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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
8
Fragmentary ad style text touts a tablet as best medicine for women in life. It mentions nervousness and various vague symptoms while referencing a doctor or authority and urging use despite incomplete details.
A probationary nurse Joan Wentworth exposes Doctor Lancaster at his clinic in Avonmouth. She confronts him amid a power struggle with secretary Myers and friction with staff. Joan seizes control, threatens to reveal truths, and prevents further harm as she contends for her own safety and the patients.
In a tense scene Joan Wentworth tests Doctor Lancaster's will by delaying a morphine dose. He fights the pull of the syringe as she locks the door and triggers a staged confrontation to force his resolve in a dangerous moral test. Myers overhears and escalates the setting's strain.
An odd clipped note describes a golfer with an edge over aging rivals in a Boston Transcript item. A quirky line about Father Gander plans trips to Wall Street to buy stocks, then returns home with a whimsical rhyme about rocks.
A 1920s style ad touts quick relief from croup coughs colds and whooping cough after a physician's prescription. Claims relief in 16 minutes and suitability for children. Promotes Dr Drake's Gleeecou at druggists for 50 cents a bottle.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing red rough itchy skin with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. It also recommends Cuticura Talcum and mentions Cuticura in a flamboyant promotional tone.
Advertisement from Saturday Evening Post page features a sensational claim about a female bandit. The ad mentions holding a baby, a threat to hold up a person, and references the Twi Cale Co in Rockford Illinois with odd typographical errors and garbled words.
A humorous line from the Columbia Jester quips about family ties and marriage. It notes a speaker denying relation and claiming to be the sister's brother via a playful reftosal twist. The item reflects the paper's witty voice and local column tone.
An advertisement warns consumers that genuine Bayer Aspirin bears the Bayer name on package or tablet. It asserts the product has been proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 23 years, and cautions that substitutions may be dangerous.
agitation has begun for smoking compartments on trains in England exclusively for women. authorities consider creating ladies only smoking cars to suit female passengers on rail services.
An advertisement touts Boschee’s Syrup as a remedy for throat and lung inflammation, claiming it heals a congested throat and lungs, helps with colds bronchitis and lung trouble, and has been a household favorite for fifty eight years. It notes sales wherever medicines are sold and adds a closing tip about walking safely.
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