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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1907
Page
6
A miscellany of home remedies and wellness advice including skin care, wounds, corn relief with lemon, and a lemon bound treatment. Also a joke about a Missouri editor and bachelor sheriff with a humorous misunderstanding. The piece closes with a motivational note from Exchange urging moving past yesterday and starting anew.
A reader relays incidents of deception by a painter and a feed seller. One man fed half meal half sawdust to his chickens and paid as eggs hatched woodpeckers. Another paid for half substitute paint, ending with overcharged costs and a poor job, plus extra wages.
S A P Bates issues a certificate plan notice for Dallas merchants. Tickets bought Feb 4–14 and Feb 18–28 are honored as one fifth fare for return trips if presented by Feb 24 and March 10 respectively. Purchases Mar 11–21 are honored for return trips at one fifth fare if presented by March 31 1907.
A line notes the parent householdwife starts hoarding canned fruit with jealous care to make it last through the season. The item reflects domestic routines and thrift practices prominent in the period’s household management.
A historical anecdote recalls P T Barnum sending compliments to clergymen via tickets to his show. Rev Dr Hawks and Rev Dr Walker are mentioned alongside a joke about their deaths and Barnum’s era. An 19th century ad for Foley’s Honey and Tar and a critique of vicious books follow.
An old ad touts Orino Laxative Fruit and Dr Caldwell’s laxative syrup as cures for chronic constipation and liver or stomach trouble. It claims immediate improvement, pleasant taste, and no gag reflex or nausea, with money back guarantees and retail at Cameron Drug Co.
A fragmentary advertisement touts a home tonic claimed to relieve rheumatism back pain and urinary issues. It lists vegetable extracts and alcohol or spirits as ingredients and suggests teaspoonful doses after meals for general health. The text reads like an old patent medicine pitch with uncertain efficacy.
A promotional note urges customers to ask for good cigars, claiming nearly every dealer in the United States carries them and implying responsibility on the buyer to seek quality.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is advertised as a cure for indigestion and bilious issues. It claims to stimulate the liver, regulate bowels, and restore health, with money back guarantee if it fails. Sold by Cameron Drug Co at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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