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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1908
Page
1
The Well Informed seek a pleasant laxative and approve a known safe mix of Syrup offigs and Senna for family use. California Fig Syrup Co. offers a trusted laxative with gentle, prompt action. Sold by leading druggists at fifty cents a bottle.
A comic fragment describes a fake wart cure salesman arriving in a wild country town. Amber Pete warns the stranger to leave, recounting a past tale where a wart remedy used gun cotton and led to the death of the cure purveyor. The piece then shifts to a quip about a four word speech and a theater crowd incident at East Side hall. A food ad caps the snippet with pie promotion.
In Yonkers Statesman humor, a child asks for the name of the hardest wood. The reply avoids a single word answer, noting it is the kind used for shingles.
Fragmentary ad text promotes Alien VWoot-Ease as a cure for wet snealing and sspollen with a trial package free. Mentions Allen $. Olmsted Le Roy NY and a dubious claim about eye health and noble souls. Contains assorted quotations and product pitches with damaged OCR.
Chip McGuire a 16 year old girl from Maine woods runs away from Tim's Place, crossing wilderness to reach the Frisbie camp. She is aided by Martin Levi and later taken in by Aunt Comfort, then found by old farmer Judson Walker and Mandy in Peaceful Valley. Chip adapts to a new life, earning shelter and work, while legends of pursuit fade as she begins a quieter future with her new foster family.
A narrative fragment describes Chip waking inside a small room with a single window and the top of an apple tree in full bloom just outside. The scene hints at a quiet dawn and an unsettled mood as the sun rises.
A letter filled ad praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a life saver for women facing necessary operations. Claims decades of use and cures for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains and backache. Invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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