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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
3
A theatrical manager recounts Miss Durcan teaching young pupils about dolphins during a preparatory class. She describes the graceful creature, its habits, and life, noting a dolphin can have 2,000 offspring, prompting a startled reaction from a student about married dolphins.
Mrs. Algy Cockburn of Shiloh Ohio reports her son Clyde suffered severe eczema for nearly a year with head and neck covered in sores. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent he slept first night in years and improved steadily in about six weeks, leading physician recommending Cuticura. June 11 1907.
A collage of 1880s notices and ads shows FRANK J. CHENEY & CO promising Catarrh Cure with testimonials, and a legal oath from J. CHENEY about earnings. Tea crop disease in India is blamed on red rust caused by Cepaleurus virescens, while starch claims tout advances like Defiance Starch. A humor snippet from Puck depicts a bibliophile and a bankrupt Meeker buying post cards and shelves.
Giles Dudley impersonates Henry Wilton to protect a boy heir amid crimes of Lane and Knapp. In Chinatown and the stock exchange, Dudley thwarts plots, uncovers Lane’s true identity as Ellijah Lane, rescues the boy, and earns the Omega presidency after Luella Knapp accepts him.
A self-appointed committee in Changamwea East Africa conducted a rain ritual door to door collecting two annas from each household. An ox was bought, a two hour procession followed, and the ox was sacrificed. Children sang prayers from the Koran as meat was boiled and shared, bones and offal discarded in water. The weather briefly turned rainy the next day.
An OCR filled page lists Musgrave Paper Co of Des Moines inviting church societies and paper dealers to write for wholesale prices on old paper. It includes scattered quotes on finances, starch promotions, literary lines, and assorted product ads such as Defiance Starch, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and Allen’s foot remedy, reflecting a miscellaneous early 20th century newspaper page.
A Manning Iowa woman credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after years of illness and costly treatments. The letter praises the product's roots and herbs, notes relief from female complaints, and invites others to write for medical advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Massachusetts.
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