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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
3
The article notes eels are plentiful in Scottish waters but not eaten by locals due to their serpentine look and appetite. It also mentions an anvil placed at the head of a Grimstone Norfolk grave for a local blacksmith.
While camping south of town, young Georgie reports needing more potatoes after discarding dirtied ones he forgot to wash. His mother reacts with disbelief as the family realizes the mix up left a shortage for dinner.
An advertisement touts Luxortant Calicura products for bald heads, claiming to cleanse and nourish the scalp with Calicura Soap Ointment and Pills priced at 1.00. A separate short joke features a detective and a plumber, with the detective speculating the plumber’s young worker vanished after a small cash haul.
Two boys argue over money for dime novels. One insists they are not worth the cost, while the other counters with a plan to share a posters collection for amusement. Their mother remains skeptical of the books' value.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for chest and throat ailments. It claims glycerine enhances medicinal effects and lists ingredients like Golden Seal, Black Cherry bark, and Queen's root. It asserts benefits for chronic coughs bronchial and lung conditions and promises a free little book and confidential correspondence with Dr Pierce.
Judge Edgell returns home to an elaborate surprise birthday dinner for his wife and children. The family dressed tables, candles, and flowers mark the event as a special occasion with playful exchanges about the celebrants ages and future birthday plans.
The fragment cites Venus turning Adgnis into an anemone and mocks Mary McTane's work. It notes anemones and toothbrushes as odd literary morsels, attributed to a Milwaukee Sentinel aside.
An OCR fragment touts a one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure cases not healed by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites J Cheney & Co Toledo and testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin and druggists selling Hall's Cure at 73 cents a bottle.
Widespread nonpareil endorsement for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claims to cure female troubles including ovarian issues uterus inflammation and displacement backache and nervous symptoms. Premier remedy said to suppress unwanted uterine tumors and ease menstruation and other weakness with safe mild effects. Sold by druggists everywhere with warning to refuse substitutes.
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