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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1890
Page
3
An early 20th century ad style item touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the best cough and cold remedy, Salvation Oil as a top pain killer, and Syrup of Figs for eye cleansing, with prices listed as 25 cents to 50 cents and one dollar, urging broad entitlement to medicines. The prose is garbled but conveys multiple advertised products and cheap domestic cures.
A slender white man about five feet high wearing a black suit and light hat robbed Domnan and Samuels in Dallas on the 11th. A rock weighing twenty pounds smashed the glass front, making off with forty two diamond rings valued at about five thousand dollars. Officials, including the sheriff, pursued the thief through an alley and stairway.
The Pioneer Press Company announces a liberal offer on March 16 and 23 editions. Customers may obtain two dainty watercolor style plates “The Soper or Alainne” and “The Army Ducatsn” by Enovar Deraitie and L. Vax Don Nos, prepaid by mail.
Leila, pressed by ancestral conflict and forbidden love, endures a somber chamber scene in a foreigned Grenada palace. Her father confronts her with stern messages on race and fate while a hidden conspirator hints at vengeance against Moorish oppression. The Hebrew guardian enforces harsh codes, forcing Leila toward peril as she contemplates loyalties.
In a dark subterranean retreat, a Hebrew mastermind and his aged servant plot retribution against Moorish rulers. The scene reveals a sanctum with brazen lamps, ancient arms, and ominous devices as they discuss the fate of their people and a beloved maiden Leila, amid vows of vengeance and self-doubt. The Israelite denounces greed and contemplates drastic action against their enemies.
The ad promises Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery offers guaranteed benefits or a refund if no improvement. It claims to help blood and skin diseases and other ailments, and notes a $500 reward from proprietors for cured catarrh cases.
A letter from M C proposes a shore named cure for consumption claiming thousands were permanently cured and offers free doses to readers who send five cents and a postal address. The sender provides 181 Pearl York as contact.
A fragment echoes an old Castoria slogan about giving Castoria at various child stages. It mentions sickness, childhood, and motherhood with a mis-typed chorus about Castoria. The truncated text implies a nostalgic, promotional line from a vintage advertisement.
A merchant’s clerk misspells forty dollars as Co-u-rt-y prompting his employer to remark on a bad spell. The clerk replies he left out the g-h. The ad then promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a vegetable liver and bowel medicine, claiming strong cathartic effects and easy dosage.
An advertisement claims American dyspepsia or torpid liver with indigestion can be subdued by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and accompanying Pellets. It promises relief if used as directed, with a money back guarantee if expectations are not met, and lists Wooster's Dispensary as the distributor in Buffalo New York.
The narrative traces Alma men the Hebrew master who, born in Grenada, traveled widely and learned secret arts of hidden wealth. He cannot command elements but possesses learned arts from distant realms, built on discoveries from magic lore, ancient science, and failed deceits, with the enchanter at work and a corpse nearby as a grim symbol of power.
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