04 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
Eau Claire News
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1891
Page
1
A highly garbled OCR based item from Eau Claire news mentions places like Paris and Washington state, notes counterfeiting, inheritance, storms on the Pacific coast, and various historical references. Reading remains unclear with many misspellings and stray phrases.
The annual Kisnace report shows 85,788,950 in property saved and 1,986,844 lost with 2,441 people saved. service cost 940,201. References to William K. Sullivan, Hawaii free trade, railway statistics, crimes, and various incidents across states are noted in a wide, period-voice summary.
A garbled OCR text fragment mixes names, places, dates, and stray words. It appears as scattered phrases and partial items across various topics, lacking a cohesive narrative or clear event to summarize.
New York December reports Cyrus W Field in a dire condition as details emerge of Edward M Field allegedly robbing partners and customers, draining the elder’s fortune and driving him toward ruin and disgrace amid a sensational family saga.
Wisconsin summaries report William M. Harris of Waucedah Wis, arrested in Milwaukee with his sister in law Gertie Plats, 15, living as man and wife. Harris admitted criminality, claiming his wife was 19 and he married her at 14. He provided the girl 110 for a return trip, then arranged her departure to Crystal Falls Michigan.
In a courtroom scene an assessor questions a widow and her daughter about ages. The widow says she is 32 and her daughter answers 36, eliciting a quip about the mother-in-law joke as the moment turns toward jury deliberations.
Proprietors claim their remedy cures catarrh in the head with a 25 year proven record. The ad asserts the medicine is mild cleansing soothing and healing and offers a 500 dollar reward for an incurable case, asserting belief in its effectiveness and honesty.
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as pleasant to taste and effective for kidneys eyes and bowels cleansing the system and curing constipation. It touts its popularity, warns against substitutes, lists 50c and 1 bottles, and notes druggists can procure it if not on hand. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO CAL. Kentucky doubt appears in the text.
John H. Foster of 1122 Brown Street, Philadelphia, endorses August Flower claiming it cured his wife’s lifelong dyspepsia. He describes her prior severe stomach distress causing repeated vomiting at meals and says two bottles restored her appetite and eliminated dyspepsia symptoms.
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