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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
4
Mrs. Della Meanes of Maysville Kentucky reports seven years of kidney pain dropsy and swollen ankles eased after using Dean's Kidney Pills one box led to full cure. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY 50 cents a box. A Good Cook joke ends with a question about disguising cold lamb.
Chocolate flavored pie is praised as healthful and nutritious. The copy notes easy preparation using OUR PIE mix with directions on the pack and lists D Zerta Co Rochester NY as the producer.
A Washington Star snippet shows Mr Yursington arguing for paying as you go while his partner laments growing debt. An inventor remarks on an age of wonders as the couple debates money flow and future finances.
Dialogue portrays Tommy and Eddie joking about spankings and punishment methods. The humorous clash centers on a mother’s preferred implement, a barrel stave versus a baseball bat, reflecting domestic quips.
A statesman calls him thoughtful and serious while another observes the man is simply seated and idle. The exchange hints at differing views on persona versus behavior and suggests a shallow judgment of character. The dialogue underscores how perception can mask true intent or effort.
A Philadelphia Press snippet recounts a neighbor accusing Mr Green of carelessness after a husband buys a fine spring chicken at Mr Green's store for dinner last Saturday evening. The exchange shows jealousy and suspicion sparked by the purchase.
A quoted remark discusses genius as freakish and cites Dr. Johnson touching posts on his path. It contrasts this with touching every friend one meets, asserting the latter humorously as a lifelong habit.
A married woman complains to her husband that the neighbor is dreadful because she talks all day. The husband remarks that she is a chatterbox and asks who she talks to. The wife reveals the neighbor talks to her over the fence.
A reader recalls childhood coffee use and later nervous spells in adulthood. After switching to Postum the writer reports better sleep and no headaches, praising the beverage and urging others to try it.
Tom Duryea and Dolly Vane reunite at The Willows in Wacasset as Uncle Timothy’s ultimatum on Dolly’s inheritance looms. Tom’s deception about caring for Dolly fades when Timothy dies and the two confess lasting love, sealing their bond with a kiss.
A congressional sundry civil bill proposes $1,000 to remove Maj Pierre Charles L Enfant remains and erect a memorial over his grave. The eccentric designer helped plot Washington and faced poverty, while Latrobe and Thornton wrestled over the Capitol plan.
A Washington correspondent notes the city’s streets reveal nature’s progress as trees shrubs and flowers bloom along every street and in parks. The daily walk from home to work becomes a visual parade of foliage expanding from delicate hazes to dense greenery.
Gen Keifer of Ohio surprises colleagues and Washington s Star readers by appearing vigorous and sharp despite aging rumors. The veteran speaker sits in gloom until Jim Tawney asks after him, then admits he is distressed only by the hours he has wasted sleeping.
The Washington Star recounts Frank O Lowden visiting a farm in Oregon Ogle county where he serves as a guest and discusses a $100 000 agriculture bill. A dining table moment reveals the butler identifying sole as a dish from the little lake prompting Lowden to joke about seasonal catch.
A Washington man, recently passing a civil service exam with credit, is certified for a treasury department post. His mother, an antebellum era Black woman, accompanied him to witness the oath where she privately quipped that he cannot support the United States without supporting his own kin.
Census Bulletin 94 reports a 1907 census of executive civil service workers excluding consular and diplomatic staff. It lists 286,902 total employees with 29,103 at the national capital, about one tenth.
A sympathetic reader advised to tell your doctor the full private story and to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance. Her thirty years of correspondence with sick women is claimed to offer knowledge that could aid your case.
A vintage advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments across ages. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allen Town Pennsylvania praising relief from organic derangement and nervous headaches after following directions. The ad claims thirty years of use and widespread curing of displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms.
Fragment from an old notice hints at a romance or marriage dispute with lines about waiting for a chance and inviting someone to share a home and comforts. The rhetoric suggests a legal or ceremonial context in a historical newspaper column.
During a country visit Bobby, sitting at his uncle the deacon's right hand at table, grew hungry as grace stretched on. He pounded the table and shouted Amen, now Uncle Horace, Amen, ending the wait with a humorous burst of impatience.
The text contrasts a historic Thebes boast with an unrelated Castoria reminder for mothers. It mentions Thebes having a hundred gates and capable forces, including 10,000 soldiers per gate, 200 chariots at each gate, totaling 1,000,000 men and 2,000 chariots.
A collection of old time cure claims and products. Advertisements promise relief for hot feet fits nervous disorders and teething troubles. Notable lines include Allen’s Foot-Ease and Kilne’s Great Nervra Restorer with free samples and low prices.
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