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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1905
Page
7
A late 19th or early 20th century notice urges women with female weaknesses to contact Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. It promises confidential advice from women and offers the vegetable compound as a remedy. The piece emphasizes anonymity, accessibility, and wide success.
A Washington Star quote praises Miss Spriggs piano playing while a musician adds grace with a cautious compliment about her beauty when she plays. The snippet also includes vintage ads for Piso’s Cure, compressed tea, Defiance Starch, and Dr. David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy with names and dates.
Grocers report not carrying Defiance Starch due to existing 12 oz stock. Defiance offers 16 oz for the same price, pushing shoppers toward Deflane Starch which requires no cooking. Consumers urged to choose larger 16 oz option.
A reflective line notes that inner conscience can feel loud at times, even when thoughts are quiet. It suggests moral awareness can surge with unusual clarity, like a megaphone over a whisper, urging restraint and integrity.
Railway notes report Mr I P Spining long time Northwestern passenger agent for the Baltimore and Ohio has been appointed General Northern Agent of the Big Four Railway with headquarters at 238 Clark Street Chicago.
Fraudulent medical ad claims FITS can be permanently cured by Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restore. Offers a $2.00 trial bottle and treatise from DR RH KLINE Ltd Philadelphia. Includes dubious quotes about sense and money.
A thirsty traveler drinks from a prim-gut fountain while a second pilgrim refills from an earthen cup. A low voice from the ground mutters about the cup from human mold and mortality, then a jumbled coda laments national bankruptcy and costly repairs to travel and views.
A temperance report from the District Conference condemns intoxicating beverages as a curse upon civilization. It outlines social ills from home to prison and church to law, urging temperance as a moral, spiritual, and legal reform aligning with religious teaching.
The Medical Brief warns cigarette smokers to consider the harm, especially young men. It notes nicotine saturation causing catarrhal conditions, irritable nerves, weak heart action, and indigestion. It advises milder choices, set indulgence times, and warns against inhaling smoke or exceeding three cigars daily.
Rev Harvey Wood at Ocean Grove warns National Temperance Society of a over 50 percent rise in female drunkenness in America. He cites England's 64 percent child deaths linked to parental drinking, critiques temperance statements, and says licensing failed to curb crime. He urges broad unity across churches and youth groups.
London Express notes a broad temperance movement across England driven by money tightness and higher income tax, plus medical opinion. It credits reduced national drink expenditure to abstinence by labor leaders and unions, American visitors favoring iced nonalcoholic drinks, and shifting public taste.
Bitter experience in industry shows alcohol’s anesthetic effects impairing judgment and vigor. Leading employers demand total abstinence for trusted workers, viewing moderate drinkers as deficient. The shift, not moral, follows harsh law and inexorable industrial logic as a quiet march toward a definite end.
The piece argues that no matter how ambitious a young man is, drink undermines effort and success. It stresses home based moral training and balanced upbringing to guard against alcohol, which ruins prospects and opportunities, displacing capable individuals from competition.
The article argues there is more drunkenness in Russia now than ever. It notes the government monopoly on white vodka, its rye base, low price, and strong content. Despite promises that exclusive sale would curb vice, teetotalism fails and workers waste spare time on drink, fueling indolence and poverty.
The piece argues sobriety is a fixed requirement across industries and that youths must study self control to secure good employment. It stresses parental sacrifice in educating sons, but warns that neglect of sobriety undermines these efforts and future prospects.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer note argues most pro wrestlers and prize fighters avoid alcohol and tobacco to preserve nerve and self discipline. It cites a rifle expert as sharing this strict stance against narcotics or stimulants.
A Punch cartoon caption notes a worm won’t turn when trodden on, joking that even a worm has a turning point. It then mocks a lady driver asking “Can you show us the way to Great Missingden?” with a weary driver and a call for help, capturing satirical transport humor.
A Pittsburg Dispatch quote presents a salty sailor recounting an eye catching dog watch moment. He describes stepping on a starboard tack while carrying a baby jib and blood spurting, a vivid sea tale.
Last week a district fire department responded to an alarm near Harrison Street Baltimore as engines puffed smoke through the area. A first floor merchant, amid the crowd, hung a sign over his door reading No interruption to business.
A Cheyenne visit features Frank Jones, A. D. Jones's son, delivering a telegram in a master mechanic office as Harriman asks about his role. A Kansas City hotel room request leads to a comic exchange over floor level and fire risk. Judge Shelby remarks on sweating versus affirming with a tale of a witness who prefers affirming, not swearing, and a colorful response from Erastus.
Defiance Starch proclaims itself the biggest and best with a money back guarantee. A 16 ounce package is priced at 10 cents, encouraging customers to try it now. Greenland’s population is stated as nearly 12,000 inhabitants.
Every housekeeper should buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use. It never sticks to the iron and comes in a full 16 oz package for the same 10 cent price as rival %-pound bags. Defiance is free from injurious chemicals and merchants may push smaller sizes to clear stock.
Clementina Gonzales of Central America reports in a Chicago letter that Peruna restored her health after weariness insomnia and loss of appetite. She says a half bottle helped and three weeks of use fully renewed her strength enabling her to resume studies. She praises Peruna as best for building up the system.
Des Moines Iowa based Beckman Bros offers pit and pitless scales for steel and wood frames priced from 25 dollars and up. Footnote urges buyers to write 1 48 before you buy and promises money savings including wind putups.
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