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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1901
Page
2
Giles attends a village garden party full of color and movement. He plans to use a palm reading booth to raise funds while dodging an aloof patroness and flirting with Dolly Ashton amid music, ice cream, and flowers.
The page blends an advertisement for Dr A W Chase nerve pills with narrative scenes about a character named Giles and a veiled lover. It mentions nerve symptoms, sleep issues, and kidney back pain, then shifts to fiction with intrigue, disguises, and marriage questions.
In a dimly lit room Giles questions Milly about a love triangle as he uses palmistry to probe her future. She resists his deception yet remains drawn to him while debating where to meet under moonlit trees for a secret rendezvous.
A lean stranger sits beside the narrating traveler and urges temperance. He questions drinking, invokes family welfare, and offers a pledge to abstain, while secretively smuggling whiskey from a pocket and drinking openly as the train car fills with giggles.
The piece laments fatigue from constant labor for women at home and in factories. It advocates Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, citing testimonials from women and urging readers to try the medicine despite cheaper drugstore alternatives.
Testimonials from Mrs Pinkham users describe relief from long standing menstrual and reproductive issues after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Towne of Littleton New Hampshire reports life saved. Mrs Russell of Chincoteague Island Virginia credits rapid improvement after six bottles.
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