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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1892
Page
8
Hester Prynne stands on the Boston scaffold with her infant and scarlet A. Reverend Dimmesdale urges her to name the father. She refuses and is imprisoned. Roger Chillingworth arrives as her physician husband and vows secrecy. Hester leaves prison to raise her child in retirement.
Governor Bellingham and guests confront Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl in a hall scene. The scarlet letter marks Hester as Pearl’s mother as officials weigh custody and moral guidance for the child amid Puritan authority and scandal.
Pearl defies the magistrates by speaking of her maker as Hester prynne pleads to keep the child. Dimmesdale supports the mother, arguing the sacred bond and divine purpose of the child in shaping her salvation, while the group opts for cautious examination and guardianship.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the standout blood purifier with a strong cure record for scrofula salt rheum blood poisoning and other blood diseases. It urges readers to try it and to ensure they get Hood's Sarsaparilla.
A family remedy recommendation urges Hood's Pills as essential in all homes and medicine chests for general wellbeing and relief.
A reader notes the bride’s favorite garter given to bridesmaids as luck charms. The pale yellow garters feature solid gold clasps and large yellow silk bows. They are kept as keepsakes and later worn by a bridesmaid when she marries.
Testimonial from Glen Rock Pennsylvania resident Nathan Allisons describes relief from shortness of breath sleep loss and chest pains after one bottle of Dr Miles New Heart Cure and one box of Nerve and Liver pills. Peter Jaques of Salem New Jersey another case cites twenty years of heart disease and near death until using the cure followed by better sleep and regained health. Free book and medicine sold by Bradshaw Thoma druggists.
London Queen notes how Queen Victoria’s early fashion featured a low neck gown cut straight across from shoulder to shoulder. The piece comments on the lasting persistence of this style in the English court.
W. E. Russell, a Flint Michigan contractor, endorses Dullam's Creat German Blood Liver Stomach and Kidney cure for years of biliousness digestion and sleep loss. He claims one bottle did more good than six months of other treatment and urges others to try it. For sale by Geo D Clarke.
In wood carving lithography modeling decorative painting and art embroidery Swedish women excel. Several have also gained fame as musical composers and are noted for their rare skill and variety.
A veteran mid-wife extols Mother's Friend as the greatest blessing for child-bearing women. She cites its relief of suffering, treats breast rising, and deems it worth the price. Mrs. M. A. BrewsTeER of Montgomery, Alabama endorses, and Geo. D. Clarke sells it.
An advertisement touts Hansen's Radical Cough Cure by H. C. Hansen of 529 East Locust Street Des Moines Iowa. It claims immediate relief and cure where other remedies failed for coughs colds bronchitis whooping cough croup hoarseness lagrippe and early consumption with a guarantee. Thousands testify to its effectiveness and side benefits purportedly include prevention in early stages.
An assortment of 19th century health ads praise Dr Miles liver remedies Shiloh’s cures and DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla with testimonials. It notes press workers in Michigan and mentions librarians’ salaries while promoting Bradshaw Thoma Clarke’s drug sales and benzoin whitening tips.
A lyric scene follows Dorothy Cicely and Polly as they explore a sunlit meadow and woods. Dorothy dreams of pastures beyond the meadow while Cicely and Polly insist the magic lies near the spring under a woodland shadow. The trio senses a fairy ring hidden by brambles and pine. Virginia Woodward Cloud in St. Nicholas.
An advertisement extols Dr John Bull's Sarsaparilla as a cure for weakness tied to disease. It claims improved digestion blood purification and greater energy with a testimonial from a Louisville reader and lists Cincinnati wholesale agents. It also briefly notes an unrelated ancient Egyptian bed design.
An advertisement touts Dr John Bull’s Worm Remedy as safe and effective for children and adults, promising removal of worms and improved health. It urges readers to ask their druggist, with price 25 cents, through John D. Park & Sons Co and agents in Cincinnati and Fairfield.
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