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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
7
Recent enlargement of women’s rights in Turkey is said to influence the army revolt. The Turkish women’s club house in Constantinople was among buildings fired on by troops, who are described as fanatical Mohammedans.
Land irrigation offering perpetual water right with fine water and productive soil. Claims crop failures unknown, 50 bushels of wheat per acre, three tons of alfalfa, healthful climate, free timber, and easy terms. Write now from Rock Springs Wyoming.
From The Woman's Invasion in Every body's a discussion of the shift toward cooperative home life. It notes rising demand for ready to eat foods and large department store sales, with Chicago cited as an example. It argues these changes contract home scope but do not erase its core principle.
Walt Whitman argues government should train communities to self rule in every grade from individuals up. Eastern Colorado offers low land prices from 10 to 20 dollars per acre, with crops and rapid price gains attracting settlers. Lincoln County is highlighted as a premier agricultural area, with W S Pershing of Limon aiding land surveys for railroads and government.
A golf anecdote about Oscar Asche starting poorly, then hitting a clean shot. He asks his dour Scotch caddie if he is the worst player he has carried for. The caddie remains silent until a long pause ends with a quip about thinking.
A collage of old health tips and lore including Mrs Winslow’s Teething Stoup and guidance on good meat quality from the Baltimore American. Also notes on Hamlin’s Wizard Oil and a Gaelic Beltaine May Day ritual, highlighting historic beliefs in incense, fires, and cattle protection.
Short excerpt outlines hog cholera treatment with Sloan's Liniment mixed in milk and fed to sick hogs for three days. Includes testimonials from A J McCarthy and G W Balsbaugh. Also describes a Hogarthian inn sign “The Man Loaded With Mischief” on Madingley road with details of surrounding businesses and the faded scene.
The Boston Glove notes anvils known from biblical times with Isaiah referenced. It contrasts ancient and modern forms, describing Orient bout shaped anvils set in logs for various crafts and American cast iron faced with steel anvils, featuring a beak end and a handy hole for tools.
Annie Bugelworth a 17 year old from Burlington Connecticut wears overalls and aids her farmer father August on a highway project. Neighbors reported to authorities and Annie was arrested but she states she wears men’s clothing by choice and can earn a man’s pay. No action has been taken under the state statute banning opposite sex attire. Her build and appearance are described as muscular tall and Indian like.
The Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin advertises Murine eye remedy for relief of eye discomfort while a Norfolk Virginia note from Postmaster Carney restricts leave requests around baseball games. The rule requires leaves of absence be sent to the division superintendent by 10 am on game mornings, implying disciplinary oversight.
Correspondence notes Julien Couchard born July 19, 1888 in Manves Orne. At 21 he stands 3 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 40 pounds. He faces the April 1 draft in infantlike dress, unlikely to shoulder a rifle.
From Everybody's Magazine story about a boy named Mosie in a hospital for seven weeks. A nurse tickles him under the chin and he smiles briefly before the smile vanishes as he responds in Yiddish. The piece contrasts his memory of suffering in Russia with a small moment of levity. An advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease claims to ease foot ailments and offers samples and a mail address for Le Roy New York.
A New York Morning Telegraph item recounts a Pittsburg man staying at the Manhattan hotel and attempting long distance calls. He balked at high rates, urging a four minute call and quipping about calling across state lines. A second note details inland iron ore discoveries in Nyland and Ladoga regions aiding mining research.
A Tonia Michigan resident James Greenman recounts a severe kidney illness. He avoided surgery, used Dean's Kidney Pills, passed stones and expelled many gems, claiming rapid recovery and return to health. Advertised price 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y. Oregon name origin discussion notes French exploration and Carver's 1767 1768 expedition.
A Springfield Union reader recalls a Carls pad hotel visit where a quiet American named James I, King of Buffalo, N Y, was the focus of unusual attention. The guest and others puzzled over the deferential treatment until a hotel register revealed the joke in a printed Kurgast Liste.
From Life a small boy teases his pale faced aunt in a field about cow fear and bull fight tricks. A Baltimore News snippet argues the country needs better managed cities with less congestion fewer tenement districts and lower death rates.
A Chicago reader describes severe itching and skin eruption spreading from hands to other parts, keeping him awake and interfering with work. After trials of doctors and various ointments, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, and within weeks the itching ceased and eruptions disappeared. November 18 and 28, 1907.
Washington Letter to the Boston Herald recounts Senator Rayner of Maryland describing a failed 1885 House re election bid and a tariff book that failed by 160 votes. The piece notes Paris ads seeking a one legged man and reports Colorado towns electing women as treasurers and clerks recently.
Henry learns his uncle has died leaving nothing but his final offer to Genevieve Stubbles. She balks until his sincerity shifts. he proclaims loneliness and hope with her, while she fears the loss of stability and the weight of a risky future. The pair cling to possibility as tensions rise.
The Mauretania, arriving Friday, faced a surge of sea going gamblers. Professionals reportedly fleeced passengers, totaling about $2,000. A table under a warning notice drew many players, aided by an elderly man and a young woman, with detectives recognizing the suspect as a veteran at the game.
Adrian California reader Lina V. Henry recounts relief from a female illness after trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the product as a thirty year standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache indigestion and nervous prostration and offers confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A recently issued blue book lists licensed premises in Mingland and Wales. At the start of last year there were Y5,AlT on license and 29,924 licensed premises countrywide, or 84,07 per 10 000 population. On licenses fell about 1 40 during the year and off licenses by 280, with 187,803 drunkenness convictions, down 9,421 from 1907.
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