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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1909
Page
8
A mother recalls doctors failing to cure a widespread rash on her child. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent, the boy recovered in about two months. Court reporter notes also recount a London clerk’s quip and a joke about “cures by suggestion.”
A reader asks Colonel about forthcoming campaign overshadows. He replies that details cannot be shared until a small conference of key members convenes, keeping plans private. The exchange hints at strategic discussions ahead of formal announcements.
A Louisville reader credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her from surgery after years of irregularities and distress. Another Georgia note claims the remedy cured a woman without operation. The piece also recounts a Chicago era vignette about race and humor in a streetcar, ending with a sharp line from a southern woman about ownership and pride.
The Taft party reached Vicksburg by Oleander plus riverboats racing to keep pace. Governors and dignitaries, delayed by altered sailing orders, observed the scramble as the president spoke at a public dinner and then departed for Natchez, while steamboat speeds and river navigation drew sharp attention to Mississippi waterways.
A collage of short items: a testimonial for Deans Kidney Pills by Jacob O Bahr of Leban on Ohio claiming three months bedridden relief, then a Thoreau quote on love, a cold remedy recipe with concentrated pine product, a humorous hotel anecdote about an Irishman and a coward, and a quip on the cost of long telegraphic messages.
In a Scottish dialect passage Macdougal remarks on a grim sight on the Sabbath as Angus asks about a shocking scene. Macdougal notes Aitchie and a cheerful girl hastening by, seemingly out of place for a Sunday.
A Camden New Jersey hospital report describes using a 20 000 volt magnet to pull a steel sliver from Richard Stephens forehead near the optic nerve. The procedure avoided conventional surgery and caused no pain. In New York a three story tenement fire on 15th street and Third avenue killed two, injured eleven, with incendiary suspicions and several escapes from windows.
An reader letter extols leaving coffee for Postum to cure indigestion and improve sleep. The writer recounts immediate health gains and long term well being after switching, praising Postum as easy to prepare and reliable. A brief promotion notes the famous "There’s a reason" slogan and a chance to read more in the package insert.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt discusses Jump fever among locomotive engineers, a hallucination prompting a leap from the cab to prevent a feared collision. The phenomenon, common among freight engineers after long shifts, leaves them semiconscious and doomed upon impact, with one engineer noted to have died on three successive trips.
A garbled ad page extols Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and Dr. Blunt’s Rheumatic Remedy as permanent cures. It also markets Hauming Wisard Oil for pain, a painkiller, and Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething. The text mocks spelling and mentions various quack remedies and faint warnings.
Munyon's advertises free medical examination to diagnose disease without obligation. Doctors will advise on cure or non cure and mail a postal request for the service from 53d and Jefferson Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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