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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
6
In a vintage ad style plea the copy markets Allen's Foot-Hase powder to relieve Swellen Smarting and Bunions with a shake in shoes. It promises free samples from druggists and shoe stores and references Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY. Also notes Ball Blue laundry use and a remark on work/leisure balance.
An assortment of short items including Ball's Catarrh Cure touted for internal use with 75a price, a quip on grudges, a testimonial from Vanburen Indiana dated Feb 10 1900, a Fundy Bay depth note, Sobrasia College expenses in Omaha detailing typewriters and furniture, and a catalog appeal from A C Ong President with a philosophy line about flying and loving.
The Wabash Railway announces greatly reduced fares to Buffalo New York and return fourteen point two to fifteen dollars. Chicago to New York is thirty one dollars return. Daily sales at these rates with through trains from Kansas City St. Louis and Chicago and summer stopover options at Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Inquiries to Harry S. Moores Omaha Neb or C B Crane St. Louis Mo. Also advertising Defiance Starch 16 oz for ten cents and money refunded guarantee.
An old column urges escaping the heatbelt by train to Colorado and Utah via Missouri Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande routes. It highlights Rocky Mountain resorts, hunting and fishing, and affordable short tours with rail travel as a healthy respite from summer heat.
A distinguished New York gentleman returns home to a wife who cheerfully greets him with fresh flowers. She later discovers the bouquet is fake, appearing as if pulled from a private display, prompting shock and humor in the domestic scene.
In Philadelphia three or four shops offer wedding and funeral attire for hire at reasonable rates. Renting masquerade and evening clothes is an old business, but renting wedding and funeral garments is described as a newer development in the city.
A fragmentary poem by John Vance Cheney evokes memory and nostalgia in a dreamlike rural landscape. The speaker recalls loves of vanished days and a single beloved spirit guiding thoughts along faded paths while asking not to be forgotten.
A lonely writer in a third floor tenement finds purpose through Old Simpson the tomboy who loves him. Her faith and urged dreams push him toward a breakthrough, while the world finally notices his talent and the bond they share.
A heated publishing controversy surrounds The Little Lady of the Tenement with sensational claims of anonymous authorship. A Daily Harpoon reporter uncovers a contract, learns the Silent Man hides the truth under a bed, and refuses to reveal the author to spare his lost love’s dignity.
The managing editor replied softly to the literary editor and left the room. The anxious reporter asked the city editor how the old man would decide, seeking insight into the outcome of the sensational exclusive.
The text highlights Irish soldiers and descendants who rose to high ranks in France, noting figures like Lallys, Dillons, and others. It traces bishops, generals, a minister of war, and clergy tied to Napoleonic era honors, including a Dillon who fought with Lafayette and a Guilliaume Meagher in eastern campaigns. It references Macdonald, MacMahon, and a later Macdonald marshalage, stressing honor brought by Irish lineage.
A tall woman in a fine gown walks with swift, sweeping draperies that attract a toy dog from a porch. The puppy chases the fluttering trim, hops onto the swishing fabric, then slides off as the train jerks. Neighbors smile and quicken the pace.
A longtime White House attendant recalls President Arthur as the best dressed man he ever saw. He described Arthur changing shirts and suits multiple times daily, preferring low-heeled shoes in summer, numerous silk shoe strings, and keeping over a hundred shirts and neckwear pieces.
Government statistics show each doctor in the United States serves 655 persons on average. California has 416 patients per physician, Alaska 2349, New York about 603, Pennsylvania 662, and New Jersey shows 86 per doctor as the number declines toward the mid Atlantic region.
A mason uses compressed air power to drive a nozzle into granite, enabling rapid drilling similar to a dentist removing decay. The method presents a sharp, efficient approach to shaping hard stone with pneumatic force.
The passage notes 23.6 percent or 166 198 inhabitants are Israelites while shifting to an advertisement for a teething syrup called Winston-A Mouthing Syrups Por children. It claims the product soothes teething pain and wind colic, with 2560 bottle assertion and a proverb about blindness of the eye when the mind is absent.
A promotional note touts STARCH as the only 16 oz package for ten cents while all other ten cent stores offer only 12 oz. The message promises satisfaction and reminds shoppers to include soap for washing dishes.
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