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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1902
Page
1
W W Cocroft returns from North Dakota with an option on fertile land. Local elections stir talk as Stagon and disaffection swirl. mayoral moves, rail issues, new businesses, civic events, and marriages fill Rock Valley headlines.
A blaze rips through a home as firemen rescue sleeping occupants from danger. The dramatic scene highlights near-miss chances and the dangers of neglecting coughs and colds. An advertisement touts Dr King’s Discovery for consumption with claims of protection and remedies.
A. L. Heathey, a robust blacksmith from Wilden, Indiana, reports years of rheumatism ended after using Electric Waters. He claims two bottles cured him and no twinge lasts over a year. The remedy purports to regulate kidneys, purify blood, and relieve rheumatism neuralgia nervousness and digestion. Available for 50 cents at De Kru and Lubbers' drug store.
A jumble of old advertisements touts Reo ctol for piles with money back guarantees and free samples plus other products like Lee's Egg Maker and Rocky Mountain Tea. It also includes political quips, a cold cure prompt for Laxative Bromo Quin ine, and a religious line about piety ending with a Latin-style reflection.
Walton Furnace Vermont resident Wm Spirey reports a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a severe fever sore on his leg after other remedies failed. The product is advertised to treat bruises ulcers eruptions boils corns and piles for two cents. De Kruif & Lubbers guarantee the remedy. A Kentucky man who tried a new cure for liquor addiction ended up in an insane asylum and will seek help outside the state for his recovery.
An assortment of pseudo medicine claims and ads flood the page. Products tout cures for piles constipation and colds with guarantees no cure no pay and free samples. Names De Kruif Schultz Geselschap and Rocky Mountain Tea appear amid hype and dubious medical assertions.
A writer extols Scheveningen as a fishing village retreat away from grand suburbs. The piece describes a breakfast of rye bread and fine butter with herring, a Dutch lunch of rye bread and cheese and milk, and morning scenes of milk carts, painted barrels, and maids in traditional dress cleaning windows with a brass spray.
French investigators credit Lully with inventing the conductor baton after using a six foot pole to time music. A later anecdote recounts a fox chase on ice where a hunter misreads a river opening and a dog fails to stop as the fox vanishes.
A satirical tale about Catalani and her husband a handsome Frenchman described as unintellectual. He supposedly ordered a piano to be lowered for a concert, but the carpenter and the line about two inches sawn create a comic error revealing the husband’s foolishness.
A moral scene shows a boy crying while a kind old man questions him, revealing a cycle of blame and punishment. A sailors fish test uses a coin boiled with the water to judge edibility, turning color if bad. A guest jokes with a waiter about missing soup on the menu card, blamed on another table.
In a crowded office scene, a physician asks who has waited longest while a tailor reveals delivering clothes to the doctor three years ago, highlighting a long-standing bill dispute and patient backlog.
A brief Indianapolis News reflection suggests tolerance for fault but questions whether individuals should have more sense in difficult actions. The piece weighs forgiveness against accountability in everyday conduct.
A Pittsburg Press fragment records a waiter refusing to provide dates with chickens, stating the place only furnishes bread and butter, while a patron asks when the chicken dish was made.
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