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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1904
Page
3
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap to cleanse crusts and scales and soften the cuticle while Cuticura Ointment soothes itching inflammation and heals the skin and Cuticura Pills to purify the blood. A single set for one dollar claims to cure skin scalp and blood humors and hair loss from infancy to old age.
A jumbled collage quotes wind jokes fashion lines and bits about women brakemen school echoes and a burglar felled by a jardiniere. It hints at social attitudes of the era with playful satire on marriage work women in trades and daily life.
Miss Amanda Johnson of Fairchild Wisconsin credits Peruna with curing her head and eye pain caused by catarrh after a short course. She reports improved eyes and overall health in four weeks and recommends Peruna for prevention and treatment. Dr Hartman offers personalized advice from The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
Miss Fiora Klauser of 1052 8S New Jersey Street Indianapolis writes that after years of catarrh worsened by colds Peruna was recommended. She used it four weeks and reports relief with a clear head and no further trouble.
The article touts R Hartman and his Peruna tonic as the leading cure for chronic catarrh claiming many women across the United States were cured and that the remedy is widely known and used. It emphasizes facial deformities caused by catarrh and asserts Peruna’s prominence in treatment.
Dr. William Foster of the chemistry department at Princeton University reports the discovery of a new acid to be named trisulphoxyarsenic acid. This notes the scientific advance and the inventor's affiliation at Princeton.
The notice extols Salter's Billion Dollar Grass Bromus Inermis and other seeds as top hay and cattle feed, urging readers to request a big seed catalog from Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wis. It also mentions a new Four Hours Sleep Club urging members to limit sleep to four hours daily and persuade others to follow.
An untimely death is warned against neglecting a cough or cold. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein is advertised as preventing evil results and curing coughs colds and consumption. Priced at 25c 50c and 1.00 a bottle. Rotterdam poor people are married on Wednesday before noon.
An advertisement urges housewives to try Defiance Cold Water Starch, boasting a 16 oz package versus competitors' 12 oz. It argues quality and quantity win, and claims Japanese immunity to heart disease and nervous prostration due to calmness.
A Livingston Tennessee reader extols Hunt’s Lightning Oil noting it treats sprains bruises cuts burns aches and pains better than other liniments and remains a staple on the medicine shelf. It also references Defiance Starch value and Monaco motor speed limits.
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