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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
2
The article traces the shift from home made tonics and laxatives to commercial patent medicines. It highlights Peruna as an early success, from Mennonite roots to Dr Hartman establishing a manufactory. It notes Peruna’s touted use for coughs colds and various climate ailments and the trust families place in Dr Hartman’s judgment.
In a Spring Opening display Wirds and Wire pieces draw envy and shoppers surge. A clerk flips the price to 14.40 and a riot erupts as clerks and customers clash at the counter. A floorwalker jokes about olden kolehta as a meek man’s wife loses a comb and hair socks amid the chaos.
Fragmentary OCR fragment presents a moralistic line about seeking happiness and keeping focus on the bright side. Includes misspelled phrases and stray ad-like text about Mrs Winslow and soothing remedies, with unclear connection to a coherent event or person.
Starva orders a staged loyalty test and concealed firing. Kuhn, the scapegoat, awaits weapon surrender as Gornji and allies draw their revolvers. The party moves toward a hidden staircase to confront Starva and Bratman, while Jacques carries out a dangerous role.
A narrator recalls raising a cry, a trick succeeding, Btarva rushing upstairs, a shot fired and a fall. Locke waits at the top as Forbes fires repeatedly. The uproar echoes as the narrator, calling in French, sinks behind a rug, wounded by Tratinau’s bullet.
Ernest Haddon awakens in the castle music room to a night of peril and restraint. Helena Bret rebukes his hope, then reveals her steadfast love while questioning her brother Sir Mortimer’s honor. Locke orders departure and reports on prisoners, hinting at fragile alliances and looming danger.
An overview praising healthful living and trusted products, highlighting the Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a respected family remedy approved by physicians and well-informed consumer groups, with genuine manufacture by the California Fig Syrup Co. and available from leading druggists.
Classified page mixes civic updates with a homespun moral from Uncle Remus style prose. Alderman Dodger’s retirement note sits under Public Improvements while a local voice advises strict parenting and penalties for misbehaving boys.
A garbled ad claims a universal cure for deafness via a constitutional remedy. It asserts catarrh as the root cause of ear issues and offers one hundred dollars for any case that cannot be cured by its “Catarrh Cure.” Contact WJ. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio for circulars.
A humorous exchange features O'Riley and O'Toole debating a game titled Bridget whist. O'Toole claims to play by sitting in the kitchen with Bridget and eating pie cake and chicken while Bridget warns of the mistress arriving with a sound like whiat, highlighting light Irish humor.
In a pinch, Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves painful, smarting feet and ingrown nails, and claims to make new shoes comfortable. Advertises sweating feet cure, sold by druggists for 25 cents with trial sizes, listing Olmsted Roy, N.Y. as a contact. The ad urges immediate action to prove the work possible and stresses its effectiveness.
Advertisement notes Pettit's Eye Gaine as a long sold remedy from 1807 claimed to cure millions with a wonderful cure for weak eyes. A druggist or Howard Brow in Buffalo New York is listed. The text quotes a saying about fools being fooled the same way twice.
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