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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1903
Page
7
A reflective piece ties a cherished Bible read by a mother to enduring memory and guidance. It recalls a weathered, stained volume whose influence persists beside the reader in quiet nights, a voice from the past returning with the light of faith and comfort.
Lady Henry Somerset describes Duxhurst Surrey hills homes as a quadrangle of thatched cottages with white roses and white curtains while nearby East End pubs show women at the bar with gin and crying infants. The contrast highlights two stark social worlds.
Prussia's leaders including Dr Studt Gen von Podbielschki Count Posadowsky Wehner and ministers Moller join in a general ordinance to curb drinking by requiring public officials to cooperate with temperance societies. Workmen clubs will offer good food and wholesome literature but ban alcohol while many drinking fountains are to be built. Fruit and non alcoholic drinks will be promoted in stations and along highways. Schools will teach about alcohol evils. This is among the most advanced temperance measures in Germany.
Swedish working men form unions to abstain from liquor for a year and contribute 15 cents monthly to a fund. The pot will be divided at year end among those who keep the pledge. They cite tax on spirits as a motive, while praising self remuneration for total abstinence.
Reports detail vigorous newspaper opposition to Florida saloon moves and federal action backing Prohibition. Prohibitionists gain converts in Iowa and Nebraska while the Epworth Herald urges fair play. the death of Sheriff Pearson prompts broad press appreciation of anti-saloon strength.
A Western congressman warns reelecting Roosevelt would be a grave error only if crops fail next year. Edward MacDowell humors a child's recital of To a Wild Rose. Justice Day’s blindness sparks dawn of Day quip during Parnell hearings. Depew recalls King Edward and the Newcastle duke over hotel charges. Miles recalls a civil war con artist profiting from bogus two dollar escapes.
Orbra Young ten, of Crossroads, Tenn., suffered kidney trouble for years, waking nightly. After his father bought Dodd's Kidney Pills, the boy recovered, now sleeping through the night. The ad urges parents to treat kidney issues promptly and claims universal benefit for children. The piece closes with a joke about cucumbers and freckles.
A hodgepodge of 1900s advertisements tout remedies and potions. Slogans promise relief for headaches and burns, cures for fits, tonics, dyes, starch, pile killers, and pain products. The miscellany includes travel rates, quotes about women, and home care tips.
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