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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
7
In Notting ham a farm laborer visits a village general store and tries to swap a fist for a pound weight. The old woman places bacon on one scale and the man his fist on the other. After a series of weighings she declares the lad honest and offers a red herring as a reward.
The New York Press quotes on wasted love and winter lingerie as plain underwear. It jokes that love matures with age and notes how a woman’s finance studies sharpen her view of patterns. It also suggests spreading sunshine begins with a wistful, mournful voice.
Readers are told Catarrh is a constitutional disease and Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only reputed cure. The advertisement claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, strengthens the constitution, and offers one hundred dollars if it fails to cure. Includes testimonials and mailing address for J Cheney & Co.
A dialogue recalls a French phsyaleton seeking the healthiest form of amusement. The judge quips that the ultimate diversions proved to be dueling, a claim noted with irony about longevity and social norms.
An ad page fragment touts oats with a hypothetical weight of 15 266 lbs per acre from 500 000 long heads and promotes Salzer Seed Company catalogs and farm seed samples. It also includes potatoes price, comic lines, and multiple testimonials for St Jacob's Oil with cautions about alcohol.
The Congress daily record notes Senate discussions on expansion, with Mr. White opposing ratification and backing anti expansion lines, while Mr. Lodge and Mr. Clay argue for immediate treaty ratification. The House schedules District of Columbia Day and passes a navigation law extension to Hawaii granting American registry to vessels flying the Hawaiian flag.
A wealthy lady promises a 20000 cash reward to the finder of jewels valued at 150000 after a satchel containing them was lost. The article contrasts the value of health with jewels and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to restore strength and aid digestion.
A humorous exchange shows a customer asking for seven dollars for eyeglasses and the optician retorts that if sight were easy, one would not need glasses. The brief vignette reflects whimsical wording from the periodical.
Promotes semi monthly excursions to the southwest offering Texas as the Empire State of the Union with rich resources and climate. Texas commissioners report strong product variety and soil productivity. For details and excursion dates, contact H F Bowsher, District Passenger Agent, Cincinnati Ohio.
A brief exchange in the Philadelphia Bulletin questions why women cannot vote citing a secret ballot as a factor. The dialogue contrasts opinions on suffrage and ballot privacy.
A collage of early advertising lines tout patent medicines and quips from 1890s periodicals. Slogans promise cures for coughs and rheumatism with products like Laxative Bromo Quinine, Piso’s Cure, and St Jacobs Oil, interwoven with topical vanity quips and humor from Chicago Daily News and Puck.
Letters to Lydia E Pinkham praise her Vegetable Compound for restoring health in women with backache headaches nervous fatigue and menstrual issues. Readers cite relief from leucorrhea and general weakness after using four bottles of the compound liver pills and Sanative Wash.
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