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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1898
Page
7
Mary A. Luckier of Red Wing Minnesota reports severe rheumatism left her shoulders and arms unable to move until taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. She credits four bottles with relief and claims freedom from rheumatic pain. Ad also touts Hood's Pills for sick headaches.
A miscellany of obscure data and oddities includes postal department figures for Washington and Minneapolis flour production, a note on Australian wool, anecdotes about powder use and street etiquette, a dream prophecy misread, a Nigerian pirate tale with a health officer aged 12, a large Worcester county family of 26 with two dining tables, and Corry Pa News notes on a Wednesday embroidery function with improvised tea service and canned goods.
An old newspaper fragment lists remedies and consumer ads. It promotes Allen's Foot-Base powder for foot issues, Kemp's Balsam for coughs, Casarets candy for constipation, and cheap tonics from druggists. It also notes a Georgia editor’s quip about a defaulting banker, and a statistic about Christian conversions in China.
A chaotic Grenoble scandal erupts as Lady Violante faces a mob intent on punishing aristocrats. Bernard ferries Violante in peasant disguise to safety, while Count Emile falls to the crowd and the countess endures abuse. A bold speaker rises amid siege, altering the perilous course of the doomed marriage and ill fated palace intrigue.
A riotous scene unfolds as a crowd taunts aristocrats in a chateau setting. A stout man calls for applause for a jester while others chant about the aristocrats hiding place. The atmosphere brims with raucous laughter and crowd energy.
A dialect expert notes that while poetic intensity and purist tone exist in dialect storytelling, broad audiences still understand much of the narrative. The piece explores how pronunciation and rhythm affect comprehension across readers.
The Ay Tia emperor is described as the most diligent sovereign, rising at six each morning and often at his writing table to tackle a vast mass of correspondence. On certain days he balances duty with sport, beginning work early to spare time for hunting.
Literary notes discuss The Wits of Digestion by Merman Puriseh M I2 claiming three kinds of dyspepsia and self recovery prospects. It also reviews The Highway a Blanche Willis Howard collection of seven tales. Craddock's The Jagiler headlines a noted Craddock novel, with mountain life themes and Ackworth’s publishing house noted.
An anecdote recalls young Wilhelm and Prince Heinrich at Cassel where children teased a French girl with pine cone fusillades shouting Here’s for Sedan When a Hungarian girl Helena Von D defended the girl and pounded Wilhelm until tutors separated them The tale reaches London during the Kaiser's visit and Helena later married an Englishman The incident amused courtiers and shaped future interactions
Washington February 14 hearings on postal savings funds occupy the subcommittees of the House Postal Committee. Representative DuBois believes several subcommittee members favor municipal bonds for safe investment of savings funds.
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