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Newspaper
Avon Sentinel
Location
Avon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
3
A poetic fragment recalls a fallen soldier lying in trenches with a sweet face on his breast, as grief and patriotism surge. The speaker questions devotion to country and loved ones, mourning the sacrifice and imagining the soldier’s final words and memories. The piece ends with a solemn tribute to his memory.
A traveler on the Harz Brocken meets Sylvia Whitworth a young, captivating Englishwoman traveling with a Spanish courier. He is drawn into a magnetic passion as they share a night on the rock and face a sudden Brocken mist and peril. She later departs with her courier leaving behind a dispatch box and unanswered questions about her past.
In a past tale recounted by Jaron the village manager, Raymond, George Denham, Jack Cheviot, Phil Branson, and others sought a credit at a late night Abbig's cave. They offered eyes and teeth as security, placing them on the table to obtain a round of drinks after a perilous, money-short evening.
The piece warns buyers to distrust imitators selling substitutes for Cascarets and to value genuine reputation earned by honest business. It notes metal boxes with the "C" mark and stresses not to trust those who overpromise. It includes a anecdote from Rev Dr Frank Brutold about Sam Jones and revivalism.
In Marinette county Wiscon sin along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway region promising crops, markets and climate are touted. The ad urges buying a farm over renting with long terms and soft water. C E Rolin land agent Chicago addresses listed.
One night trips from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City and Ogden Utah depart Sept 4 18 at 445 pm. Excursion tickets at regular fare plus 2 00 for round trip with return by Oct 1 1900. Tickets valid on regular trains bookings and free Colorado the Magnificent booklet available from John Sebastian Chicago.
The readable fragments reference letter paper colors signaling messages, classroom and political arts mentions, and social remarks on women’s refinement. Two cities and various unnamed persons appear, with stray lines about a Boston symphony and neighbors. The text is garbled and lacks coherent narrative.
The piece notes progress from horse to electricity to automobiles and affirms Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a valued remedy. A brief street scene shows a Chinaman calmly answering taunts on an elevated train as others laugh, reflecting urban tension. An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Bane for sore feet and cheap samples.
A garbled collage of medical ads and playful quotes from various papers. Mentions Lane's Family Medicine and laxatives, jokes about doctors income from women, wedding notes, and product names like Yucatan Gum. Overall reads as a scattered advertising collage with literary snippets.
A fragment from a Chicago Evening News item notes how audiences react to onstage kisses with men in the audience imagining the kiss was meant for them. The clipped text ends with an advertisement for Piso’s Cure and a brief line about Endsley, Vanburen, Ind.
A historic notice extols Pale and Weak Women as a tonic for female health, claiming it preserves form and face, guides women through natural crises, and keeps the female system healthy based on letters published in the paper.
In the early forties Misalscipmt river steam men drank Benne leaves found to ease ailments. In 1941 James and Constance Maguire sourced Benne Leaves from India, identifying their soothing properties. They combined Benne with other vegetables to create a remedy that has saved thousands of lives from colic cholera morbus diarrhoea and related illnesses.
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