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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
4
Miss Myra Wood yesterday visited her niece Miss Mary Perine who teaches in the public schools of Sanborn. Homer G. Day of Minneapolis is a guest of his brother Rev KE Day and wife. The boys are fishing and enjoying a day at the lakes today.
The Spencer News notes farmers seek seed corn as prices stay under five dollars a bushel. WII Rose tops local corn planting, Will Mincer builds a barn on the old M. B. Parton farm. Mrs Ida Warrens visits her parents while her husband seeks a new location. Ed McArdle plans to leave farming for new work. The No. 8 district schoolhouse has been fully remodeled. Foley’s Kidney Remedy advertised by Geo. Bender for health restoration.
Des Moines Methodist hospital representative Fostoria preacher Billingsley to address local congregation Sunday. Community notices include visitors from Spencer, Milford, Everly, and Fergus Falls, with social events, horse mishaps, and a May basket gift totaling 6.40 for Baby Batho.
Mrs A Alley of Beals Maine praises Dr King’s New Discovery after using ten bottles for coughs colds and lung trouble. She claims quick relief and cure and notes many others see same results. Trial bottle free 50c and 1.00 guaranteed by Will W Haygarth & Co.
Mr. Hosking delivered the first sermon of a Sunday evening Ten Commandments series drawing a good crowd. Future services will continue each Sunday evening until all ten are discussed, as neighbors anticipate continued attendance.
A card certifies all druggists will refund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your cough or cold. It claims to stop the cough, heal the lungs, and prevent pneumonia and consumption. No opiates. The genuine product is in a yellow package by Geo B Bender.
The piece touts Wm Parr England as an aged figure and notes a lifestyle of longevity linked to youthfulness at eighty. It includes James Wright of Spurlock Kentucky claiming to feel sixteen after six bottles of Electric Bitters, plus claims of kidney relief and lifelong fieldwork. Local ads promote hats, cough remedies, and laxatives by Geo B Bender.
A building materials ad highlighting cement blocks and sidewalk work. It promotes specialty in cement blocks and sidewalk construction and invites prospective customers to consult before contracting. Includes slogan about every material having a character back of it.
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