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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
6
A ragged collage of product pitches and comic snippets. It promotes Cheney's Catarrh Cure and a Wells Fargo catalog of seeds while peppered with jokes about a doctor and a marriage plan. Read as era advertising and humorous vignettes.
A lady writer recounts how Grape-Nuts improved her morning appetite and breast milk, helped her maintain energy for writing, and supported her four children’s growth. She notes better nerves, clearer thinking, and overall strength after starting the cereal with milk, and credits the product with her family’s wellbeing.
Cloverport Kentucky Police Judge J H Wills offers kidney bladder and back ache relief by endorsing Dogn's Kidney Pills He invites sufferers to write and ask questions claiming the pills the best remedy known Selling details list 50 cents per box Poster Millburn Co Buffalo MN
Former Kentucky governor Beckham drags through a bitter Democratic factional struggle for the United States Senate. William Jennings Bryan tries to unite the party behind closed doors, but divisions persist. Beckham advocates a straight ticket and seeks to condemn his rivals as obstructionists while defending his record.
Paris arrest centers on the Lemoine case involving Sir Julius Wernher, a South African diamond syndicate figure. Reports split between viewing Lemoine as a genius or fraud, with $65,000 allegedly extracted, claims of his diamond making, a sealed packet of a life altering formula, and speculation on who would control artificial versus real diamonds in Africa. Lemoine, 30, with a dark beard, has a history in Europe and South Africa.
The new Portuguese king Manuel II, son of the late King Carlow, is 18 and popular with the people. Trained in Lisbon’s naval school as a teen, he became a skilled yachtsman owning a sail tug and excelling in regattas including the King's Cup in Marseille. He holds the title Duke of Saxon and is praised for charm, sports, and multilingual upbringing.
The Chicago uproar centers on Barrett Wendell, Harvard English professor and father of athlete Barrett Wendell Jr. He denounces the laboring class as a threat to wealth and privilege, claiming the working man monopolizes power and drives prices by force. Wendell’s career includes lectures abroad and publications. the remarks spark debate over class and public discourse.
Iowa Attorney General Byers rules corporations cannot lawfully own and operate retail saloons in the state. The opinion targets brewery firms and argues personal liability for owners, potentially forcing stock exchanges and property transfers, with Davenport Sioux City and other cities cited as affected. Prosecutions may follow if saloons remain corporate owned after a reasonable period.
The attorney general Byers ruling on whether brewers may own saloons is debated with claims that individuals in the brewery business, not corporations, would be affected. The issue ties into a tax law and rail rate reforms, while populists gather for a state convention and a large damages judgment is challenged in court.
Fragmentary prose recalls a child’s death after a trolley collision, Mary’s convulsive grief, and a wish that death come by disease rather than damage. Interspersed are disjointed lines about wealth, morality, and petty dialogue, reflecting a damaged OCR page.
The Well Informed demand a simple pleasant efficient laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a known value remedy. Genuine products are sold by leading druggists at price fifty cents per bottle.
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