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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
6
Six year old Grand Duchess Olga, daughter of the czar, is hailed as a possible future empress as Russia watches her charm and tact. A recent carriage window moment showed her lifting her baby sister Anastasia to display to cheering crowds in St Petersburg.
A Boston Courier account recalls a five year old girl Edith visiting her dying mother. The child asked if her mother would die and comforted her by saying not to be afraid and to hold her hand. The mother, touching her daughter's hand, opened her eyes and said she was not afraid.
In a village tale a haunting spinning wheel disturbs residents as a parrot and a haunted garret rat reveal a secret. Joseph and others probe the hum of the wool wheel while rumors swirl about vanished labor and unseen hands behind the noise. The excerpt closes with quips from a dialogue about a church wedding.
In French social circles a trend grows as brides and even mothers wear white gowns. A guest notes a heavy guipure gown trimmed with ermine on a bride’s mother, signaling that many older women digest daytime white as becoming. A couturiere adds that age is no barrier for pretty women, while cautioning against uglier figures in white.
A humorous exchange about divorce features a milliner as the spouse and a husband who’d rather pay alimony than buy hats, suggesting long term savings in the joke. The dialogue contrasts sacred union with secular pragmatism in a witty vignette copied from the New York Times.
Advertised as a universal remedy, Botanic Blood Balm claims to cure blood poisoning, cancer, ulcers, eczema, carbuncles and a range of ailments. Testimonials from users in Roxbury and Georgia praise skin healing and renewed vitality, with a free sample offer and medical guidance by mail. Local seller Hawthorne Pharmacy in Moline lists 2220 6th Avenue as a point of sale.
Dr Mr Scarbrough of Hebron Ohio writes that after two years of severe cold and persistent cough his voice failed and remedies failed until he tried King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He reports quick relief and ten days of improvement. drug store Clendenin advertises 60¢ to $1 trial bottles with a money back guarantee.
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