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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
2
In a roadside encounter two men stop a wagon bearing a label for Siwash Indian Sagraw Universal Medicinal with Hartley Kirby listed. A tall man in a plug hat debates vengeance with a claim that the aged man needed punishment and declares a grudge against all preachers.
In chapter four a swaggering stranger declares himself the healer and inventor of a health cure. He speaks calmly to Hank, poses with grand airs, and asserts his mission to spread good health, calling Hank his listener as he asserts his own importance.
A rough gathering surrounds Hank as a boastful man is pressed by a doctor who insists on a tongue check and quips about remedies for Bright’s disease and other ailments. The scene features bold talk,scripture quotes, and tense humor amid the crowd.
A narrator recalls Dr Kirby and an Injun companion touring Smith's Palace hotel with a medicine wagon. The crowd clusters as the doctor extols indie remedies, recounting a dramatic Oregon plains escape tale and a dramatic ritual to sell potions, while Hank faces a dire diagnosis.
A rough narrator recounts a traveling medical show by Dr. Kirby selling a legendary Siwash Sagraw cure. The healer exposes widespread symptoms and diseases, promising health through a bottle medicine while warning of hidden illness. the crowd is drawn into a gamble with fate and the narrator feels relief and resolve to outwit Hank.
A Plattsburg Missouri woman praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring her health after nervous prostration and digestive troubles, claiming it helped her have a healthy baby and saved another. She urges women suffering from feminine disorders to seek the remedy.
An advertisement from a Chicago area drug firm claims a remedy not only clears catarrh but also alleviates chronic inflammation and resists a wide range of ailments. The notice lists addresses at 154-186 Whiting St Chicago II and storefronts at 987 Main Street and Corner State and Main Streets.
The article notes Balkan resilience and claims lactic ferments in fermented milks aid health. It touts Houxley’s Lactic Ferments tablets as helpful for preventing dyspepsia and aiding digestion, suggesting two tablets per meal or a tablet to make sour milk. Contact E Fougera & Co. for a bottle.
Notice to Bridgeport taxpayers that 1912 grand list taxes are due at City Hall Col lector's office Room 6. Collector B F Cooney will be there daily 9 am to 4 pm, 7:30 to 9 pm except Friday May 30 from 9 am to 12 noon. Saturday May 31 office open 9 am to 9 pm. June 1 is Sunday. taxes accepted Monday June 24 without interest.
A compact saying on advertising, asserting merchants never fail when they advertise as well and as much as possible. It emphasizes diligence in promoting goods to drive success.
The Town of Fairfield collector will meet taxpayers to collect 1912 taxes at Greenfield Bank Store on May 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Switzer's Drug Store in Southport on May 21 from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and at the Town House in Fairfield daily except Sundays from 8 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Unpaid taxes after June 1, 1913 incur a 1 percent monthly add-on and collection fees.
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