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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1900
Page
3
In a tangle of secrets and cash, Harvey Barclay pressures Grace Hawthorne to marriage to secure funds within a month. Helen Reynolds confronts the affair, while Grace battles disillusion and Harry Reynolds weighs judgment and loyalties as rumors of ruin loom.
Harry Reynolds hands Grace a slip bearing her own autograph as they discuss trust and temptation. Grace pities him, while Miss Hawthorne’s stance toward Harvey Barclay softens. Harvey gains favor as Harry’s suspicions mingle with grace and caution. Helen watches nearby with a child.
In Louisville the Maj Hughes praises John L Sullivan while admiring Jeffries game arm. The major claims Sullivan had the toughest arm, but Jeffries proves his strength as a plaster cast joke leaves the crowd laughing and the major uneasy in this old sports anecdote from the Courier Journal.
The piece discusses Tree and Salvini interpretations of Othello, noting Tree’s use of a darker, Orientalized look and contrasting Salvini’s inspiration from a Gibraltar study of a Moor with copper to coffee skin, a slender mustache, and distinctive facial hair. It comments on theatrical makeup precedents set by Macready Irving and Barrett.
A visitor reports Brazil as universally intoxicated by coffee from wakeful steps to sleep. The habit grips all ages with trembling hands and nervous energy, while stories from London and Paris mix with crude quips about travel and driving mishaps.
In a sharp exchange a Philadelphia Press quip questions the lack of titles in the leisure class and mocks references to figures like Hobd and Weary Wille in a witty editorial debating social status.
A dubious claim describes Russia adopting a new calendar with a year containing a 1% mantha of twenty eight days. The piece promotes Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters as a sovereign remedy for dyspepsia constipation nervousness and insomnia urging readers to obtain the genuine product.
A humorous Indianapolis Journal quip notes David delays breakfast until he finishes the morning paper and seeks a dismal topic to discuss during meals.
The ad claims CASCARETS cure bowel trouble and cancer symptoms with natural movements. It pitches a cathartic treatment sold in metal boxes for ten cents to start health checks, warning to beware of imitations and noting the product label C. C. 0.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Press quotes Prosaic Bensonn about a woman returning home to her mother due to hunger and loss of faith in her idol, noting she loves him as well as ever but must eat. The dialogue contrasts shattered ideals with practical need.
A compilation of quirky exhibit references and fake product pitches from period papers. Items include Hall's Catyrrh Cure and What did you find to be the most entertaining exhibit at the Paris exposition with satirical attributions to Mrs. Prunes and Henrietta Lemon Prunes. The Indianapolis Press notes Poor George in a humorous roundup.
Last week patents issued to Northwestern researchers include Hans A Alm Henkinson N D Thomas T Brown Angus Minn fire escape and William P Brown Jr Minneapolis Minnesota grain car door Thomas M Crepar Swan River Minn lantern attachment Alexander Generous Princeton Min y trap setting device David Perry St Paul Minn dental root canal drier Joseph Posch St Paul Minn fitter Willilam Sherd Belview Minn twine tension device John C Corcoran St Paul Minn bottle stopper Merwin Lathrop John Patent Attorneys 911 and 012 Proneer Prodg Bt Taul
A collection of letters from women like Miss Eona Faepenice of Troy Ohio and Miss Bpxa Pagpeaux describe kidney and menstrual ailments improved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Included are testimonials of backache relief and renewed vitality after long suffering, with several letters praising the medicine's effects.
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