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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
5
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce of Buffalo and his Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach aiding remedy. It argues digestion powers blood quality and overall happiness depend on a healthy gut, claiming fifty years of public confidence and availability in drug stores.
A. Percifield notes ten months of stomach pains ended after using Eatonic and says he is free of pain. The ad claims thousands of users report relief from acidity and gas as Matonic neutralizes stomach troubles and promotes digestion.
In a Boston Transcript item a joke frames a farmer and a teacher in a brief Q A. Edwin asks about the best time to pick apples while the farmer cannot look on, reflecting a light community moment from the era.
An old advertisement promotes Boschee’s Syrup as soothing irritated throats and lungs, easing coughs and bronchitis. It touts the remedy as a favored household cure for fifty years, promising a good night’s rest and morning expectoration. The copy also includes unrelated lines about romance and observation.
In a secluded woods setting a Pearlhunter visits a widow’s eerie home to help the Wild Man, her father, while a dangerous knife and a hidden red mask tether their past seven years to a present moment of fragile trust and quiet danger.
Pearlhunter, raised on a Wa bash riverhouseboat, learns parts of his mother’s sad life. A coughing fit drives him ashore where he meets a girl he calls the Wild Rose. A violent confrontation with the Other Man follows as Pearlhunter finds a red mask and a Blue Moon pearl. His mother dies, and he faces the Other Man in a pistol duel before reuniting with Wild Rose and meeting her father, the Wild Man.
In a continued chapter a man and the Wild Rose share a walk after a tense parting. A storekeeper’s tale of a grave at Fallen Rock shadows the moment as death and life intertwine in the woods. The Pearlhunter accepts the basket and they stroll, a path seemingly guiding his steps.
A path through dense woods leads to a three gabled one story log cabin tucked against bluffs beside Wolfruo stream. A cleared garden patch and a hidden-stable lie behind the cabin as the Pearlhunter notes the scene amid tangled hills and growing underbrush.
Francia Bacon, 80, loved fine clothes and drafted about 1200 drawings of bizarre costumes. Unable to find wearers he hired men to parade the grotesque outfits for his amusement.
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