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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
8
An 19th or early 20th century piece explains chilblains, their cause with frost and damp, and suggests care like soft woolen stockings, proper footwear, changing socks after exposure, and avoiding overheating. Remedies include warm or cold water baths and salves with borax, with cautions about risky practices.
Dissenting factions threaten the Dewdrop Pleasure Club as tensions rise over who leads the grand march at the upcoming ball. A shopper overhears exchanges about the club’s social rifts and a salesgirl notes the competing party’s claim to leadership, while Mamie Perkins vows not to attend.
The text argues that milk upset arises when drank quickly. sipping slowly for three minutes allows the milk to divide in the stomach. Then it coagulates with gastric juice and digests more normally rather than forming a hard mass. Emphasis on slower consumption to ease digestion.
The article fragment hints at a summer matchup between Pres. McKinsey and Bron Selver on large American farms, offers rewards for potato and corn seed naming, promotes Salzer seeds and a seed catalog, and touches on various unrelated ads including tobacco, remedies, and miscellaneous notes.
A salesman praises a pelagic sealskin item for Room for the Resort, while the customer comments on Florida health tourism amid references to War in Cuba. The Netrolé Journal notes the growing number of people visiting Florida for health reasons.
Danyile Breeze explains the softer performance at last night’s show, saying it was due to playing her own piano. The exchange hints at concern for her health while noting the intimate setting of the concert.
The Alabastine Co promotes its durable cold water wall coating and denounces cheap imitations. It urges customers to avoid fraudulent work and defends its patent protected method for plastered walls wood ceilings brick and canyons. It cites wall decoration demand among women and painters, and warns against infringement and legal action.
A fragmented page item mentions a patent for a chainless bicycle design applying drive directly to the rear wheel, plus a medical pitch for Hall s Catarrh Cure and Mall s Catarrh Cure. It notes testimonials, pricing, and a Toledo address, alongside brief ads for cigarettes and a joke blurb about a large United States railroad station.
A 19th century advertisement touts B Drops as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia catarrh la grippe and related ailments. The Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co claims sample bottles offered at 26 cents within 30 days and seeks agents, promising reliability and prompt fulfillment from 167 Dearborn Street Chicago.
The children in the class read compositions about the giraffe. Little Winit was called to read his piece and declared the giraffe is a dumb animal, unable to express himself with a tired voice due to his long neck and the journey to his mouth.
Mother Gray nurse at the Children’s Home in New York promotes a powder to cure feverishness stomach ailments worm prevention and bowel regulation. Over 10 000 testimonials claim reliability with a sample offered free and ads urging readers to rent space for bargains in this publication.
A collection of letters from women across the United States praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They report relief from backache headaches bearing down pains and menstrual issues after trying doctors and other medicines. Readers claim renewed strength appetite sleep and overall well being.
A clipped exchange quotes Bellows indignantly denying rumors of dishonesty. The other man counters by saying two brothers claimed the accused was a gentleman, reflecting a tense public dispute captured in a New York Journal snippet.
A brief item in the Ohlengo Record notes a quirky exchange about a club titled Dont Worry, highlighting the humorous line Dont worry about other people's troubles. The fragment hints at a casual, indie scene moment with playful language.
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