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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1903
Page
7
A collage of early 20th century marketing lines and quips. Writings reference W J Lampton humor, Defiance Starch claims of superiority, Foot Comfort for sore feet, a red photog chemical, Magnet Pile Killer, Piso s Cure, and Laxative Bromo Quinine. Includes random proverbs and product pitches.
Kansas City dispatch reports 8000 Missouri miners face closure if 600 Novinger workers do not return to work. They quit against President Mitchell and the Chicago conference order, risking a statewide mine shutdown. Leader James Mooney urged the work stoppage to oppose Mitchell.
Pittsburg reports that the German Glass Company at Cleveland New York Vincennes Window Glass at Vincennes Indiana will reopen with twenty four pot capacity. They are cooperative concerns and reportedly renewed contracts with Pittsburg Plate Glass. Workers' unions not recognized. Independent plants expect to hire skilled labor due to dissatisfaction with the Detroit agreement.
A B Rown of Clarinda shot himself in Creston after his horse K C finished second in a running race. He had wagered $100 and blamed judges for an unfair decision. After threatening a judge, he turned the pistol on himself.
Charles Heckel of Marshfield Wisconsin fell from a wagon and broke his neck. He is totally paralyzed and breathes only by diaphragm movement. Doctors fear suffocation if respiration ceases before recovery. The incident occurred a few days ago and he remains alive despite dire prognosis.
The armored cruiser Cleveland returning from official trial in Portland falls short of the speed contract by a notch. In Cincinnati a fire at the Schoelkooh Hartford Hanna building causes heavy damage, with losses around 125000 dollars to that firm and nearby businesses.
National banks nationwide seek a share of the 40 million dollars set aside by Secretary Shaw to deposit this fall to guard against monetary stringency. American delegates arrive as Lawler of Bethel, Connecticut, and Max Hayes of Cleveland join the American Federation of Labor at the British labor Congress.
A potpourri of anecdotes from courtrooms and public figures. A Shrewsbury recorder jokes with a tearful inmate about prison, a colored preacher lampoons hell, a farmer recalls stacked papers, Newport crowds see George J. Gould aboard a battleship, Corbett recalls a Coney Island Club encounter before a Jeffries bout.
Staunton Arkansas reports letters from Justice T B Reeves and Justice E B Cox praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble. Cox recounts personal relief after using three boxes and sharing the remaining three with friends who also report benefits. The note adds a skeptical aside about endorsements and a remark on Defiance Starch packaging and a line about beauty and insomnia.
Advertorial letter from James M. Powell of Kansas City and Cyrus Hershman of Sheridan praising Peruna for curing catarrh of the bladder kidneys and pelvic organs. They urge readers to insist on Peruna only and offer gratis advice from Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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