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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
4
A festive Christmas message urges people to forget troubles and injuries, to be generous and kind, and to recognize the giver of all good. The note closes with a cheerful wish of Merry Christmas to all.
Text discusses the "People" regulation theme with quotes from Dasil Pacts and various thinkers. It cites the need to elevate the masses, warns that bayonets and industrial tools won battles, and stresses that advancing the rear rank is crucial for government and civilization. It argues mass uplift as essential to republic perpetuity and addresses class and race prejudice and the role of religion.
The Home and Family column argues the home as civilizational cornerstone and condemns easy divorce. It narrates Samuel Tucker’s attempt to win back his wife Jane after estrangement by following a suggested, though dubious, method inspired by a lecture by John B. Gough.
A man wrestles with beginning a simple act in life as he plans how to attend church with his wife and rides with her to the service Then the editor recalls missing a Missouri River Navigation convention in Omaha due to time constraints and the effort of preparing for the Sioux City convention with governors and congressmen.
Ralph A. Webster secretary of the Iowa Monument Association of Des Moines was taken into custody by order of Judge Miller for contempt of court for refusing to answer questions about the methods and activities of the corporation or trust. The world do move.
The Forestry service states 16 billion matches are used yearly worldwide. It notes three million matches are struck each minute day and night. Those living under the American habitations account for half of the total.
A column of chores and jobs on local farms offered by A T Knight and D H Knight. Advertisements list livestock for sale, rental farms, and loan abstracts. Notices announce administrators for Wax FH Cornell and Chanler A Dunwell estates with probate details in Clay County Iowa.
B K Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina says 60 3 stung for fifteen years by indigestion tried many doctors and two thousand dollars worth of medicine before using Dr King’s New Life Pills which he says cured him. The pills claim to cure constipation biliousness sick headache stomach liver kidney and bowel troubles and are sold for 25 cents. Health depends on keeping the system pure with Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea offered by O A Bijornstead & Co.
A local contractor advertises specialty in cement building blocks and sidewalk work with a guarantee on all materials sold and sidewalks built. Encourages readers to consult before contracting any sidewalk or block project.
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