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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1914
Page
2
Lost owner must prove ownership and pay for this ad to claim item. Inquiries at WT Ko Des Moines sought by finder.
Estherville residents report kidney trouble across ages with backache languor and nervousness. Mrs N OConnell of Fourth Street testifies Doan's Kidney Pills gave relief and endorses the remedy. Wester Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sells Doan's Kidney Pills for five cents at dealers.
A fragmented advertisement extols a plaster for sore throat cold chest and croup with instructions to apply a soaked cloth and claims strong penetration without blistering. It also mentions various tradespeople and remedies including Foley Kidney Pills and other patent medicines for rheumatic and kidney ailments and ends with unrelated philosophical quotes from New York.
The Pleasant Valley onion district in Scott county thrives on large red bulbs grown on river bottom land. Farmers report 300 to 450 bushels per acre with prices from 38 to 90 cents, led by W. W. Myers with sixteen acres yielding about 450 bushels. Akered by pests called Lehrips, a kerosene nicotine spray now controls them, boosting yields by hundreds of bushels per acre in dry years.
A Gordo County farmer reports returns from thirty acres of corn land at sixty dollars per acre and onions yielding seven hundred eighty three dollars from one and a quarter acres. He also digs several acres of potatoes averaging ninety bushels per acre, selling at eighty cents a bushel, challenging notions that high yields come only from distant lands.
A reader, citing Inter Ocean, describes the corn pest and its life cycle the green beetle and its larval stages. The writer urges two year crop rotation and inundation to starve or drown the beetles while praising field birds, especially blackbirds, for eating pests and aiding harvests.
A note urges buying the best quality within means rather than cutting quality to save. The message promotes midweight suit patterns suited to the season and encourages paying what one can to secure lasting value.
An old advertisement touts Kidney Pill by J. Hansen The Tailor curing congested kidneys and urinary irregularities. It promises restoration of normal kidney and bladder function, relief from rheumatic fevers and other ailments, and warns pills are sold in druggists.
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