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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
6
A fragment from an 1905 publication recounts a chaotic pow wow scene with Amos Lem and Rose as plot points. Characters debate witch lore, magic, and control over Rose, while hints of a looming, sinister plot unfold in a tense valley setting.
A compact musing contrasts inner clouds and sunshine with social criticism. It argues harsh neighborly judgments spring from self consciousness and that marriage often mirrors personal failure. It claims deep furrowing in soils and minds yields the best harvests and notes women’s devotion disturbed by neighborly gossip.
New Zealand’s drink bill for 1908 totals 18,750,000 pounds, an increase of 420,000 over 1907. Separately, a curious note states hair grows at three millionths of a yard per second.
A 1914 proposal outlines opening unoccupied lands to settlers, government work at five dollars per six hours, and a six hour day. It envisions a revised code of laws, no foreign embassies, no land speculation, and a county land agency controlling property. It also calls for a nationwide trunk rail network to connect regions and enable travel and commerce.
The passage notes that annual imports of coffee tea and cocoa into the United States total about $100,000,000. It estimates three fourths of this sum goes to coffee while the rest is roughly split between cocoa and tea.
Dr C El Parkhurst remarks that many misinterpret charity and cites a humorous journal entry about a hostler stealing potatoes and being given the sack. The item notes Mexico's rubber industry turning out less profitable than expected.
New York has raised 1 075 000 for the Bludson Fulton celebration kicking off September 25. Of this sum 15 000 will fund aero nautical features including a reproduction Fulton steamboat with a fight setting as motorboats and airships skim above as it travels upstream. At Fred Cavalla’s funeral a London costermonger, the open hearse was drawn by six horses with a postilion in black and four pallbearers with white wands beside the hearse. The coming summer is hailed as a season of color.
The California Fig Syrup Co. asserts full disclosure of its laxative product components to gain doctors' trust. It claims the preparation uses California figs for taste while medicinal agents come from beneficial plants, urging purchase only of its genuine manufacture and availability at leading druggists.
Perpetual water right and fine water described with crop potential and yields stated as 64 bushels wheat per acre and 3 44 to 6 tons alfalfa. Includes free timber, easy ferns, and healthful elftuate claims. Mentions Werle Now Linwood Land Company in Rock Springs Wyoming.
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