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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
3
An advertisement asserts chronic sores stem from bad blood and promote Swift's S S S as a pure vegetable blood purifier. It claims cleansing the blood heals ulcers, preventing bone damage, and offers free books and physician advice from The Swift Specific Co of Atlanta Georgia.
A tender verse expresses affection for a younger sister. It laments childhood memories and wishes her growth into womanhood. The speaker hopes guidance, safety through life’s storms, and a return of loyalty to a heartfelt sender.
A lawyer recounts chasing a London swindle tied to the heirs of a late Englishman. The case centers on Smallwood, a moneylender who boasted of the scam and resisted arrest. A mysterious stranger offers to reveal a past act after dinner, hinting at a Liverpool lead to pressure Smallwood.
A man recounts a failed extortion plot against Saunders' widow involving a money lender Smallwood. After a forged Liverpool affair claim and a staged criminal plan, he is drugged and abducted to Dr Colwell's private lunatic asylum. There he is kept for weeks, learns his captors intend to delay legal action, and eventually escapes to Whitechapel, reflecting on the duplicitous scheme and the fate of his pursuers.
A public notice describes a promotional pamphlet from the Northern Pacific Railway about the Nome gold strike of 1898. It includes a map, views of Nome City and beach mining, sailing dates from Seattle and Lacoma, and advance arrangements with agents. It urges readers to contact O P Jones in Des Moines or Charles S Fee in St Paul for the Nome folder.
W R Smith of Latham Illinois writes that after trying many remedies for piles he found relief with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He claims no more trouble since using the salve, calling it the best in the world and the only champion pile cure. Priced at 25 cents per box and guaranteed by J E F Stemets, a local druggist.
Brown Land and Loan Co successors to Brown and Robins advertise ready farm loans with quick funding and flexible terms from 6 to 8 percent and the option to pay $100 or more toward principal at any time. They list improved farms and wild lands for sale, offer instant deeds on many farms, and claim about 20,000 acres available. Abstracts furnished from an office in the Palo Alto County Bank building at Emmetsburg Lawn.
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