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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
2
A rural Virginia judge forgives his housemaid Mary after she is accused of using his tub without permission. He refrains from harsh punishment, explaining he dislikes actions done behind his back rather than in his presence.
Civil marriages in Scotland have grown into a lucrative business, with ads offering private arrangements for ten shillings and legal agents ready to facilitate. Glasgow led the rise, 1,868 couples were married before a sheriff last year, up 21 from 1907 and 30 from 1906, often without religious ceremony while witnesses confirm the essentials.
A Kansas doctor treats a four year old with pneumonia by feeding Grape-Nuts and notes rapid recovery. He cites another elderly patient who, after two to three weeks on Grape-Nuts with milk and a pinch of sugar, fully recovers from severe stomach trouble gaining 22 pounds in two months. The letter promotes the cereal and invites readers to seek more letters.
In a Pennsylvania cave mystery, Amos, Jim, and Sheriff uncover robbers in a hidden chamber behind a wall. A stamp book and postage stamps tie the gang to thefts across Snyder and Helsler's, with Rose Hartwick arriving to witness a county hearing. The scene shifts to the Hartwick mansion as the trial of Jim Farthing and others unfolds, with Rose insisting on staying to testify.
Fruitland Maryland reports Josiah Fooks of Fooks Mill as a remarkable five year old with a memory rivaling adults. He recalls reading volumes verbatim, quotes Scripture from memory, and can recite newspapers and speeches. Locals visit on Sundays to hear his boyhood tales and wide range scholarly allusions, while his sixth sense fuels his legendary reputation.
A reminiscence recalls Mr. Hammond’s homely look and a southern servant’s memory. The piece shifts to a cautionary note for tourists in British Columbia about a new game law banning buying or selling mountain sheep, elk, moose, caribou heads or elk teeth.
An Atlantic essay argues land owners must govern estates within reasonable limits. It states owners bear a sacred duty to let the earth yield and not overextend their holdings. Ownership places one in charge of natures forces and evolution, demanding prudent management.
A humorous column noting Agly's desire for a piazza hammock tied to engagement or social stance. It observes a lawn cutter’s view on public affairs and a widow who distrusts men yet endures disappointment. It recalls a quote attributed to Napoleon on anger and restraint.
Minneapolis readers see a testimonial from Mrs Joan G McLean praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles. The letter asserts strong personal recovery and urges others to write for confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Disraeli, famed for flattery, faced a peer’s question after becoming a lord. He quipped that he felt “dead and buried” and, recalling his host’s company, added the line “and in the realms of the blest.”
A Tit-Bits excerpt notes that during war able bodied men enlisted, driven by powerful motives. In a bright boy’s answer locomotives are named. Grasse, a fragrant town on the French Riviera, is described as a year round bubbling center for perfume production with vast distilleries and barrels.
A parent reports a two and a half year old daughter suffering from a painful itchy skin eruption on hips and legs. After doctors failed, two weeks of Cuticura remedies cured her. she has been well since February and is now fourteen. Credit given to Mrs R R Whitaker Winchester Tenn September 22 1908. Potter Drug & Chem Corp sole props of Cuticura Remedies Boston.
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