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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
7
An advertisement extols Cascarets as pure effective bowel tonics linked to the Pure Drugs Act of 1906. It touts a long standing own pure drug law from 1896, claims billions of boxes sold, and urges readers to buy a pocket box from their druggist with a satisfaction guarantee.
Col Frank B Posey reports success of an underground garden in an abandoned Boonville area coal mine. Using acetylene lighting the mine supports radishes onions lettuce and flowers. he plans a larger scale winter operation to supply his table and neighbors.
Plans for the East River bridge of the New York connecting railroad were submitted for approval. The steel gridnet bridge will link the Bronx with Long Island and the Pennsylvania system, forming a three mile long sea bridge with a 1000 foot arch span and 200 foot towers. Eighty thousand tons of steel will be used and four tracks will run on a stone ballast.
Reports show Hed Wing Minnesota and San Francisco clerks forming unions while Boston and Gloucester workers gain raises and education on trades. The British Columbia legislature debates immigration education barriers. England’s coal miners receive a 5 percent wage increase and Mexico hosts a strong AF of L presence. Enidson Wisconsin forms a blacksmith union and Alaska miners settle wage disputes without recognizing the union. London hosts an industrial insurance agents union meeting boosting union production.
Agricultural advice covers animal care, feeding, and housing costs, with notes on grain price control and new storage plans in the Northwest. It discusses disease and pest control for pigs and cattle, dehorning safety, and harness oil recipes, then shifts to poultry, worm infestations, and methods for destroying pests including moths, with emphasis on plowing, ground roughening, and early spring soil work.
A discussion on green crops notes nitrogen accumulation, soil humus formation, mineral availability, and erosion protection. It cites crimson clover and cowpeas as preferred options and explains turnips as mineral bringers. Also covered is prickly pear feeding tests in Texas showing competitive cost and weight gains for dairy cattle and steers.
A playful exchange hints at a couple in the spotlight as Markley says yes while the fiancée asserts independence, leaving the narrator unsure of his sole role as beneficiary in this Philadelphia Press item.
A historical page denounces physicians over diagnosing to avoid family doctors and bills, noting many pains are symptoms of a single disease. It promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for women, claiming it strengthens nerves and organs, with Pierce's Pellets for digestion and liver relief.
A large, rotund man at Madison and Wabash elevated railway turnstiles fumbles for a nickel and finally hands a $5 bill to the ticket office monopolist. A passerby admonishes his brash language with a polite correction from a nearby woman.
The article credits Chinese as pioneers of printing and movable type. It cites Du Halde and Jesuit reports claiming printing existed in China nearly fifty years before Christ, with bamboo strips used for books and paper first produced around 1045, while Europe entered its Dark Ages.
In a terse exchange Mrs Mannidse and Leon discuss keeping hired help, revealing a claim that tasks are shared with the speaker insisting she does most of the work while others are labeled as merely help. The dialogue hints at hierarchy and responsibility within a domestic setting.
A patient describes eleven years with eczema on hands. After trying multiple doctors without relief, a cake of Cuticura Soap a box of Cuticura Ointment and two Cuticura Resinol Pills cured the condition. The testimonial endorses the Cuticura line for dermatitis and urges others to try it.
A Topeka hardware dealer, hearing boastful farming stories, asks a farmer about his crop. The farmer claims a good harvest, but the dealer quietly questions the exact numbers, noting crops were stacked outdoors and stored in the barn, revealing exaggerated claims.
In 1855 London held a grand celebration for Dr Samuel Johnson. Australasia cricket star Bonner attended and, when his health was proposed, quipped that he would rather have Johnson’s revered memory than his own cricket triumphs.
Mrs James French of Taunton Massachusetts reports severe back pain and disordered kidney secretions for two troubled years. After using Deans Kidney Pills she claims relief, no further trouble, and attributes the cure to the pills sold 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Insects described as tea bug and tea mite inhabit Assam tea gardens. The mites live their entire lives on the tea plant, shelter on the upper leaf, and damage the leaves by pumping plant sap. A muddy water spray is the only known remedy, though not always effective. The tea bug devastates finer teas, preferring the most delicate flavors.
A titled English lady owns a jade charm that curses her whenever she tears it. Her son retrieves the jewel to a Paris museum keeper and asks what the charm represents. The expert declares it an emblem of sickness. The woman never wore it again.
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