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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1894
Page
3
A garbled 19th century page fragment mixes medical ads for DeWitt's pills and Witch Hazel Salve with stray notes on topics from lunar months to chimney speeches. It mentions American bieg ist earnings, dyspepsia cures, and odd garden wall tablets, interwoven with overheard quotes and regional curiosities.
Beggs' German Salve hawks a cure for cuts bruises and sores at 2.50 from Jacob and Junkermann. The Illinois Central Southern Homeseekers' excursions invite Northern families to move to milder climates with one fare round trip from Iowa lines to Illinois Central Yazoo Mississippi routes. Excursions depart from Sioux City Sioux Falls Onawa Cedar Rapids and other points on select dates with return within thirty days. An undersigned Manchester Iowa address offers a Bree Copy of the Southern Home Seekers Guide published by the Passenger Department.
The Syracuse Courier labels a new class of disagreeable people as FeTkMuks who belittle progress and harass the liberal, often manipulated by Drainier men. The item then offers home care for croup, praising Chamberlain's cough remedy as effective. It also advertises boot sole coating tests in Germany, London milk practices, and Beggs' Hair Renewer sold by local shops.
A Detroit Free Press note cites a Kentucky farmer preferring his horse over a bicycle for Saturday evening trips, highlighting range limits of early bikes. A Maine revival anecdote contrasts clergy and outreach, while a Cincinnati Tribune quip notes humor about the origin of the dollar sign. Beggs cherry cough syrup ad closes, touting its claimed efficacy.
The Chicago Times is a national daily with AP reports plus a special service covering all goral news centers in the United States. It employs over 1300 Special Correspondents and emphasizes northwestern and adjoining-state news reaching to the Rocky Mountains.
R W Hill of Manchester presents an electrical automatic annihilator and remedy for cats, rats, and mice. A tale titled A Young Girls Fortune recounts Blanche’s recovery from nervous afflictions and St Vitus dance after using Dr Miles Nervine, claiming dramatic health gains and restored use of her arm. The ad promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine with pricing and a money back guarantee, marketed as free from opiates or certain drugs.
The length of earrings worn by Italian women signals regional origin. In the far south most earrings hang near the shoulders while in the far north they are notably short.
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