Cows Give Mille A Fair Exchange

A fragment quotes a rural fair exchange with folksy banter about cows and milking, followed by an old advertisement style line for Stamlins Wizard Oil claiming to relieve soreness from sprains and wounds.

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Recruit Dialogue Reflects Civil War Era Recruitment

A brief exchange shows an experienced man recruiting a civilian. The recruiter asks if he ever smelled powder and offers hire. The recruit says yes, he worked in a drug store before enlisting.

Patented Patent Remedy Brevity and Bizarre Claims

A garbled ad-like passage touts eye salve remedies, dentifrice, breath perfumes, and tonics. It mixes brand names Aldruggista How erd, Wrigley, Winslow, Perry Davis, Allen’s Balsam, and Dr Pierce with exaggerated health boasts and scattered prices, suggesting a late 19th or early 20th century patent medicine page.

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