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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
3
Local chatter blends a call for service with a string of ads and notices. Readers learn of charitable aid, tonic sales, patent medicines, and public warnings while small town names, places, and vendors appear amid brief anecdotes and vendor pitches.
An 19th century ad touts terbine as a superior remedy for digestive weakness nervousness pains to the aide flatulence dizziness wakefulness headache and other costiveness accompaniments. It claims a price and cites Noah Martin of Chicago as a leading wheat handler with crop estimates for Minnesota and the Dakotas. A separate notice mentions healthful Aerbine benefits and vivid cheek color. Also reports poultry fathers in Pulaski County Ohio suffering from a snake infection amid an eleven week drought with rattlesnakes copperheads and massasins killed daily.
Noah Martin reports Nodaway county will gain 28 rural routes covering 690 miles serving 15 000 people with 28 earners earning yearly. He praises Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment as a cure and cites Putnam county opposing rural delivery due to road conditions.
A humorous overheard exchange features Brown asking if the baby enjoyed the picnic and Jones replying the child had five family members waiting plus many outsiders to entertain him. The dialogue underscores social dynamics at the gathering.
A disjointed fragment mentions Foley's Kidney Care claiming relief from pain and energy benefits. It also recalls Noah Martin Calonel Fotin Pas once influential in Missouri political and railroad circles, now deceased, with vague notes on past leadership and notoriety involving Bill Phelps and marital affairs.
The article urges regular bowel movements as a health law and warns of penalties like piles for neglect. It promotes taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets when needed to avoid punishment. Price 22 cents. Sold by Noah Martin Druggist.
Keokuk City notes the gubernatorial contest at the Iowa Republican convention hinges on opposition to Cummins. He may lack enough first choice delegates but expects second choice strength from Herriott and Harriman factions. The situation remains highly interesting.
In Macon the planned marriage of Halvey to Miss Given collapsed when the groom, a cigarmaker, disappeared the day before the wedding. The bride, described as a worthy daughter, faced embarrassment but remains uninjured.
Miss Frocks asks about engagements while Martin Peterson, a young man, explains a new paddle wheel design called the duck-footed propeller. He claims the five paddles on each side move in tandem to push and prepare strokes, folding like a duck's foot, and says tests are successful.
A fragment lists a two minute no bake dessert mix with flavors lemon orange raspberry and strawberry. It advertises a flavorful treat available at grocers for 10 cents.
Constipation and impaired digestion blamed for summer fatigue. The advertisement claims Herbine cures constipation improves digestion and stimulates the liver to normal activity. Price fifty cents. Noah Martin.
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