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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
8
A testimonial claims Ayers Cherry Pectoral cured a six week cough in a shopper from Newington Ontario on May 3, 1999 after a child read about the remedy. The note contrasts the product as effective if trustworthy and warns against weak medicines.
An old advertisement touts three sizes of vst medicine. The 1.00 size promises long term value, the 25¢ size targets ordinary colds, and the 50¢ or 25¢ range offers relief for lingering or disagreeable colds.
An English general reviews a cavalry torps when a witty orderly asks who is the best horse and the best soldier. The dialogue concludes with the rider declaring he is the best horse and best rider, revealing the speaker is Tom Jones. The Pall Mall Gazette notes the exchange as a pointed joke on pride and self-knowledge.
A list of patent filings emerges featuring inventors from Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota including Lorensy J Cody Duluth Minn and John O Musberry Watertown S C. The patents cover items such as a lumber loader tube cutter snap hook hinge member and measuring stopper with designations on joint and hinge components. Patent attorneys Merwin Lothrop Johnson and firms O11 O12 Plonear Prevd Bldg are noted in connection with the filings.
A Glasgow lawyer known for setting traps for workers left money around his house. A workman found a half crown, drilled it with a brace and bit, and screwed it to the floor, turning the coin into a trap. The incident reflects the lawyer’s alleged practice of luring laborers into danger.
An old style advertisement extols Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the natural, effective laxative for the whole system. It urges regular use, claims antiseptic benefits, and promotes ordering from Sterling Remedy Co with booklets and free samples. It warns readers to check for the genuine CCC mark and avoid imitations.
Chapter twenty two recounts Bow Street proceedings where Philip Blake and James Blogg face trial for the filmed murder of Mr Arnewood. Blogg’s injuries delay proceedings, while Blogg’s deathbed confession ties Blake to a plot to shadow Arnewood, offering a bribe to Blogg to kill him. The pair flee with the body toward Putney in a foggy voyage, seeking distance from Rodney Avenue.
The trial reveals Philip Blake strangled for gain after luring victim Luke Arnewood to a lonely house. Blogg, his accomplice, dies in a failed cover up and Blake is condemned, though the official execution method remains disputed and inconclusive.
In a diary style reminiscence the narrator recounts Ralph’s heroic fame from a celebrated case, Tom’s surprising survival and imprisonment, and their marriage on St. Valentine’s Day. The couple then enjoy a villa in Abbey Road while Ralph’s detective legend grows and friends send gifts as they settle into a contented life.
An excerpt discusses rumors of personal events and a Boston Courier remark about tuberculosis. It notes calls for precautionary hygiene in religious settings and suggests disinfection of fonts, pipes, and water, with Philadelphia Medical Journal urging improved cleanliness as enlightenment spreads.
Ownership by John L Bintz of a western railroad included a chain of lunchrooms along the route. Travelers paid 75 cents and line workers 50 cents. A diner, Mr Blair, joked after paying, declaring the road belonged to him, prompting a humorous exchange about ownership.
A brief dialogue unfolds between an earnest philanthropist and a tramp. The tramp explains he gained his name from a former employer who labeled him lazy, expressing that humor fails to elicit laughs from others. He mentions his first job with a defunct newspaper, the Defruit Free Press.
A promotional piece extols Peruna as a singular safeguard against catarrh and colds. It claims catarrh is nearly universal, and that avoiding colds prevents catarrh from harming health. Dr Hartman’s free book Winter Catarrh is advertised, with details on lectures at the Hartman Sanitarium and contact in Columbus, Ohio.
Tings and his wife enter the Winn race as rival candidates for school director. The fragmented text hints at fairness concerns and voter trust. References to periodicals and ads blur the narrative, but the central item is a local school director candidacy contest amid public scrutiny.
A jumble of nostrums and dubious claims appears, touting Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with Mercury content denied, while other lines mock a kiss and advise household use. The text reads like an old patent medicine promo with testimonials and misprints.
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