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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
3
The passage touts Defiance Starch as free from injurious chemicals and capable of stiffening fabrics with half the usual amount, claiming a perfect finish equal to new. It notes the starch’s popularity in summer and includes a fictional exchange about two would-be brides becoming millionaires and a light aside on bridge games among women.
A Vienna woman Testifies after ten years of suffering that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her pain and misery. The ad claims the medicine has no narcotics and cites widespread cures and testimonials from women. It invites confidential letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
The piece shows Iowa Sac and Fox and Winnebago peoples resisting formal schooling. Elders impede English literacy while chiefs seek government support. Push-Eto Nekequa and council visit Washington, disputes over chieftaincy settled, smallpox cleansing, land trust status, and compulsory schooling enforcement noted.
A vivid description presents the Iowa river scene at Iowa Falls within Palisade park. Two towering rocks jut into the river with a stream cascading from the rocks, the rock face cloaked in trees and noted as a prime beauty spot.
President George B. MacLean of the University of Iowa will represent the university at Leipsic five hundredth anniversary celebrations. He sailed for Europe days ago and earned his Ph.D. at Leipsic.
The Greater Iowa Committee, formed to boost statewide development, is headquartered in Des Moines with branches across Iowa. Key incorporators include P. J. Clancy as president and J. B. Hill as secretary, plus EB Crowell, James Barrell, Ernest Hausberg, and others. The group aims to maximize farmer profits, attract factories, advertise the state, and establish bureaus for publicity immigration factories and freight while promoting roads and intensive farming nationwide. The committee is actively recruiting members.
The Iowa City post office reports a rise in receipts for the year ending June 30 1909 reaching 25330 dollars, an increase of 3551 dollars over the prior period. Postmaster Weatcott notes rapid growth in overall postal business.
Al C. Miller of Des Moines was named chairman of Iowa's new commission on conservation of natural resources and waterways. An advocate for deeper waterways, he will dedicate much time to preliminary work and organizing surveys of Iowa streams.
William Menton of Cedar Falls keeps a growing flock of 36 pheasant chicks, bred from Chinese and English stock. Eggs hatched by bantam hens, the birds prove lively and proud. He plans to release some this fall to establish a thriving population along the Cedar River for future sport.
The Rhodes scholarship examinations are scheduled for October 19 in Iowa City under the direction of college presidents committees. The date is earlier than the former January sittings. Notices of exam dates and Rhodes terms will be sent to all colleges in the state to inform interested applicants.
A mix of Ada county era tips and anecdotes recounts Doan's Kidney Pills as an easy cure for backache, rheumatic pain, and urinary troubles. The ad-style testimony from H Mayne, Paris Tenn, claims restored health at 60 cents a box. Also included are quirky items on a six pound bullfrog disturbing a Highland Lake bungalow and tuberculosis awareness efforts.
Alfred East extols American women likening them to efficient machines requiring little male aid. He lauds their charm and credits the nation’s strong educational system for shaping “good fellows” among American women.
A weary shoe store clerk, drenched by heat, quarrels with a clamorous customer trying to catch a train. The clerk retorts that the shop cannot employ a salesman for every shopper, remarking this isn’t a Chinese Sunday school.
A New Hampshire woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing severe indigestion and stomach pain after abandoning her former diet. She reports relief, restored appetite, clearer thinking, and renewed energy, claiming she now feels rebuilt and back at work.
The Atchison Globe laments that a dead-beat is despised and doomed, facing social contempt, loss of trust, and harsher life than the honest worker. The piece underscores the broad disapproval of swindlers who exploit friends and the difficulties they endure.
A jumble of readers’ notes includes a mother praising Cuticura products for her infant Vivian’s boils, a pastor and innkeeper joke about ministers, tips on laundering with Defiance starch, and a courtroom quip about judges Rosalsky and O Sullivan. The items mix personal testimony, home tips, humor, and a brief legal anecdote.
The item compiles satirical and advertisement snippets from Harper’s Weekly style prose, including humorous dialogue about judges and prisoners, a comic misfire on a comet approaching Earth, laundry and soap pitches, medical cautions about sore throats, and a stray moral about truth versus falsehood, reflecting period views and consumer blurbs.
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