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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1895
Page
7
Chronic liver complaint symptoms include bile tinging blood and eyes, right side pain, furred tongue, nausea, headache, bad breath. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is advertised as a speedy cure and preventive for chills, fever, rheumatism, nervousness, and age-related infirmities. It is said to fortify the body, improve appetite, and guard against effects of exposure and poor food or water.
A fragmentary dialogue explores friendship strains when Mrs Smith moves into the house Mrs Jones left. Mrs Smith claims the house is the dirtiest she ever moved into, provoking anger and a sharp feud between the former close friends.
An advertisement touts Salter's Northern Grown seeds promising radishes in fourteen days lettuce in twenty potatoes in forty peas in forty six and cabbage in fifty five days from sowing. It offers thirty five free seed packs and a catalogue for one dollar plus option to buy fourteen day Paris radish seeds with six cents postage.
An odd vintage ad fragment touts Wegenan’s Camphor tee with Glycerine as a cure for chapped hands and cold sores. A stray line mocks Hicks-Phraser and notes that Wicks-Nonsense implies the husband owes everyone in town.
Knowledge promotes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, effective laxative cleansing the system and aiding kidneys liver and bowels. It claims to ease constipation, dispel colds headaches and fevers, and to be approved by the medical profession. Sold in 50c and 1 bottles by druggists, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every package.
A British observer contrasts American and English hotels noting superior linen washing in California and glazed shirts in Frisco. He criticizes American waiting service and dining delays while praising Western hospitality and outside room suites. He urges patience and suggests relying on Swiss, German, or Chinese waiters if needed.
A warning against catarrh remedies containing mercury and urging only prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall’s Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co, Toledo, is claimed mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Caution on authentic product and price details for hall’s family filis and other sellers.
A historic tale from Colonel Davenport recalls a legend where two hunters share venison with a guardian spirit who descends from a cloud at dusk to seek food. The spirit agrees to reward the hunters before resuming her journey to the heavens, explaining the origins of corn tobacco and beans.
Preparatory to her leave taking she told friends to return to the spot in a year for a reward. The hunters found the ground corn and bean growth and two springs, one cold and clear and the other hot and turbid, signaling fulfillment and bringing thanksgiving to the tribe.
A collage of humorous lines and notices from a historical page. It includes playful exchanges about animals, a postal ad fragment, a medical remedy pitch, a teaser about a new book, and a testimonial noting recovery after illness. The tone mirrors an old newspaper slice with random snippets and ads.
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