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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
3
Webster City Tribune urges careful forestry to prevent fires and protect young growth. Emphasizes campfire, cigarette and match dangers, gun-wadding fires, and the need for conservative, common sense lumbering. Calls forestry knowledge accessible to all and essential for sustainable timber production.
The Department of Agriculture and its Bureau of Standards and Bureau of Chemistry press for a system to ensure packages meet full size and weight. Reports claim flour in jute bags underweights barrels by four pounds, and cartons and bottles often fail to deliver true measures. Standards aim to fix bottle, carton, and weight shortages impacting breakfast foods.
American visitors to China note vast resources and a large population yet observe slow trade growth. Consul General Bergholz reports English and German tourists also lament scant trade with China, indicating the country is not inclined toward foreign commerce.
Washington postmaster reports 1064 letters examined over two days at the general delivery window with 111 bearing fictitious names. In eight cases underage girls used the window for clandestine correspondence. A 30 day limit per person is proposed to promote morality.
A Champlain farmer unearthed gold coins believed buried during Burgoyne’s campaign. The find suggests wealth from soil is rarer than treasure hunting. Other items note ministers and women seeking chaplain roles in the New Jersey deer hunt and a German soldier fined for sneezing during a lecture.
A message from nurse Thompson of Parsons Kansas promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for back pain caused by kidney congestion or inflammation. The ad claims relief from sharp back twinges and irregular kidney secretions after using the product. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, 50 cents a box.
A 33 year married woman and grandmother of four is praised in a colorful anecdote about a cook who jokes that her mistress’s husband sends all the pretty flowers. The tale foregrounds domestic humor and racial caricature in a period piece.
In a London school event Dr Thorold opened with a joke as he handed out prizes. He asked the pupils which was the largest island before Australia was discovered. When they failed, he solemnly replied Australia was the largest island all along.
The text touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for an incurable case. It includes endorsements from Wabasha, Kinnan & Marvin and F. J. Cheney & Co. and asserts the remedy works through the blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists price details.
Wilford sits on his father's knee as his mother styles her hair. The father jokes about Marcel waves while the child answers with a playful line about waves being all beach. A light domestic vignette from the Columbia Jester.
A dramatic claim states that rheumatism is cured in one to three days by Dr Detchon’s Relief. The advertisement asserts the medicine removes the cause and that the first dose provides significant relief, urging readers to buy the remedy from local druggists.
A reflective ad style remark contrasts scarce time with eternity and warns against misspending time. The piece then pivots to a marketing jab noting high prices for imitation goods versus genuine WRIGLEY’S SrkHARMINT.
Quote attributed to George Eliot about settling and deals in life. reflective thought on choosing between wants and obligations.
Quote promotes WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT as a cure for an unpleasant tobacco habit. Ends with a remark by Dr. Lyman Abbott praising finding joy in difficult tasks.
An assortment of brief notices and advertisements include WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT aiding digestion, Pettit's Eye Salve first sold in 1807, and a claim about sight improvement from beer glasses. Howard Bros. Buffalo and N W Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis advertise products and pricing. Allen's Lung Balsam promises cough relief with popular 2c, 0c, and 1.00 dollar bottles.
A vintage ad copy touts Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a remedy to regulate stomach liver and bowels with tiny granules. The text also cautions against believing information heard over a telephone line.
An old advertising snippet touts white clothes and a “giggling girl” turning into a “cackling woman” with Mia Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. It claims to ease discomfort and cure wind colic in children with a 25 cent bottle.
An old health note claims after age forty the body suffers from poisons in blood causing rheumatic pains. It prescribes a tonic of one ounce compound syrup of Sarsaparilla one ounce Toris com pound and half pint of whiskey to be taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at night.
An old man admonishes that a boy should not go out without a hat. He notes the child has grown and stresses practical care. The piece parodies age and parental vigilance with a humorous tone.
A Yukon Oklahoma parent recalls a two year old son suffering a severe rash with large blisters and intense itching for months. After doctors failed a remedy, the child was cured by Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with no symptoms since.
A young girl volunteers to help her mother with the cherry preserves. The mother dismisses the help, but the child insists she can unbutton the cherries to assist.
A humorous exchange depicts a fiancé warning that marriage may bring arbitrariness and dictatorial favor. The bride responds with a cheerful defiance saying she will pay no attention to his words. The dialogue captures light domestic satire and wit.
At a recent London archery contest about 300 women competed as the sport gains popularity. Doctors there praise it as good for nerves while American interest lags but may rise with renewed foreign enthusiasm.
A famous dean attended a dinner where discussion turned to the high death rate among lawyers. The dean, briefly rising after a guest spoke, offered grace with the line for this and every other mercy, make us truly thankful.
A Boston educator recounts nervous exhaustion and career loss, praising Grape Nuts for easing constipation and improving brain and physical function. She details a breakfast of raw egg with four spoonfuls of Grape Nuts and hot milk or water, noting better digestion and vitality. The ad touts The Road to Wellville and claims letters are genuine and helpful.
A Des Moines report notes a conference planned between the State Conservation Board Drainage and Waterways commission and the Iowa Highway commission to discuss road drainage plans. Officials urge better drainage, propose a sixteen foot finished road with sloping sides to improve drainage, and link road quality to farming economy and market access.
Frank Fitzgerald of Des Moines died while hauling gob from the Ogden mine to the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern interurban right of way. He had been warned about an overhanging shelf but continued. Several tons fell, crushing Fitzgerald and the animal team. he remained conscious briefly.
Dr. Olga Holmer arrives from Sweden to marry Dr. Oke Pjae stad in Creston Iowa. The couple, once sweethearts in school and later college graduates in May 1908, plan a wedding in the prairie town.
A committee of Iowa Odd Fellows plans an old folks home for indigent members separate from orphans. The group favors locating the building in Mason City and intends to move forward with the project.
Frank Hamilton, four years old and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas Hamilton, grabbed a railroad torpedo while playing. The device exploded burning his face and eyes, and doctors fear the sight in both eyes may be lost.
Iowa City. Miss Stella Sterling of this city claims a record on the type writer with the feat of writing 110 letters in one day of eight hours. She transcribed from the phonograph an average of one letter every four minutes, with several letters reaching a page or more in length.
Auditor Rosecrans report shows county pays about 26 per month for each indigent or insane resident at the farm. Last year net cost after income was 4949.75 dollars. The 240 acre farm could fetch around 26000 dollars and a smaller 20 acre site with a new building is urged to cut costs while maintaining care.
William Becker, a farmer who wed just days ago, disappeared after hiring a livery rig and driving away. His bride Miss Lillie Anwy is heartbroken as search efforts begin in Hansell.
Mason City notes a contract for erecting a tile plant for the Southern Minnesota Brick and Tile Company at Austin. Nelson Construction Company of Mason City wins the bid at 175000 dollars. The tile company includes investors from Northwood and Austin and is led by W W H Gleason. Plant capacity reaches 2000 cars annually with capital of 200000 dollars.
Burlington adopts the Des Moines commission form of city government by a 2638 to 1263 vote. The decision follows a local election in Burlington with the Des Moines plan as the chosen structure.
In Marshalltown a three pound baby girl wrapped in cotton and kept warm with hot water bottles arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Dennis who recently moved from Woodward where they ran a hotel. The infant appears healthy and feeds from a medicine dropper.
Town cattle at Oakdale supplying milk to patients with the white plague were tested by veterinarians who completed a 60 day examination and found the cows free of tubercular germs. The report confirms the herd’s health status and supports ongoing milk supply programmes.
Ex mayor FP G Pierce leads a movement that may trigger a special election on municipal ownership of the gas works and electric light plant. Pierce opposes the Darling franchises which were decisively defeated at a past special election and argues ownership by the city is the proper fix.
Eighteen eighty car loads of apples were shipped from New Market as the apple season closed, with thousands of bushels sent to localities across the country.
Carrol county road crew installs a modern steel bridge over a Coon River branch five miles south of Lake City. Completion likely extends beyond this year.
Local railroad men report Burlington intends to extend from Sidney to Riverton and Griswold to Carson. This would remove the Red Oak Riverton and Carson Sidney lines and allow an exclusive passenger train on the new route.
A local firm completed a major sale in Grundy county selling the Marshall Rugg farm to O. H. Leonard. The Grant township property comprises 680 acres and is described as among the best in the region. Purchase price reported as 68 000 dollars.
Charles City College announces it has received the required 50 000 dollars to unlock a 25 000 dollar Carnegie endowment. A Carnegie private secretary confirms he will send the 25 000 dollar check, a substantial boost for the college and its plans.
The state versus Jack McFarland, charged with the murder of W Morse whose body lay beneath a Honey Creek culvert, was dismissed by the county attorney.
John Perry a half brother of Mrs. R O Brown and a Linn Grove merchant hanged himself at Linn Grove. No reason for the act is known.
Ft. Dodge County Auditor Han rahan reports 4095 hunting licenses issued with 1095 collected since July first. The fall season shows strong hunting activity overall though duck hunting has been below recent years.
Grundy Center resident P Chaffee answered the call from the Baptist church of Iowa City saying the new pastor will arrive on New Year’s Day.
The Portland Oregonian reports a wave of US farmers emigrating to Canada this fall, drawn by cheap land near railways. It notes the exodus affects all regions, with about 70,000 farmers bringing $70,000,000 in cash and effects, seeking better fortunes and a more stable legal system. Canada’s protective tariffs are lower, and towns spring up along the Canadian Pacific, Canadian Northern, and Grand Trunk Pacific lines. Government agents in US cities offer information to settlers.
In a heated exchange, Migs Cayenne and others discuss the value of candor in public discourse. The dialogue notes that outspoken individuals are often those with troublesome mindsets, prompting reflections on responsibility in honesty.
A compact observation contrasts a bland flavor with the strong appeal of Wrigley Spearmint. It notes enthusiasm can drive a man to cheering even absent clear understanding of the cause.
An eye catching note touts the new Russ Blue alarm clock as superior to imitators. It promises reliable wake ups and brisk performance at leading grocers. The quirky line on gold brick marrying wit hints at novelty appeal.
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