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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1894
Page
3
An OCR fragment from The Ackley World mixing travel praise, false medical claims, war casualty figures, and sensational cures. It touts TeWitt’s Witch Salve for skin diseases and Reggs Blood Purifier, urges health and youth, and ends with a veterinary anecdote about a horse put under anaesthesia for shoeing before dying from lockjaw.
The fragment describes hair loss and graying as signs of weakened follicles and claims a product by Tavon & Junkerman and CQ can restore color and health. A scene with two girls on a doorstep shifts to a quirky exchange about staying warm, ending with ice cream sails as a light note from a Chicago Journal clipping.
Classified ad seeks energetic men to sell nursery stock and potatoes with high pay, weekly commission, permanent positions, guaranteed income, and beginners’ inducements. Exclusive territory offered, apply to Alen Nursery Co. in Rochester NY. Also notes Midland Monthly October issue and anti-tobacco book claims, with marketing details and contact info.
A fragment discusses digestion remedies and DeWitts Little Liver Pills, praising plain explanations for broad audiences. It notes aging lectures gain value, with strong points emphasized and weaker parts trimmed to improve delivery.
The piece promotes Beggs' German Salve as a cure for wounds and sores. It discusses hot weather affecting appetite and health, favoring sour foods and lemon juice for digestion, and suggests sour lemonade as a preferable thirst quencher over soda. It cites Chicago Post as a source.
A local druggist CG Peander advertises Beggs Cherry cough syrup as the best remedy for throat and Mung troubles. The ad highlights Viies, 25, 40 and gt to attract customers in Florida.
The Chicago Times extols its liberal, tolerant stance and advocacy for equal rights, free speech, free silver, and radical reform. It pledges coverage of all news in a manner that informs the people and urges support for the paper as a buyers’ sale.
Your local railroad office announces low round trip fares plus 82.00 for harvest excursions via theTilivia Contest Bat road to points West Southwest and South. Details and full particulars to follow.
The item outlines Harvest Excursions with visits to the Southern Nuneis mailroad lane and Yaxco Delta Lands in Mississippi, noting contact with the Company’s Land Commissioner in Chicago Mr Wd Skene for details. It cites an Oct 5 excursion to Lions City and references a harvest folder from the Winvis Central and a contact Lt Merry A G BoAL, Illinois Central.
The source notes that Peruvians, though ignorant of reading and writing, attained a high state of civilization, reflecting a paradoxical view of cultural development and literacy in the recorded era.
A former businesswoman describes long illness and disability from heart disease, credits Miles New Heart Cure after being told she would not live a month. She reports rapid improvement after doses, resuming mobility, and references others helped by the remedy. Product marketed by Miles.
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