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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1909
Page
7
An aged McLennan County man Isaac Brock extols Dr Hartman’s Peruna as the best remedy for coughs colds catarrh and diarrhea. He credits long life and good health to the tonic and says it suits his needs for many small health concerns especially for old people.
A terse reminiscence notes a farmer named Meddergrass Waal and his acquaintance with a Chinese resident on the far side of the earth. The speaker claims familiarity with them but expresses uncertainty about a through route.
Rear Admiral Sperry, famed commander in chief of the fleet, returned from a world cruise yet shows absent mindedness. At the Naval War College Newport he teased a colleague about taking his wife aboard, recalling his own 1876 Asiatic station visit during a cholera outbreak that killed hundreds.
An anxious child pressed her mother for a pair of new slippers for Sunday. After failed pleas and playful threats, Susie warned she might be dead by Sunday and her mother would regret the disappointment. She wore the slippers on Wednesday.
A humorous fragment recalls a pious dragon in Connecticut who loved clams. After attending a Rhode Island clam bake he overate and grew ill. He prays behind a tree asking forgiveness for gluttony and vows to refrain from clams, ending with a humble Amen.
A Wisconsin couple tested Postum as a coffee alternative after years of sleeplessness and irritability. They report steadier nerves, better temper, fresher skin, and reduced coffee cravings as they learned to prepare Postum per directions. Friends noticed gradual relief and began preferring Postum over coffee. The letter, echoed in Postum Co. advertising, cites The Road to Wellville and urges readers to try the product.
A lone detective follows a beautiful woman linked to a string of luxury auto thefts. He trails from subway to hotel to street pursuits, uncovers a plan involving two drivers and an aerial shed, and finally corners the thieves after a dramatic chase. The capture reveals a deadly mix of beauty and crime, ending with the arrest of Mrs. Le Mont.
Justice George E. Law known as the marrying squire has married more couples than any other official in Indiana. He wrote a 1906 letter recommending Dean's Kidney Pills for a back issue and better sleep. He confirmed his testimony on January 6, 1909 and said he recommended the remedy to many people since. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York 50 cents a box.
A reader vents frustration over an amateur taxidermist who attacked a tiger with poor mounting work. The piece expresses disappointment at the botched job and the insult to the animal’s memory.
A Northfield reader recalls awful eczema on face and neck with raw skin and intense itching. After trying three doctors and various remedies, use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment healed the condition in under three months. Miss Ann Pearsons, Northfield, VI, Dec. 19, 1907. Potter Drug, Chem, Corp., Boston.
A fragmentary ad style snippet features a dialogue about an illusion and a marcel wave, followed by an advertisement for Brown's Bronchial Troches claiming relief for coughs asthma and bronchitis at 25 cents a box with free samples from John S. Brown & Son of Boston. It ends with a proverb about fishing for husbands and big ones getting away.
Vienna West Virginia woman Emma Wheaton testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after ten years of illness. The ad claims the product contains no narcotics, cites widespread cures for female ailments, and invites readers to write for confidential advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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