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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1892
Page
8
In Boston Hester Prynne clutches a child and wears the scarlet A as her husband Roger Chillingworth, posing as a physician, arrives in the prison to keep his identity secret while Dimmesdale urges her to name him.
Hester Prynne walks from prison into the sunshine, bearing the scarlet letter as a mark of shame. She endures daily trials, fears exposure of hidden sin, and clings to a small cottage on the peninsula where she supports herself and her infant by needlework, amid suspicion and social ostracism.
A. W. Bailey of Manitou Springs Colorado reports gold excitement in the state. He notes a college student-turned prospector who found rich quartz ore at Cripple Creek near Denver, including ore shipping from Gold King mine assaying ten thousand dollars per ton.
Ansonia corresp observes early spring signs across Connecticut. Oxford farmer Erastus Boubou found a sunning black snake, Watertown saw four blue birds, and Botsford reports a robin. Judge Fyler notes a gray arctic snowbird, a hawk, plentiful crows, flat buckwheat cakes, muskrats along the Naugatuck, and arbutus buds near High Rock Grove. These indicators, the cor respondent says, are infallible.
An anecdote about Alexander H. H. Stuart then secretary of the interior under President Fillmore. He recalls dismissing a persistent messenger seeker by revealing the applicant wanted the messenger post and promising to appoint him if seen again. The tale ends with the applicant never returning to press the claim.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the sole preparation offering 100 doses per dollar. It urges readers to request Hood’s Rainy Day and Balloon Puzzle materials from Hood & Co. Lowell Mass and hints at liver health claims.
Readers with headaches nervousness and sleeplessness find relief with Dr Miles Nervine. Mrs Hiferbechter of Stevens Point Wisconsin reports sound sleep after one bottle and renewed health. Mrs Wheeler of Laramie Wyoming says three weeks of Nervine relieved headaches and prostration. Sold by Bradshaw Thoma trial bottle free. J S Ferguson bought Baby McKee for Frederic P Olcott at Kellogg sale for 25 000 remarks he could pay up to 50 000.
An advertisement notes CHRYSO Comm CURE promises relief from crowd dread and foot injuries, sold by Bradshaw and Thoma. It also promotes new cut glass pitchers and large vases, Bradford's Female Regulator backed by Dr R Tuomas of Valdosta, and a Denmark World’s Fair exhibit dairy costing about 5500 dollars.
Krause's German Oil touted as a powerful absorbent providing temporary relief from rheumatic pains. It is described as a penetrating counter irritant that relieves pain rather than cures rheumatism. Bradshaw & Thoma, druggists. An Ohio World's fair commissioner estimates exhibitors will spend over $5 million on state exhibits.
A. Bb. Snell of Hamilton Michigan reports two years of neuralgia relief after using Dullam's Great German Liniment. He notes instant and permanent relief and advertises the 25 cent bottle for sale through Geo. D. Clarke.
The Jewett stock farm pacer Frank Smith, said to pace an eighth of a mile in fourteen seconds, is by Coronet out of Marie Scott 2 24 by Hiatoga.
Dr. Miles' Pills claim to regulate the liver stomach and bowels through nerves. They promise speedy relief from biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation for men women and children. 50 doses 25 cts. Samples free at Bradshaw Thoma's.
A bill will be introduced in the Maryland legislature this year to make it a crime to enter horses in classes to which they do not belong.
English Spavin Liniment claims to remove lumps and blemishes from horses including bloodspavin curbs splints sweeney ring bone and sprains. It promises savings of 50 dollars per bottle and is sold by D G Higley a Fairfield Iowa druggist.
The article describes hock glasses made of cut glass showing a spectrum of color along the rims. The glasses fade from yellow red green purple and blue toward clear white stems, highlighting the decorative stained effect.
Mrs L R Parton of Rockford Illinois writes that from personal experience DeWitts Sarsaparilla is a cure for impure blood and general debility. Geo D Clarke corroborates the recommendation.
J Malcolm Forbes features Arion horse mention while promoting Dullam's Great German Worm Lozenges, a 25 cent box advertised for sale by Geo. D. Clarke.
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