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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
3
In a Cornwall manor the romance between Pansy Vereker and Geoffrey Coramke unfolds amid hiding shadows. Mordant and Salome scheme to keep Wisie captive while Philippa faces a coercive marriage proposal and a looming escape plan under constant watch.
In a tense scene, Geoffry and Pansy hide their affection as she reveals fears of Mordant Cain and Lisle’s danger. He pledges protection and vows to confront Cain, while she pleads to avoid the house lest she be locked away or forced into an unwanted marriage amid threats and control from Foutems.
A miley gathered from an Indiana farmer, sold to a physician miles away, refused to eat and mooed endlessly in an unfamiliar home. After days without milk she was returned to her old residence where she revived and ate heartily, the doctor attributing the distress to homesickness.
A sketch artist describes a funeral procession in a village cemetery. He asks an old man to speed a death to complete his study, and the man responds by encouraging a villager to hasten an ill man’s death to finish the scene. The artist claims the bereaved family valued the attention.
An English sporting book laments excessive praise after a retriever saves a girl from a river near her home. The dog becomes overzealous, rescuing anything in sight, from cows to geese, and even anglers, under a notion of rescue on the brain.
A poet tells his wife Marie that he may have to leave to serve country. She responds with cautious hope that they will survive on his $13 monthly pension if he returns, while he fears possible loss and injury and the impact on their life.
Memphis reader recounts seven year battle with consumption until Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral provided relief. He credits a full bottle with saving his wife and urges keeping the remedy for family colds and throat ailments. The advertisement touts wide success and offers Curebook details from Dr. J. Ayers Co.
Basinean, a bookkeeper formerly paid in cash and now requests an eight hour account. The manager refuses, stating the man has an existing account and now pays cash, and should not be trusted again according to Brooklyn Life.
An open letter from Dr Samuel Pitcher of Massachusetts asserts he originated Pitcher s Castoria and that the product carries the signature CHAS H FLETCHER on the wrapper The letter claims the original Castoria has been used in American homes for over thirty years and grants authority to The Centaur Company with Chan H Pitcher as president March 807 (authenticity and formatting reflect OCR text).
A fragmentary spoof exchange centers on Mrs Bobkins declaring brain on fire and a bemused Mr Bobkins reading the paper. The quirky dialogue hints at a domestic vignette with abrupt, surreal humor and a punctured moment of action as a brash line is dodged.
Hour's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be sared by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHANEY & CO., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known I. J. Cheney for the last ffteen years, and believe him perfectly honorable in our business transatclona and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm, West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O., Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drugelatu, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent freq, Price 75 gents per bottle. Sold by all druggists, Hall's Foray Pills are the boat.
Merit's advertising analysis praises Cascarets candy cathartic as a repeat purchase remedy. It claims guaranteed constipation cure or money back and touts it as a delightful laxative and liver stimulant. The piece urges readers to try Cascarets.
A fragment from Chicago Post discusses hardened outlooks and a politician’s looming presidential election forecasts. It notes predictions fill papers while endorsing Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for bilious or nervous complaints. Also mentions deaf and dumb persons engaged in energetic conversation and a judge noting direct speech.
A collage of old ad copy and quack remedies appears, promoting tobacco brands, tonics, laxatives, and patent medicines. Includes claims of curative powers for constipation, teething, and digestion, with mock dialogues and promotional blurbs from popular periodicals.
A promotional note extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. It quotes testimonials from Mrs. Pryxnas and Mrs. Saccre Czara praising relief from prolapse, leucorrhea, back pain, and nervous symptoms after using the product. A Camden reader confirms improvement after four bottles.
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