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Newspaper
Fort Smith Elevator
Location
Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1887
Page
4
A young boy sells pictures door to door to support his mother and avoid charity. He speaks bravely of facing tomorrow, plans to keep moving forward, and chooses to give any extra money to a crippled boy in need, showing resilience and family love.
Benton Arkansas principal Pro WP Jotusua certifies long illness from catarrh with deafness and weight loss. He spent over 6500 on doctors. Ten bottles of S.S.S. cured him and he is healthy today. W. P. Jonsson signatory.
C F Duncan of Clayton Alabama reports seven years of vein inflammation cleared quickly by Swift's Specific. He credits a local druggist J Hightower for recommending the remedy and notes it saved him hundreds of dollars. The product is advertised as completely vegetable with a free treatise on blood and skin diseases.
Detroit Free Press reports a man named Carl Dunder called Sergi Bendall about a con involving a fake brass ring. A stranger entered his space, stole a ring, claimed it was brass, and tried to scam two dollars from him with a fake reward offer. He fears the con artist may return. A body is found dead in bed.
A school boy narrator presents a quirky tale with the horse, ox, cow, and a wash tub incident. It recalls family figures Pa and Sam Jones Father, a neck injury, and playful lines about drawing, weight, and preferences between horse and cow.
A garbled quotation shows a clergyman seated as an artist begins a bizarre exchange about shaving hair and words. The text is incomplete and alters syntax, yielding an unclear scene involving a barber and odd speech.
A young man asks if the Queen’s head is on the circulating half-crown, explaining he has not seen one in a long while. The reply confirms it is indeed on the coin.
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