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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
3
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are described as unlike other laxatives. They gently stimulate the liver and stomach to improve digestion, blood quality, and complexion without scouring or weakening. The ad claims constipation drives many ailments and touts twenty five cent price.
Irving Bacheller recounts how Commodore Vanderbilt steered his son William into railroads in The Hand Mace Gentleman. The father sends Bill to work on a farm, toys with his request for manure, then fixes him up with railroad work, prompting a humorous eight schooner loads prank. The tale underscores shaping a heir through practical business labor.
In Sheffield a young couple, mistaken for newlyweds, display cool composure aboard a train. A shower of rice reveals the ruse when the groom jokes to his partner that he has stolen the bridegroom's coat, leaving fellow passengers amused.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any incurable case of catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney and associates as endorsers and promotes internal use, pricing, and nationwide distribution through druggists.
The first lifeboat still exists at Redcar Yorkshire, placed in 1802 to save lives near the Tees mouth. Built by a Sunderland shipwright from his own plans, Parliament rewarded him £1200 for merit and ingenuity. It served for over 70 years before retirement to a shed as newer boats arrived.
A New York Morning Telegraph piece recounts a female public schools supervisor appealing to a punished boy with kindness, only to hear a witty interruption about another boy. It also notes Jamaica and the British West Indies debating women’s suffrage, with Jamaica narrowly defeating a vote and women pledging to continue the fight.
A Fond du Lac woman recounts severe indigestion with heart palpitations. After four years, she switched breakfast to Grape Nuts and Postum, reporting relief within a week, weight gain, clearer skin, and restored stamina. She credits the products and notes their coffee-like flavor.
The first official Memorial Day observance followed General John A. Logan’s 1868 proclamation declaring May 30th a day to decorate Union graves. The message urged reverent services, preservation of memory, and support for veterans, widows, and orphans, signaling a lasting national pledge.
General W T Clark recalls lending a brigade to Mexican forces along the Rio Grande during the era of Louis Napoleon. A clash was seen as a provocation by Sheridan, but the imperial army fled when the Mexicans charged. The brigadier’s loan led to French retreat as claimed by Clark.
A retrospective meditation on veterans and the unselfish sacrifices of wives and mothers during war. It argues that true heroism includes the suffering of those left behind and calls for a single Memorial Day to honor both Union and Confederate dead, recognizing courage and patriotism without division.
A rustic medley of longing for quiet nature with musings on bells and birds. The piece shifts to a sales pitch claiming Hamling’s Wizard Oil relieves joint and muscle stiffness by rub-in treatment. The tone blends poetry with a patent medicine advert, highlighting nature as balm contrasted with urban noise.
A Pennsylvania inventor suggests a round waterproof silk hat protector with a hemmed pocket for a drawstring. Carried in a handbag it slips over almost any hat to shield it from sudden rain, saving husbands money by protecting bonnets and hats from damp ruin.
Doers This Mean Your Indigestion sour stomach constipation then headache backache and a general miserable feeling. The ad praises Lane's Family Medicine as a pleasant herb tea that will remove these troubles almost immediately. A package costs 25 cents at local druggists or dealers.
A fragment notes a foreman catching someone smoking near keg powder with a warning about a past explosion that killed many. A worker dismisses risk saying only he and another person are present. The text also claims 45 female physicians in the German empire.
A mixed page item set features a postpaid 10 cent offer for Best Grade typewriter carbon paper, a taunting court quip about speeding, teething remedy claims, luxury housing price talk, and an eye salve advertisement. The scattered copy mentions Madden Sales Company, a sheriff-like poke at a police officer, and a frontier of opulent homes on Fifth Avenue.
The Milwaukee Sentinel outlines plans for a homecoming weekend featuring balloon ascensions and races. Proposals from the Milwaukee Acrocru are cited with a guarantee fund, and gas bags including Pabst and Milwaukee Agro club craft are expected for multiple contests and exhibitions.
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