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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1904
Page
6
Miss Casy Wairraven of Savannah, a club woman, testifies Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her four years of irregular and uterine troubles. She reports three months to full recovery, regular painless periods, and praises the remedy over doctors. The ad boasts 5000 forfeit for authenticity.
Bayfield County residents praise Dodd's Kidney Pills with tales of back pain relief and kidney trouble cures. Mr Dyson Wold recalls backache ending after one box, his wife also benefited, endorsing the remedy as a strong cure for kidney related ailments and related rheumatic and urinary conditions.
Reported chatter cites Miss Snakeside of Cleveland and Miss Drowning of Boston in hushed bets over a horned engagement and a ring before season's end, with playful aside about wagering and virtue in a terse sports gossip mood.
The World’s Fair Contest Company in St. Louis announces 86500 in gold prizes paid at Danas with deposits held by Missouri Trust Company per official treasurer receipts. Prizes published in the paper’s schedule and the contest closes October 1.
The item compiles brief scattered notices and promotional blurbs from Phoenx Chair Company to The Nations Casket Co and Lewis’ tobacco products. It references travel routes, goods quality, and slogans aimed at readers, with fragmented lines about advertisements and personal matters.
A review notes easing labor disputes and a brighter manufacturing outlook across machinery woodwork and clothing sectors. Demand in landing departments grows as rail and wire products see price-driven buying while crops and livestock markets show tentative gains. Russian church finances and staff numbers also cited, highlighting sustained religious support.
Market brief lists Chicago cattle at 5.85 to 8.00, hogs 4.40 to 5.85, sheep 2.72 to 4.00, wheat No 2 1.10 to 1.18, corn No 2 0.80 to 0.95, oats No 2 2.00 to 2.40, rye No 2 0.60 to 0.90, hay 8.50 to 12.50, butter creamery grades, potatoes and other staples varied across cities including St Louis Detroit Milwaukee and New York with mixed bids.
Mrs. C J Bumgardner of Topeka Kansas writes that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her kidney trouble and headaches after using one box, noting the symptoms faded before finishing the second package. She endorses the remedy and provides address and price details.
During a Supreme Court session at Brest a witness mocked the presiding judge who then threatened punishment. The judge jailed the witness for contempt but later sought colleagues consent to proceed. After thirty minutes the judge learned the other judges did not agree with him and the case was effectively dropped.
A playful exchange features a vegetarian remarking that avoiding beef makes one resemble an ox, eating mutton yields sheepishness, and pork could turn one to piggishness. The obexe culture replies that a life on vegetables alone may yield a small purity.
Testimonial advertorial notes a Missouri man recovering from stomach and nerve distress after switching to Grape-Nuts. He reports better sleep, weight gain, and daily vitality, crediting the cereal with restoring strength and prompting his family to adopt it as a regular breakfast or supper staple.
A man muses aloud on what is right while a woman named Lila, troubled by an addiction to rubber, wonders whether people should think before they speak to avoid painful misunderstandings in a tense social exchange.
A stray fragment tells of Johnny’s bold exploration of a strange place. Villains within the haunted dwelling are described as swift and menacing, while the victim suffers deep sorrow measured in a thousand woes.
An odd market log notes scarce milk and births, then a barber shop scene on a Saturday with three customers waiting to be shaved. The fragment hints at routine life amid odd phrasing and unclear context.
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