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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1896
Page
4
A reader letter from Oregon Wisconsin recounts relief from postnatal back pain leucorrhea and fatigue after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The writer credits four bottles with restoring strength and painless menstruation and urges pre and postnatal use to withstand childbirth shock.
An old style advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative to cleanse the system and cure colds headaches and fevers without after effects. Dialogue hints at family strife as a subtext around an insistence on moving a child away.
The Puyallup Indians in Washington claim Bill James a tall Puyallup man is a second Schlatter and a healer. They report cures over several weeks including reviving Dave Squally from pneumonia with his help and Shaker sect involvement. At Mud Bay Joseph Chennis of Quinault tribe is said to have been cured after ceremonies led by James and baptized.
Early spring notes describe the skunk cabbage with purplish spathe and fleshy flower spike, its odor famed, leaves unfurling in April, and its relation to the calla lily. Mehan cites Boston and Philadelphia names, Mars association, and bears in Massachusetts lore. Also mentions a Russian Medical Board emblem change and William Edicott’s 97th birthday lineage. United States Marshal Hawkins and Treasury Agent Carter seized $40,000 in token money urged by Linton merchants in a separate note.
Alfred H. Louis writes in Harper's Magazine April edition about dissolution and rebirth. The speaker seeks ultimate truth as the self dissolves and a cosmic center reveals life. The passage envisions a gospel tablet from a blood drained heart and the head eternal directing insight.
Buffalo Express recounts Fritz the five ton Barnum & Bailey elephant breaking into a snow filled pit while winter quarters are being broken up at Bridgeport Connecticut. Keepers pour whisky into his trunk to warm him, and the elephant recovers as twenty peers trample the snow and pull him free.
Indianapolis Journal notes a political exchange as Senator Butler of South Carolina advocates for Port Royal for a dry dock and Senator Cameron aids in committee. Butler backs the Cameron bill to have the government buy the Blaine property at a high price to block a theater near the Cameron mansion.
The article notes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for rheumatism neuralgia bilious malaria and other stomach and nerve complaints. It also reports Prof Frederick William Nichols Crouch nearing death in Baltimore at nearly eighty eight after a long career and illness.
An advertisement touts a mild oil remedy that allegedly cures cancer and tumors safely for all. It urges readers to contact Dr. D. M. Bye in Indianapolis for particulars and price. It also notes Prof. Henry A. Rowland at Johns Hopkins has developed a telegraph invention to transmit and reproduce typed messages remotely with multiple messages sent simultaneously.
A collage of 1890s era notices includes Hall’s Catarrh Cure promises a $100 reward for untreatable catarrh, endorsements from Toledo druggists, and testimonials. Also features quips about race, dictionaries, cartoons, Dr Kline’s nerve restorer notes, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, Piso’s Cure, family humor excerpts, and travel fare details for Louisville & Nashville rail excursions with return validity.
Isaac Lewis of Sabina Ohio, president of Sabina Bank for two decades and longtime Clinton County resident, testifies Hood's Sarsaparilla improves blood quality and supports nerve, mental, bodily and digestive strength. He notes personal relief from long standing pains and endorses the medicine highly.
Isaac Lewis of Sabina Ohio describes neuralgia and headache relief from Hood's Sarsaparilla after a taxing day of labor. He credits the tonic with curing rheumatism and neuralgia and notes using Hood's Pills to keep bowels regular.
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