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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
7
A narrator recalls discovering a backyard scene where Italians chop, grind, and mix tomatoes with cornmeal and flour to mold dough for cakes baked on boards to dry on roofs. The result is brickhard morsels used as summer and winter food, sold cheaply to fellow countrymen as a frugal, nutritious meal. The piece ends with the tenet that much of the world does not know how the other half lives.
A downtown lunch counter narrator notes patrons imitate end seats by copying orders like sham sandwich and pumpkin pie. The tale extends to oysters and beef choices, comparing crowd behavior to sheep and geese as ideas spread quickly among diners.
In Westerly Rhode Island Mrs Lizgle M Brewer extols Pe-ru-na as a pure cure for catarrhal affections and influenza like la grippe. She claims quick permanent relief from weakness and female ailments and urges young women to read the company book. The letter cites New Lisbon Ohio resident Mrs J W Reynolds as a chronic catarrh sufferer cured by Pe-ru-na and notes free literature from The Pe-ru-na Medicine Company Columbus Ohio.
A wife cools her husband’s grumpy morning mood with a sharp reply about heating the coffee, while the husband remains silent. The playful dialogue hints at underlying tensions and humor in domestic life.
An old advertisement promises relief from a wide range of ailments by improving bowel health. It touts Cascarcts candy cathartic as a genuine remedy costing 10 cents to start, warns of imitations, and highlights the real product's C. O. G stamp.
An advertisement claims FIT Permanently Cured with Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. It offers a free trial bottle for 82.00 and lists H Kline Ltd of Philadelphia as the contact. A second note observes land quality by timber density, noting poor land where trees are tall and sparse.
The Denver News item recounts Mrs Trowbridge proposing to drop Mrs Utterbeck for a mean remark. Mrs Teasdale recalls a quarrel over corn bread molasses and a decorated cracker jar. A guest comments on China not being as bad as painted.
A collage of early 20th century drug ads promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward and testimonials. Other notices tout Piso's Cure, a vitality product, and a mail order health claim. Prices, testimonials, and distributor names appear for Toledo and Minnesota clinics.
Excavations in Babylonia reveal a 200 room palace over twenty five acres near Nineveh. Inscriptions and clay tablets link Assyrian rulers with Hebrews, while a flood creation tale mirrors biblical stories. Finds at Nippur extend civilization back centuries.
The U S Commissary Department ships Libby McNeill Libby’s Plum Pudding for Christmas dinner to soldiers in the Philippine Islands and at Guba, bringing a taste of home to troops far from their stations. A 1,200 year old Wind sor park tree named William the Conqueror is noted.
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