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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
3
A forgotten cache of letters and notices touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for stomach weakness and pregnancy-related issues. Testimonies from Mrs. Frank Berer claim relief and a healthy baby, while others praise Dodd’s Kidney Pills for backache, alongside light humor and a widow’s bonnet quip from Philadelphia Press.
Readers are told a cure exists for catarrh with Jdall's Catarrh Cure and Hal's Catarrh Cure. The makers promise constitutional treatment, internal use, and a $100 reward for any uncured case, urging testimonials and offering sales through local druggists. Hall's family Pills are recommended as well.
A child asks what a perambulator is and the mother answers it as a pushable item few men care to push. An advertising notice offers 25 doses of a guaranteed cough cure for 25 cents from Dr Skirvin Co of La Crosse Wisconsin, postpaid.
A garbled set of notes mentions hot water youth claims, Mrs. Austins Pancakes, New York public baths, London population bath counts, dye formulas Putnam faceless dyes, Dr. N H Stokes geology work, printer paper choice, hosiery imports drop, pancake flour freshness, ancient Egyptian color meanings.
Multiple incidents across towns like Bedford Jeffersonville and Fort Wayne include a stone cutter dying at Bradley yards, a Greenwood Sanitarium engineer scalded, a boy shooting injuring a hunter, and a log cabin fire cremating a woman. Other items note a new Paris Crossing bank, a Willard Library funding effort, a fatal train collision, and Purdue forestry work.
Household remedy Peruna urged as a preventive and cure for catarrhal affections in children. Advertises keeping Peruna in every home, notes continued use for five years, and cites Chicago resident Albert Lietzman praising the product.
A Be Sure to Have Peruna on Hand advertisement extols Peruna as a cure for childhood croup capillary bronchitis and rheumatism linked to cold. Letters from Mrs Schafer and Mrs Brown praise its effects on a four year old girl and a three year old, with claims of restored health and avoidance of doctors. Dr Hartman offers free advice to readers.
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