Eepelined Without Thacks Beggar Plea
A terse plea from a starving wife and child is recorded in rough speech as a beggar asks for a few pounds. A response in turn denies aid and questions how to respond to such distress.
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1898
Page
7
A terse plea from a starving wife and child is recorded in rough speech as a beggar asks for a few pounds. A response in turn denies aid and questions how to respond to such distress.
A quirky health column touts cleansing the digestive canal with a laxative cure and other remedies. It promotes Allen’s Catarrh Cure and foot powders, claiming broad benefits and lists testimonials and prices, with scattered editorial asides.
An 1890s style testimonial promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for menstrual pain and female complaints. Miss Jexine R. Mines and Miss Milas of Lynn Mass write praising relief, urging others to seek advice and try the medicine. The ad claims full recovery and offers free guidance from Mrs. Pinkham.
A police chief recalls a wary confession about aiding a criminal to save a life in San Francisco’s Chinatown and later recounts a St Louis bank robbery arrest. The veteran officer describes close calls, knife sounds, and a daring takedown that ended with subduing fugitives.
A newspaper feature recounts a long recovery from a stomach stone and painful symptoms aided by a tonic, plus a German statistic review noting high fertility and unusual multiple births terms like vierlinge and drillinge, with curious remarks on sausage history.
Local readers propose a St Paul Minneapolis joint association to fund weekly ten word cablegrams from Manila for the 13th Minnesota Regiment. Relatives in twin cities seek better contact with soldiers, sharing costs about 25 shillings per subscriber.
Dingley contemplates buying a country place and tours the property with Um. He asks for her view. She responds delighted by its beauty and he declares the purchase settled and plans to move off tomorrow.
The passage lauds a Philippine insurgent leader as charming and charismatic. It notes many locals appear charmed by luck, yet insists the real vitality comes from Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters, portrayed as a celebrated remedy powering strength and vigor.
Jones believed himself a born humorist but quit trying after a failed courtship with a broker’s daughter. He visited a home where she gathered dried grasses and he joked about a donkey, a remark that crushed his humor and his romance.
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