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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1894
Page
3
An 1694 fragment from The Ackley World recounts a morbid tale of a man and maiden ending in tragedy, plus a tale of a hollow tree with three skeletal remains found in Australia. It also advertises Beggs Little Giant pills, whaling product values, a liver health claim, a Chinese name incident in Arizona, and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for burns and skin ailments.
For the annual Sons of Veterans encampment at Davenport from August 20 to 24 the B O R N railway offers excursion tickets from all stations at a fare and one third for the round trip. Tickets sell August 18 to 22 and are good for return through August 25. Inquire at station agents or write J Morton GP and BA Cedar Rapids Iowa.
A family saga in Dallas details a penniless man named Bill Pendergast and his neglected wife a widow who brings a son and property. In a tense evening the child is tormented as neighbors overhear cries and the father suspects abuse. The widow’s harsh actions provoke alarm and calls for inquiry into the cruelty.
A collage of clips notes extreme heat in Panama and its exhausting humid season. It cites naval opinion on Panama heat, then shifts to a piece on sleep extending life with pulsation counts, citing Napoleon and General Butler. Includes a cab driver smallpox joke and brief punchlines from humor snippets. The fragment ends with a note on annual US candy consumption.
A mother and two daughters aboard a train are observed with a weary mother passing a baby to a sixteen year old, then the teen avoids the infant as a waxed moustached newsboy entertains it. The piece hints at a moral conclusion. Also promoted are One Minute Cough Cure and a Georgia legislative candidate quip. Other notes mention reactions to a man’s misconduct, DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, and an aged beggar dying in Auxerre with a million francs in bonds and wine from 1790.
A fragment discusses men whose watches rang from the bow by a pickpocket, noting damage from dropping out of the bow and contrasting the old pull out bow with the new design. The passage hints at cautious sense among readers while oscillating between old and new methods.
In a clipped exchange a spouse complains about a ball dress fit and price. The husband dismisses the issue while stressing a trade mark label on fabrics and that a change may be made if desired. The dialogue hints at a bustling shop and higher costs at ten dollars per yard.
The article asserts the human nerve force powers health, highlighting the pneumogastric nerve as vital to heart and lungs. It credits Franklin Miles with key discoveries, promoting Restorative Nervine as a brain and nerve food that cures various nervous disorders, sold by Dr Miles Medical Co at Elkhart Indiana with a money back style guarantee.
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