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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
3
A vintage ad touts Munyon’s Cold Cure as curing colds in one day and preventing pneumonia. It promotes sugar pellets portable in a vest pocket and promises free medical advice from Munyon’s Doctors at 53d and Jefferson streets, Philadelphia.
An old time advertisement segment touts a constitutional cure for catarrh by F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio. It claims to cure by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials and a money back promise. Also mentions Hall’s Family Pills and a humorous misfortune about a baby swallowing ink.
Newspapers print a home recipe to combat rheumatism and kidney trouble. Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla mixed and taken as directed. Hospitals report positive results as kidneys are cleansed and waste filtered, with relief from backache and urinary symptoms.
The author classifies poultry breeds into egg, meat, and general purpose groups. He highlights Leghorns as top egg layers with low feed needs and strong two year production, notes Plymouth Rocks as popular and sturdy for Kansas farmers, and compares Wyandottes Reds and Orpingtons for meat and eggs. The Barred Rock leads Kansas farmers, with White Rock, White Wyandotte, and Rhode Island Red close behind.
Farmers advised not to bury cabbage until danger of hard frost has passed. The guideline suggests waiting until around November 10, with later dates in some regions offering safer storage.
An old newspaper blurb promotes Resinol products for school hygiene and personal care. It urges keeping Resinol Ointment Soap and Medicated Shaving Stick handy to prevent eczema acne rashes and pimples, claiming quick cures and dermatologist endorsements. A joke follows about taking forty winks.
Murine Eye Remedy offers liquid and salve forms with prices and free mail eye advice. Mentions of Chicago manufacturer and sales through druggists accompany brief ad-like lines. A humorous Marmaduke comic snippet follows, then Dr Martel’s Female Pills touted as a long standing female remedy with claims of quick, permanent improvement and wide sale in drug stores.
An expert debates airship costs for war while another argues aviator pay will be prohibitive. The page promotes Tramlins Wizard Oil for pain and Alexander's Remedy for asthma, with misc quotes and a Mrs. Winslow line about soothing syrup for teething.
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