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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
8
Colonel Paul F. H. Beckwith, retired 1st Reg Minute Men, at 1503 Vermont Ave NW Washington DC, endorses a coughs and colds remedy. He writes his unqualified endorsement comes from many friends and expresses pleasure in commending the remedies.
Advertisements and letters praise Peruna as effective for catarrh and coughs in both soldiers and civilians, citing testimonials from officers and veterans. Also noted: stump puller by W Sulth Grobber Co and parliamentary pairing rules discussed in London Times.
A long promotional notice touts Dr Miles Personal Treatment for heart nerves kidneys and more. It claims a curative elixir tonic tablets pills and plaster with extensive testimonials from prominent people and invites readers to send $2.50 for a free book and treatment trial.
Mrs John LaRue of 115 Paterson Avenue Paterson New Jersey recounts nine years of back pain headaches dizziness and nosebleeds relieved by Don's Kidney Pills after initial improvement with the first box. She urges others to try the remedy priced 60 cents per box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
One hundred years ago the London Institute for the advancement of literature was folded by Sir Francia Baring. Trench soldiers sold at public auction cargoes of manufactured goods confiscated at Amsterdam. The Emperor of Ragsta ordered the elite of Kele to reside with His Majesty Louis VII of Vinnee. Charles Manners Sutton was elected Archbishop of Caiteriyrss.
Seventy five years ago events touched many nations from Alabama to Constantinople. Fires at sea, imperial refusals, and parliaments debating tariffs and immigration shaped a complex global landscape. Notable figures like Garibaldi and President Grant stirred publics as wars, floods, and earthquakes altered lives.
A fragmented clipping reports a mock Richmond magistrate scene with comic dialogue about a chairman, a secretary, and an entertainment committee. It also advertises Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for diabetes and kidney diseases, featuring a Detroit area user praising the remedy. The page mix includes a jokey anecdote about a girl and a question in dialogue.
The article touts Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female complaints and uterine disorders. It claims dramatic results across backache, leucorrhoea, menstrual issues, nervous debility, and kidney pains, with statements of safety and wide endorsements. It urges purchase from druggists and warns against substitutes.
The ad promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children used in the New York Children’s Home to treat constipation stomach disorders and worms. It boasts over 30,000 testimonials and lists available at druggists with sample copy and address details.
In a New York interview Mr W J L Hayden describes severe paralysis and malaria, crediting Dr Williams Pink Pills with full recovery after other treatments failed. He recalls four months bedridden, later his health fully restored and two years free of interruptions. The pills are sold by druggists as an affordable treatment for partial paralysis and locomotor ataxia.
A garbled page promotes Cuticura Ointment as a universal skin cure with dubious claims of rapid relief for itching and scalp conditions. It touts Dr Miles and a heart remedy offer, then shifts to quack Cold Cure and funeral goods notices, mixing product pitches with improper medical assertions and misprints.
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