01 Mar 1923
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1923
Page
1
Mrs A Van Arnam of Davenport Iowa credits Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription with restoring her health after midlife illness and chronic right side pain. She says nine bottles relieved distressing symptoms and she plans to obtain a trial package. Camp Fire movement is praised for its citizenship efforts and university courses now offering credits in Camp Fire work.
A fragmented ad style recipe copies instructions for making a gelatin drink with Plymouth Rock Pink Gelatine. It mentions half a box, cold water, boiling water, wogar, fruit juice, and chilling with cream. The text is garbled and reads like an advertisement snippet with unclear measurements and terms.
A barbershop chatter ends with a lawyer weighing a 60 cent fee and hinting at a repayment schedule. An advertisement touts Cuticura soaps and ointments as a purer, sweeter remedy, noting 25 cent fragrance talcum.
A young reporter sent to cover a city meeting returns with a sad countenance stating there was no meeting. The city editor urges the report to press time, only to learn the event broke up in a big row and the chairman was hacked under the table.
An OCR fragment describes a medicinal patent or remedy claimed to relieve eye symptoms. It mentions J. Cheney & Co and a product marketed in Talado. The text suggests an internal medicine affecting the blood and mucous membranes, with claims of relief for over four years.
A Kansas City Star item cites Isampus Ridge Arkansas resident Gap Johnson questioning a woman's feelings amid Gabe Gawkey's divorce, calling the wife heartless and mentioning a neighbor's remark about spring medicine and a crude verdict.
A brief exchange asks if Culich will join for lunch and whether today’s offerings are vitamins or calories. The fragment hints at a casual, domestic dialogue without further context or names.
A garbled passage shows a lawyer and judge in a murky exchange with unclear participants. The fragment implies a legal proceeding with dis jointed phrases and potential references to legacies and baseless claims.
A mysterious Seattle case unfolds as a warden, his wife, and a series of guests intersect in a tension filled sequence. A murder follows the warden’s car return, while a stranger named Eaton Foune and the secretary Dan Avary probe the clues to uncover the culprit and motive.
The group endures a snowbound halt as colossal drifts surround the train. Harriet Dorne worries about options while Avery and Eaton discuss cranking a way out. The tops of cars offer a possible route for a cautious trek to view the surroundings, prompting plans to seek the conductor’s guidance.
Conductor Connery discovers the body of Mr. Dorne in Section Three berth with a crushed cheek from a heavy blow. Dr. Sinclair and Mr. Avery assist, while Eaton secures the car and seeks Avery. The scene unfolds as authorities assess whether Dorne was alive or dead, and who delivered the fatal blow before reporting the incident.
In a tense aboard scene conductor Connery and Avery uncover the identity of the unconscious man in a berth Basil Santoine once Basil Gan toine is revealed as the passenger Basil Santoine, a Harvard graduate who is blind and a rising lawyer. The recovered items and medical observations hint at a larger mystery surrounding his past.
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