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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1905
Page
4
A collage of political takes, social quips, and anecdotes from late 19th century discourse. It riffs on Tolstoy, beef trust scandals, European travel, and American politicians, interspersed with a testimonial for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and local business notes. Diverse figures and places appear, including Shaw, Bryan, Johnson, Linevitch, Iowa, Dakotas, Chicago, Carlsbad, and Smith & Reed.
The piece praises labor demand and wages, notes Iowa's strong population outlook, and urges Republicans to focus on prosperity over infighting. It lauds Hardin county fairs, agricultural yield, and economic optimism, while endorsing Red Cedar posts sold by Davis and Moser.
A note describes throat irritation and coughing followed by temporary relief from a cough mixture. The passage implies ongoing irritation and continued use of remedy.
An advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion as a cure for cold and bronchitis. It claims the product soothes the throat reduces irritation and nourishes weakened tissues to restore strength, mentioning a free sample offer and listing Scott & Bowne as the makers.
The Kenmore Improvement Association, a hustling village group near Buffalo, promotes salubrious regulation, tree planting, and public speaking. It funds tree planting on municipal streets via state act, with three years care without local assessments, and holds bi monthly meetings featuring debates, lectures, and public interest topics.
The P M Musser Public Library in Muscatine Iowa curates a reading room display on civic improvement. The list includes works by Bly Parsons Robinson Schuyler Van Rensselaer and others plus proceedings from local horticultural groups and state society reports. The library offers to provide magazine articles on parks cemeteries school gardens window gardens and other beautification topics upon request.
Professor Henry Kraemer spoke at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy about converting dull town yards into miniature woods. He described hardy wild flowers that bloom from March to fall, needing little care and costing nothing. He cited his own garden with 114 species and 500 specimens in about 1,800 square inches, arranged nearly in nature.
The Dallas advertising committee of the One Hundred and Fifty Thousand club reports in a Denver dispatch to the New York American that in six weeks of the Dallas Detty campaign three thousand thirty eight dollars was spent by all committees. Eight hundred letters inquiries came from four May magazines and seven hundred fourteen thousand five hundred pieces of advertising matter were distributed. Over eight hundred seventeen dollars and ninety six cents was spent for postage. The committee plans thirty thousand dollars in the first year and to continue the campaign for five years. The Lawn Sold the House. In a suburb two properties sold at distinctly different prices prompting comment from a noted real estate expert who attributed the higher price to a fine velvety lawn.
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