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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1899
Page
7
A short verse celebrates a cheerful Norwich town lass with bright eyes and rosy cheeks. The narrator contrasts merriment and sadness while praising the lass’s winsome appeal and lightness of heart.
In February’s crisp morning Jared Kent apologizes for his bachelor stance and gifts Widow Lucy Darby a valentine after a sleigh ride into town. The plainspoken matchmaker’s tale shows Darby, 45, embracing affection as Jared confesses love and plans marriage at the minister’s home.
The dying Liddy clings to life awaiting a valentine from Orson as relatives crowd the room. A crumpled letter hidden in her hand is not opened and is later burned as she dies, leaving a quiet peace and memory of love.
An echoed quotation from the Washington Star contrasts cynicism with sentimentality and humor, noting how the comic can cast the speaker into gloom and the sentimental into tension.
Fragmentary notice discusses cost ranges for an acquisition gun canal set at about 115000 and compares remedies for digestion biliousness constipation and sleeplessness. It notes the medicine as a tonic aiding appetite and digestion with strong taste and claimed unsurpassed effects for stomach liver and kidney ailments.
The caller and the novelist discuss a new edition of the novel and a money making proposition. They consider adding memorable phrases and celebratory glue as potential content to boost appeal.
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for a cure of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood affecting remedy. It includes endorsements from Cheney & Co and Truax Wholesale Druggists Toledo and claims internal action with a 75 cent price per bottle. It also mentions Hall's Family Pills as the best.
A fragment from Chicago Journal reports chatter that a daughter ended her engagement with a count. The gossip hints at a failed match and pursuit of a similar social status, reflecting urban rumor through a literary clipping.
Fragmented note describes Allen's Foot-Ease powder offered as a free sample for corns chilblains and foot relief and St Jacobs Oil claimed to cure aches. Mentions druggists and shoe stores selling Allen's product and cites miscellaneous quotes from Cleveland Plain Dealer and Atchison Globe without clear context.
A Chicago Chronicle item recounts Roger a North side kindergarten pupil who taunts classmates by demanding food and later spreads whooping cough after sharing his illness. The teacher calls him generous, noting his mischief and the resulting illness among peers.
Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas announces opening on February 23 set in the Ozark Mountains with delightful climate and scenery. Offers unequaled medicinal waters with excursion rates and travel via Frisco Line. Inquiries: J O Plank manager Arcade Century Building or Frisco Ticket Office St Louis.
Yonkers Statesman reports a tornado tore through a train causing damage and injuries. The baggage man is noted as the sole unharmed passenger with authorities investigating the incident.
An old newspaper snippet quotes ads praising St Jacobs Oil for curing lumbago and sprains. It notes the product's popularity with phrases from Chicago Daily News and mentions dental income ideas, all reflecting early 20th century marketing voice.
An old wartime style advertisement highlights menstruation as a pain source and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A testimonial from Mrs. Proxham and Jennie R. Miles claims relief from female complaints after using the product and following its advice.
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