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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
7
A gray mosaic of 19th century snippets covers jokes about beards and fathers, cures for coughs with Kemp’s Balsam, and sleep remedies like Carcarets Candy Cathartic. The page promotes Swanson Rheumatic Cure, Grain-O a coffee substitute, and a Cyrus-tinted ad for John M. Smyth Co. catalogues, casting a broad portrait of consumer life, humor, and health quackery.
A humorous exchange tracks the misnaming of a young lady by a count. The thread weaves in puns with Crushed Cereal and Crushed Rice before finally identifying the name Beatrice. The dialogue plays on language and ridicules the mistaken title.
An old advertisement touts Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for children, claiming it spreads health with every serving. Made from pure grains, it supposedly tastes like coffee when properly prepared and costs about 15c to 25c. Also notes the Oceanic steamship’s enormous funnels, large enough for two London tram cars to pass through.
An OCR fragment advertises Lane's Family Medicine promising bowel movement, liver and kidney health benefits, headache cure, with prices 25 and 50e. It promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with money-back guarantee and Grove signature on each box. Mentions ancient Chinese dictionary and other dubious medical claims.
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