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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1898
Page
7
Mrs Phoebe J Wilson of Longridge Conn found a light colored powder in a closet she was cleaning and scattered it on a stove. An explosion shattered the stove badly burning Mrs Wilson and her daughter Jan. The package contained white gunpowder.
A garbled excerpt presents poetic lines about sea and sky with jagged phrases and misspelled names. The text includes partial quotes and a stray reference to Lisehenu M. Muter and Pacific Empire, hinting at prose or poetry in a historical issue. The readable segments are sparse and incomplete.
Washington and elsewhere report that Bismarck Tribune publisher I. Jewell leads a letter to country paper publishers opposing the Loud postal bill. The note warns the measure would end free circulation and force higher postage, hurting subscribers and advertisers while threatening immigration materials.
A bustling column compiles scattered items from a distant issue. It mentions crowds, a rising man, a Connecticut sect, inventions, clergy amid yellow fever scares, and various advertisements for seeds and patent ideas. It also includes an open letter about Castor oil and medical cures, plus a chorus of odds and ends from local life.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad annual meeting notes its seventy first session and records ten presidents over seventy one years. It cites line expansions from Harpers Ferry in 1824 to Wheeling by 1853 and Parkersburg branch opening in 1857, plus the original name and charter remaining. It also mentions Rev Mary A Hillis endorsing Dr Kay's Lang Balm and other patent remedies offered with free medical advice and samples.
An assortment of old patent medicine pitches and political commentary fills the page. Advertisements tout Kemp's Balsam and Piso's Cure for consumption while urging readers to buy cures for colds and coughs. A fragmentary political note appears from the Washington Democrat.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a remedy for chilblains frostbite dampness and foot discomfort. It claims to relieve sweating corns bunions and similar ailments and offers a free 2 cent sample via mail order or at druggists and shoe stores.
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