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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
8
A witty guest comments on 5 000 fulldogs on the multimillionaire’s canite and asks if they are here to eat up sube poenas. The multimillionaire chuckles and replies they are here to eat up subpamn sory ers.
Mrs John Kirk of Detroit Michigan reports a near fatal kidney trouble episode ending after ten weeks of Donn's Kidney Pills. Despite initial doctor visits the condition improved with weight gain and better health. Pills sold by druggists 50 cents a box Foster Miburn Co Buffalo NY. Marriage in Mexico shows early unions with a 16 year old groom and a 14 year old bride. Eye care ad promotes Pattis Eyre Salve as harmless and fast acting. Gift promotion appears from Howard Bros Penitula NY.
A collage of garbled quotations and brief notes from various papers mentions warnings about learning languages, fortune hints, fashion, insurance, taxes, and law actions. It cites Philadelphia Philadelphia Inquirer and other outlets with jumbled phrases on culture, crime, and business, reflecting a noisy era of clipped items and fragments.
A Denver woman recounts an illness and failed operation before Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her. The letter endorses the remedy for backache pelvic pain and other female troubles and invites others to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass. The excerpt also notes a debt collection anecdote involving Barney Shea.
Public health notice warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury and urges prescriptions from reputable physicians. It promotes U n i t a Catarrh Cure by I a Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, claimed mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists at five dollars per bottle.
A New York Press excerpt discusses village politics and a grim, illegal method to stun birds for capture. It describes voters debating the “citizens’ ticket” and laments the complexity of local politics while detailing a brutal technique using water jets and cyanide to immobilize birds for commercial handling.
A testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as predigested and gentle on the stomach aiding digestion and nervous energy. It claims long-standing indigestion cured after starting the cereal, used by the family, with notes on suitability for children and a call to read The Road to Wellville.
A Moroccan travelogue recalls M. W. TL MonSmpson describing an Arab shave with a steril knife. In camp near Algiers, a leathered market knife shocks bystanders as a sheep skin barbering tool. An observer notes a sergeant shaving a man with a long blade, using water only, no soap, in a tense moment.
Readable fragments invite locals to review the school yard and discuss property use. The message hints at equal interest in education and community access, urging public input on present conditions and future control.
A New York mother reports her baby’s eczema worsened until Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment were used. After several doctors and hospitals failed, the family found relief within days and continued use led to full recovery by six months old. The ad lists costs and praises Cuticura products.
The article argues Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. It praises TYDRASTIS CANADENSIS with CUBEBS COPAIBA and tonics like COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS CORYDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON SEED as forming an ideal catarrh treatment. It cites testimonials and theoretical support, produced by Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co of Columbus Ohio.
A satirical exchange features an Eminent Statesman quipping about internal newspapers and the private secretary noting no mentions for a month. The spoof dialogue ends with a jab about newspaper coverage and a dismissive remark.
Collectors and dealers urged to buy an attractive set of postcards featuring Ringling Bros. circus animals. The Milwaukee Post Card Department offers 160 cards, with special dealer pricing and a prospect of profit.
The remark states that many smokers judge Lewis' Single Binder Gechar to rival the best Elgar in quality, reflecting strong consumer opinion about this tobacco product.
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