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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
6
An emperor besieges a rebellious nobleman’s city and plans to burn it. He offers safe passage for women who may take their most precious belongings. A nobleman’s wife and other women carry their husbands on shoulders in a procession to the gate, moving the emperor to spare the city and all its inhabitants.
Mrs. A Payne of Columbus Mississippi suffers years of severe kidney pain and back ache. Doctors offered little help until Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her pain from the first dose and restored strength. For sale by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo at 60 cents a box.
Mrs Lizzle EH of 540 Jones Ave Selma Alabama reports four years of black skin patches and severe itching. After two physicians failed and she stopped treatment, Otticura Remedies cleared all eruptions within six months and she has had no symptoms for three years.
The doctor doubts Mr Lambkin’s recovery from nervous exhaustion will improve unless Mrs Lambkin becomes calmer and less talkative. She dismisses the seriousness of his illness, insisting her own health is poorer. She jokes about her tongue as the doctor prescribes six hours of quiet daily for three months for her husband.
A long advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease foot powder as a cure for tired feet and friction. It claims widespread use with over 30 000 testimonies, promotes saving stockings, and warns against imitations while urging readers to seek the advertised brand in their papers. A short domestic vignette follows about a young man seeking a sister's favor and a cheerful reply from Bobby.
In Brooklyn Life a dispute unfolds over the meaning of instrumental. Mr Dugan argues Mona sings improvised vocal pieces while Mr Hogan notes instrumental music. Keegan’s claim that music prompted him to move adds a comic layer to the misunderstanding.
A dramatic exchange unfolds as an editor notes Whittier’s similar ideas in a manuscript. The six-foot caller protests with heated emphasis, while the editor coolly interrupts, claiming the author has vastly improved on the original.
A collection of figures covers gold production, postquake rebuilding in San Francisco, trainable animals, London rush hours, Cuban sugar prospects, U S expo funding, lighthouse costs, Brazil rail ownership, Russian car imports, Egyptian taxes, gold hoards, American violence trends, presidential elections, patent law, cobalt ore chemistry, a Caird trust, and Colorado railroad expansion noting no rail line in Veratofore and Routt’s late entry.
An old mountain preacher recalls a Kentucky style visit by a lawyer friend to a poor hillside client. The lawyer endures a cold, bare loft and a meager supper before attempting to start a fire. A soot-covered boy crawls from the backlog revealing a poor, rustic household.
The text presents a fragmented line where a villain vows pursuit to the end of the earth while a clever girl outsmarts the pursuer. It resembles a serialized dramatic narration with a Boston transcript flavor.
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