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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
8
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is promoted as a general tonic. The testimonial from John W. McLain cites added strength and endurance for strenuous work. A trial package is offered by sending 10 cents to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York with guidance available by mail.
An Indianapolis News report notes Cornelius Kevitt of Pompton Lakes N D selected two pumpkins in September. One named Coolidge and Dawes weighed 42 indeogalost when full grown, while the Avis Bryan pumpkin weighed 16 pounds.
Excavations in Magna near Hereford Mygland reveal walls and treetea outlines in wheat fields. Foundations of a forum, burial finds including a Briton woman skeleton, and dateable pottery from pre to late Roman periods, with a bronze bracelet for a child.
An old advertisement extols Boschee s Syrup as a universal cure for colds coughs bronchitis and lung troubles. It touts soothing irritated throat membranes and enabling restful nights with easy morning expectoration in households worldwide for fifty eight years.
A detective climbs the stairs to the male academy and pressures a young woman for information about a tip alleging a murder of Wagner next door. The exchange reveals a police inquiry into a suspected homicide and the detective’s insistence on proceeding without a fuss.
Advertisement urges buyers to check for the Bayer name on the package or tablet to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin. Claims it has been proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 23 years and warns that imitations may be dangerous.
A country woman takes her five year old daughter on their first city visit. The child, new to city life and buses, is awed by a group of giggling flappers recounting memories. She asks if the zoo is real, seeking reassurance amid novelty and social pressure.
A promotional pitch touts Tanlac as a tonic that builds solid flesh, strengthens digestion, and purifies blood. It cites vast testimonials and urges immediate use, claiming rapid relief from torpid liver and general weakness without listing medical risks.
Horizontal and vertical word clues pull from a mixed list of definitions. The grid references numbers, foreign terms, and obscure phrases to solve a crossword style puzzle with noted phrases like God of love, ancient imperial people, and various descriptor words.
Instructional excerpt explains filling white spaces with dictionary words across and down. Numbers mark first letters for horizontal and vertical clues. No letters in black squares. Abbreviations slang and obsolete forms shown in definitions.
An old newspaper fragment notes presidents who left office era travel, naming Roosevelt in Panama Canal zone and Panama City, Taft crossing into Mexico dining with Diaz, Cleveland on a fishing trip, Wilson at a peace conference, and Harding in Canada. It also advertises Cuticura products and a Gandhi India opinion piece discussing low incomes and widespread opium use among the poor.
Stop croup in 15 minutes with Dr Drake's Glessco. Prepared for immediate throat relief, recommended for coughs colds and whooping cough. Widely used for 36 years in homes. Get a bottle from your druggist at 60 cents for four. Also notes insurance as a poor measure of a man's worth.
A vintage advertisement urges quick parental action when a child shows a cold and cough signs. It touts Kemp's Balsam as a fast remedy for croup and illness, and mentions Cole's Carbon salve for healing with no scarring. The note cites J W Cole Co of Rockford Illinois as the supplier.
A cryptic dialogue hints at Santa Clive evading creditors as the joke turns on a clever misdirection. The snippet plays on holiday timing and financial relief, presenting a lighthearted puzzle in a rustic voice.
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