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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1898
Page
7
A Washington Post piece recalls a women’s society gathering where patriotic fervor spiked as the group attempted the Star Spangled Banner. The leading singer reached the second verse, others chorused in playful sounds, then a pause. A baffled blush followed as no one could recall the next line.
The president reportedly is very happy about Jobson's daring feat and remarks that it has left Maul in a merry mood. The exchange suggests high spirits surrounding the accomplishment and its political or ceremonial reception.
In Minora island Philippines a hunting party member wandered from his group. Humming birds swarmed, attacked him leaving many bloody wounds on face and neck before his rescue.
An old advertisement extols Dr J C Ayer's Pills as a cure for biliousness and related stomach and bowel disorders. It features testimonials from users in Arkansas Texas and other states praising the pills as mild effective and thorough, claiming relief from headaches nausea constipation and a host of digestive symptoms.
The new war revenue bill is in effect from Maine to Mexico, funding daily Army and Navy needs. It lists taxes on beer, tobacco, telegraph and telephone services, bank checks, insurance, leases, and many other items with July 1 and August 12 start dates. Readers learn per-item rates, special taxes for theaters, circuses, bowlings, brokers, and manufactures, plus penalties for stock on hand and monthly returns for petroleum and sugar refiners.
A Goshen Indiana resident tells how neuralgia of the heart caused months of pain and collapse. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People she says twelve boxes cured her and she has been well for two years. The piece promotes the pills for various neuralgia conditions and notes doctors prescribe them.
An entangled dialogue spoofs a temperance lecture with Philyps and others debating the chairman's absence. A comical aside leads to an Allen's Foot Ease advertisement praising foot cooling and pain relief for swollen feet, with a note on shoe comfort and bunion relief. The piece closes by noting the scarcity and value of great auk eggs, with one egg selling for £315 in 1894.
A fragmented advertising column cites Hal's Catarrh Cure taken internally and praises Pierson Cure for Consumption from Princeton Indiana. It also mentions telescope power revealing millions of stars, pig drawn wagons in China, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a claim that Americans bought much of French crown jewels. Other items include Gee's Gough Balsam, waggish notes on finger growth, a constipation cure, and defense spending by major powers alongside a Boston rogue sentenced for seventy two cents theft.
Half a century ago farmers with pasture kept sheep as a profitable, steady income and a source of spring lamb. Now roads show few sheep as untrained dogs prey on flocks, making sheep-keeping impractical for small farmers and leaving a once important industry largely abandoned. Wealthier owners can guard with caretakers, but many cannot afford protection, forcing them to abandon the venture.
A narrative fragment shows a dialogue where Marse Tom discusses enlistment and a forthcoming vote. The speaker hints at political action and mentions polling places and a potential run for a position, implying tension about candidacy and community response.
Sailors grievances examined by authorities in ports of entry are often exaggerated. Violence is objectionable, especially when used on a person’s stomach or bowels by purgatives. A humorous line notes a preference for being right over holding office.
Advertisements promise refunds for unsatisfied goods and liberal commissions to salesmen. Promotion touts mail order earnings, photographs sold, and low-bond schemes. Mentions Cascarets and COSMO BUTT SOAP. notes Chinese merchants in Manila and dated population figures.
A brief excerpt shows a stilted dialogue with ellipsed syntax and misspellings. One speaker insists they were driven rather than led, claiming only one path remained and describing hunger. The fragment hints at coercion and urgency without full context.
Two women from Chicago and Cincinnati describe long standing womb disorders and relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They claim cure after multiple bottles and accompanying Sanative Wash. praise the remedy and its maker for restoring health.
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