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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1902
Page
6
The New York Times argues against claims that rheumatism is contagious, noting the disease remains mysterious with empirical treatment and blind prognosis. It condemns doctors for asserting contagion and warns such statements isolate patients and invite stigma.
F L Taylor of New Albany Bradford County Pa recounts using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on a long bicycle trip after sudden illness. He says two doses before and during the journey allowed a safe trip, and a later dysentery attack was cured by one dose. Sold by J L Wikle.
A young girl named Molly wears new boots and, feeling unappreciated, frames a question to the group asking how many feet are among them. The playful riddle succeeds in drawing attention and delight.
With family watching him near death from asthma, W H Brown rides 18 miles to obtain Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He reports instant relief and lasting sleep. The ad claims cures for Consumption Pneumonia Bronchitis Coughs Colds and Grip. Bottles 50 cents and 1 dollar with trial bottles free at Miller Drug Co.
The text notes that men in harsh Alaska winters avoid mustaches. They grow full beards to shield the throat and face while keeping the upper lip clean shaven. Breathing moisture congeals fast, turning a mustache into a solid ice cake and freezing the face quickly.
The ad claims white vermifuge cures for children crying from hunger as worms destroy nutrition. A few doses of White's Cream Vermifuge will stop crying and help them thrive immediately, advertised at 25c at J. L. Wikles and J. B. Privett in Oxford Alabama. Also promotes Warter's Hand Made cigars as five cent “just as good.”
The paradise fish, a china native kept in ornamental aquariums, is a cultivated rarity with no wild population. Males reach 3.5 inches, with a pumpkin seed shape and bluish gills, crimson sides, and blue outlines on fins. Color varies on the upper body, fins are large and striped, with scarlet ventral spines and colorless pectorals.
Several years ago I was badly affected with hemorrhages of the lungs and tried several physicians without relief. I began taking Foley's Honey and Tar and my lungs are now sound as a bullet. I recommend it in advanced stages of lung trouble. Wood, Ind.
A reflection on a woman who never expects too much from others, especially children, and how restraint in expectations prevents worry. The piece cites Woman's Life on parental optimism and heredity as guiding principles for fewer wrinkles and stress.
C Landis of Chanute Kansas claims Ballard's Snow Liniment cured neuralgia and raised him from the dead after a bottle, with a note urging trust. Available in 25, 50 cent and one dollar sizes at J L Wikle's and J B Privett's in Oxford Alabama.
For a dry burn there is nothing better than equal parts tinsied oil and limewater to make carron oil used by Welsh miners. Shake the bottle before applying saturate a cloth and lay over the burn then cover with cotton batting or flannel and secure with a bandage.
W S Brockman of Bagwell Missouri writes that after three years of bronchitis and sleepless nights he found relief only after his wife brought Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He tried several doctors and patent medicines without improvement. The remedy is sold by J L Wikle.
Wanted for R. W. Mitter & Co. a sack of empty corn and oats sacks advertised with pricing and contact details missing or incomplete in the fragment.
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