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Newspaper

Webster City Tribune

Location

Webster City, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1908

Page

2

Women Kidney Health Ad Endorses Dean’s Kidney Pills

Mrs Rebecca Mack of Columbus Ohio testifies that Dean’s Kidney Pills relieved her constant back pain and irregular kidney secretions after other remedies failed. The ad cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as the seller at 50 cents per box and promotes Garfield Tea as a natural laxative improving digestion blood purification complexion and energy.

Rebecca Mack Rich Street Columbus Ohio Dean Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y

Carrying Weight in a Social Scale

A Bohemian exchange explains the idea of a social scale as a place where money is weighed. The dialogue features Freddy asking Pa for the meaning and Pa giving a concise definition.

Freddy

Delicious lemon pies advertised by OUR PIE brand

An advertising blurb promotes three varieties of lemon chocolate and custard pies, claiming easy preparation with minimal cost using OUR PIE by D-Zerta Food Co. of Rochester New York. It urges readers to try and share with friends and notes a price of 10 cents at grocers.

D-Zerta Food Co Rochester N. Y

He Knew the Man of City Gossip

A wry exchange contrasts appearances and wealth as a stranger’s jovial mood is joked about. One asks if money explains his cheer, another dismisses the idea with a quip about cracking bottles.

Coffee Jelly Delight Promises Easy Entertaining

A vintage ad highlights Plymouth Rock Coffee Jelly Compound made from sugar coffee and gelatine. Boil with water and serve with sugar and cream for a tasty treat. If unavailable, mail 10 cents and grocer’s name to Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co. Boston Mass for a package.

Plymouth’ Rock Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co Boston Mass

Remarkable Yet Failing Paper Sparks Salty Village Tale

In New York Gelett Burgess speaks at a theatrical supper about the Lark and its failed success. An aged Western villager boasts a blue penciled note praising a local paper that published 38 years of public labor yet got nothing. A.D. Bruce of Aurelia Iowa touts Sloan's Liniment and Colic Cure for horse ailments with testimonies of curing sweeny fistula and other wounds.

Gelett Burgess New York Sloan A. D. Bruce Aurelia

Pants for the Orphans Charity Custom Highlighted

In a family practice of donating used boys pants to the orphans, a humorous incident occurred when young Irred, while sliding down the banisters, explains he is making pants for the poor little orphans, enriching the tradition with a笑.

Tred Fred Mamma Irred

Using a Well as Cold Storage on Farms

A Hoard's Dairy note explains turning a well into a practical ice substitute for cooling milk on farms lacking ice. A windlass and a sturdy frame hold a galvanized box lowered by ropes into the water to chill the milk, which must be submerged to cool rapidly and prevent souring.

Hoard

The Milk Flow Changes With Season and Nervous Pressure

The season largely alters milk yields through feed quality and the cow’s nervous system. Sudden grass introduction boosts serum but risks poor morning milk. heat, service, dogs, flies, and thunderstorms disturb milk and can cause calf scours.

Naimely Jersey

Know a Farmer by His Stock

A farmer’s demeanor shows in his animals. Gentle stock reveals kindness while frightened horses, snarling dogs, and terrified cats signal cruelty. A 700-pound cow at three years weighs more for future profits than a market-ready three-year-old shorthorn. Don’t overfeed feed shortage before turning to pasture.

Home Grown Dairy Feeds Offer Seasonal Self Sufficiency

The dairyman should plan ahead to grow and store as much feed as possible. Soiling crops such as alfalfa peas and oats can cover spring to fall, with corn grown for silo or fodder supplying winter needs. A mix of oats with wheat or barley often yields the best feed, reducing grain requirements.

United States

Heaven as a Home and Jesus Truths on John Fourteen

A devotional study of John chapter fourteen detailing Jesus farewell words to his disciples. It explains heaven as a Father’s house with many mansions, the prepared place, and the unity of the Father and Son. The discussion includes Philip’s doubt and Christ’s oneness with God, plus proofs through words and works.

Jesus Jerusalem Christ Heaven Earth I. B. Meyer God Father Philip Moses Horeb J. G. Greenhough

Work the Bull Exercise He Must Have

The article argues that a bull needs proper exercise to stay thrifty and vigorous. It cites Sir Jacob Poesh from Farm and Home, who powers water pumps, cuts feed, and assists his owner, with his calves thriving since he began work. The writer notes the bull’s stout weight yet kittenlike handling and hopes for a picture of him operating machinery Brimming with practical farming advice.

Jacob Poesh

Dairy Wisdom on Pasture, Calves, and Water

Farm Journal advises farmers not to turn cattle on alfalfa, preserve valuable crop, keep best calves, improve calf care this year, and ensure spring water is clean. It cautions against kicking cows and udder abuse and suggests draining bog holes in pastures for efficiency.

Farm Journal

Peruna helps a Michigan man regain stomach health

A Bravo Michigan resident D C Prosser writes of catarrh of the stomach being treated by Peruna. After three or four bottles he claims full recovery and ability to eat any food. The advertisement cites Columbus Ohio based Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company.

D. C. Prosser Bravo Allegan Co Mich Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus, Ohio

Baby’s Itching Humor and Home Remedy Endorsement

Mrs Iliam Geeding of Attica Indiana reports a months long itchy skin outbreak on her child healed after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She notes no scarring or return of symptoms and praises Cuticura Remedies. The piece ends with a quip about folly and money.

Cutiura Iliam Geeding Washington St Attica Ind

Pettit's Eye Salve Ad From Howard Bros NY

Pettit's Eye Salve promises instant relief for irritated eyes caused by dust heat sun or wind. Sold by Howard Bros at Lulu, New York. Includes a George Eliot quote about rewards of duty.

Pettit Howard Bros Lul'elo, N. Y

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