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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
9
Mrs Literati remarks on her son’s imagination predicting a future in writing. A Western guest suggests he will also earn wealth. Another voice jokes about sending him West to begin in real estate as a child grows.
French Count questions a payment tied to a marriage claim. He cites a dishonored claim and asks for proof of foreign credit. A bank payment to his son-in-law’s account is referenced, with confusion over how the check was honored and who was responsible.
The advertisement extols Cuticura Soap as the world’s greatest skin soap used by millions. It promotes Cuticura Ointment as the purest emollient skin cure for cleaning the scalp, removing crusts and dandruff, stopping hair loss, softening rough hands, and aiding baby rashes and itching. It emphasizes antiseptic, toilet, bath, and nursery uses for women and mothers.
A playful exchange reveals how Mrs Brickrow persuades her husband to buy costly bonnets by dragging him shopping until he yields. Lopilatte notes that Thaen would rather live as a beggar than accept a pension.
Reports describe Japanese forces mounting large guns atop 203-Meter Hill and bombarding Russian ships in Port Arthur harbor. Pobieda and other battleships are submerged or aground. Sevastopol may be undamaged. Russians defend as trenches advance with winter looming.
Russian Cossacks surprised the Japanese near Lidlatoun and captured eight guns. Japanese troops numbered 15,000 in the storming of 208 meter EI at Port Arthur. Japan protests Spain supplying coal to Russian warships. Fighting continues on both Manchurian flanks with heavy artillery at the Russian center and right.
The ad touts Dodd's Kidney Pills curing severe kidney disease and early symptoms. It quotes Mrs. Peter Bartenu of Poing Great Work Flovranut Mo and notes many locals report relief from back and knee pains after use. It claims thousands saved from kidney disease nationwide.
In the Southern mountains a hostesses use of a rich syrup called long sweetening stands out at a rural gathering. An itinerant preacher is pressed to drink more than half his coffee poured with the molasses laden beverage. The minister protests but the hostess insists the drink is appropriate for the occasion.
An old advertisement fragment touts a “GUARANTEED CAR: FOR PILES” with refund terms if PAYOLN'T MENT fails. It mentions names and places like Joseph Chamberlain and Buffalo, and cites a September 24, 1904 date, plus testimonials about cures and health products.
An imperfect 1611 New Testament Bible once owned by W Sharp Ogden of Rusholme Manchester sold through Sotheby’s with signatures linking to William Shakespeare. The sale featured other classics like Robinson Crusoe and The Vicar of Wakefield, reflecting strong private collection interest and a record price for Shakespeare materials.
A dialogue shows a Patent Office clerk criticizing a complex machine and potential infringement while an inventor contemplates a cheap fix. The inventor mentions a stray wire and a button to fashion suspenders as a makeshift component, prompting a suggestion to patent the idea.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore hearing by clearing a mucous tube in the ear and treating catarrh. It asserts a one hundred dollar reward for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured, endorsements by Henry & Co Toledo and doctors, plus a claim that Hall's Family Pills are superior.
A jumble of quoted lines appears from Chicago News and Beven with remarks on eccentric ancestors and a mock medical exam. The text also notes the Undertaker supplying goods from the National Basket Co and values Bank of England land at 250 dollars per square foot totaling about 32 770 000 dollars.
A Mrs Henrietta A Marah of 760 W Ith St Los Angeles says la grippe kept her ill seven weeks until Peruna, after which she quickly improved and was fully restored in three weeks. She notes continued good results and mentions traveling Kentucky and Tennessee where Peruna aided her health. Letter dated August 31 1904 from Conrietta A B Marsh. Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio advertises free Peruna almanac for 1905.
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