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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
8
The Indian Drum story centers on Benjamin Corvet a reclusive Chicago businessman who after a tense talk with partner Henry Spearman seeks Constance Sherri daughter of Lawrence Sherrill and asks her to wait for his return. Corvet then disappears prompting an odd summons to an unknown Alan Conrad.
Alan Conrad arrives in Chicago after seven years of secret support and a childhood quest to learn who he is. In a snowbound street, he meets Constance Sherrill and learns Mr. Corvet, the man who orchestrated his past, has disappeared. He is drawn into a web of questions about family, origin, and a possible father figure.
Alan looks confused and blank as a question is asked and he makes no reply. His silence and apparent reluctance to answer reveal tension with Con stance Sherrill. The scene focuses on emotions and unreadable intent.
An advertisement touts Dr. Bilmer's Swamp-Root as a leading cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It describes the remedy as a gentle healing vegetable compound with quick effects and offers sample bottles via mail order from Dr. Elmer Co. in Binghamton.
A reader recounts a prior letter about a poisoned dog and shares a funny postscript. The household mourns yet the cook laments how the dog Toto was kicked from the kitchen and saved many meals from washing.
The piece notes growing interest in future use of summer cottage lighting by new light sources, contrasting today with early English fire sticks shown a century ago. It cites the Morning Post from December 27, 1808, praising instantaneous light machines and Soho’s Fifth Street manufactory as fashionable, utilitarian curiosities.
An orator misstates a marriage vow to his wife in the chair causing laughter. He intended better or worse yet errs by saying she could not have been worse and the audience erupts. The wife at the chair quips the fault lies in his tie.
Everett woman testimonial claims long standing back hip and leg pains eased by the Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it helps with female trouble and keeps it on hand for continued use while recommending it to others who are sick or ailing.
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