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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
8
Mrs Fenton faces blackmail from Dodd over her marriage to Musgrave. Lawyer Breffit assesses the danger and urges discreet action. Fenton ponders confessing to Fred, while she contends with love, fear, and a possible claim on her wealth. Dodd demands payment or exposure, and Mrs Fenton weighs future steps amid social pressures.
Mrs. Fenton weighs risk of immediate confession and opts to wait for circumstances. Fred Musgrave arrives at 11 o clock. His mood is muted after Susie Moora shared nursing ambitions and fears of parental opposition. He insists married people should not pry into past lives and refuses a full confession, while Laura falters in pressing him.
An Ohio inventor introduces a cord-holder with a curved wooden bar that fits around the waller and carries a twine ball. A curved wire with a loop guides the cord and a knife-like edge cuts it. A harness straps over the body to keep the device at hand for quick tying of multiple packages.
The growth rate of an average fingernail is about one thirty second of an inch per week or roughly one and a half inches per year. Fingernails grow fastest in summer with the middle finger fastest and thumb slowest. right hand nails grow quicker than left. A nail takes about four and a half months to fully grow, and even a 70 year old would have renewed nails around 262 times, yielding about ninety feet of nail across all fingers.
In a south England market town a tinman displays a sign promising quart measures of all shapes and bites. In the Midlands a watchmaker's shutters bear a notice about wound up main spring breaking, while a doctor and shoemaker occupy a street shop with a year noted. An algae banner proclaims We repair both body and sole and a coffee room notice reads The Coffee Room Removed Upstairs Til Renarted.
A dentist quips that his notices are not reminders of appointments, noting patients are relieved by this. The text ends with a question about whether the belles in society attend to gluing tone, suggesting playful social commentary.
An old style advertisement claims weak kidneys harm the whole body and urges immediate use of Dean's Kidney Pills. A testimonial from Mia. George La joie of Caro Michigan credits the pills with curing her kidney disease after doctors failed. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box through Yester Milburn Co Buffalo.
A collection of fragmented observations and anecdotes from a newspaper page. It includes quips about Norway travel fares for married couples, a gardener named Fritz who misreads a train exit, and stray lines about burlesque dressing rooms and a tobacco brand, all rendered in a dated, humorous voice.
An ad extols Coca Cola as a cooling thirst quencher and wholesome beverage. It invites readers to obtain a booklet titled The Truth About Coca-Cola and the Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910, noting the poem Casey At The Bat and schedules, to be addressed to The Coca-Cola Co in Atlanta, Georgia.
The wig worn by Haglish barristers is said to sanction a stern judicial look. Originating in seventeenth century France, a judge wore a marquis wig and found the effect dignified, prompting adoption by judges and barristers across Europe.
A scientist warns house files carry germs on feet while the ready theorist suggests overshoes then tearing them on the porch. Dr. Pierces Pellets are sold as a sugar coated stomach tonic. A dog after eating shorts swims. Lewis’ Single Binder cigars cost about 10 cents. An ageing wife influences a husband’s other troubles.
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