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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
8
A colloquial exchange asks about handling a taunter on the curb. The text shifts to an old promotional blurb claiming Catarrh is constitutional and touting Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with an address for F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A simple home remedy for rheumatism and kidney trouble is being publicized. The recipe uses Fluid Extract adelion, Compound argon, and Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla mixed and taken after meals and at night. Hospitals report positive results, with claims of kidney cleansing and relief from backache and urinary issues.
London. Outside office hours a London street seller of sweets, William Shepperly, offers a cheap way to learn languages by chatting with him for a penny of chocolate. A Belgian college student background, he learned French, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Italian, and Dutch, and now reads and writes before his daily stand, with plays, a rare Horace copy, and a taste for Balzac and Carlyle.
Alfred Zeyas of San Juan predicts Porto Rico will be occupied by American millionaires within 60 years. He cites beauty, climate, and healthful conditions as magnets, noting macadam roads, mountain scenery, sea views, and a perpetual spring climate. He says Americans already visit in large winter numbers.
In Pottaville and Hazleton a clairvoyant and a companion urged sick women to seek the Hazleton witch doctor. Mrs John Dougal and Miss Harriet Leggett were taken for medicine by a healer and temporarily lost reason. A warrant was sworn for the Hazleton woman for practicing medicine without a license.
In a mythic exchange the first couple confronts a notice of ejectment. Adam sternly asks who is looney as Eve sobs, and he begins packing the family gourds and tent poles after the dispute over curiosity and the apple tale.
J Fish and Ella M Fish of Mt. Vernon Kentucky describe a three month old daughter’s severe eczema on the scalp. After trying doctors with no relief they used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent and within two weeks the scales fell away and hair regrew. They followed the treatment about five weeks and the child recovered fully.
A dialogue shows tension as a character insists on charging an extra $20 to sterilize the system, framing a rough exchange over a billing dispute and business ethics. The exchange hints at hospital or clinical billing practices and customer pushback.
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast acting remedy for indigestion, fermentation, gas, and stomach upset. It claims relief within five minutes and notes 60 cent cases provide ample treatment for chronic dyspepsia and related disorders.
An article promoting cleanliness in schools and at home praises Resinol products for skin health. It urges soap, ointment, and medicated shaving stick to prevent skin troubles and keep complexions clear. A free booklet on care of the skin is offered by Resinol Chemical Company of Baltimore, Md. The piece ends with a light joke about a weary traveler seeking forty winks between hotel and drug store.
Advertises Murine Eye Remedy for red tired eyes with soothing druggists selling Murine Eye Remedy in liquid form 250 and 60c options plus 1.00. Murine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes 26c and 1.00. Free dye books and eye advice by mail. Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. Comic quip about barber and Marmaduke ends.
An old advertisement touts Dr Martel's Female Pills as a seventeen year standard treatment for women's ailments. It claims scientific preparation and proven worth with quick, permanent results and notes availability at all drug stores.
Military experts debate war costs with one insisting alahioa will render conflict impractical and another predicting pay limits for aviators. An advertisement touts Hainling Wizard Oil for rheumatism neuralgia and sore throat as relief from chronic pain. Rumor is described as a spark that becomes a conflagration. An appliance ad promotes Alexanders Remedy for head and throat ailments.
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