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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1896
Page
3
An old advice item links headaches and stomach issues to serious womb trouble, urging readers to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance. The notice promises a personal, no charge response from a female correspondent.
Ronald Kennedy of Roxbury Massachusetts promotes a cure all for various humorous ailments claiming over eleven hundred cases with only two failures. He asserts certificates of value within twenty miles of Boston and promises relief from the first bottle with a guaranteed complete cure when the correct quantity is used.
The Indiana State Board of Commerce reports Purdue University Experiment Station Bulletin No. 58 summarizes hog cholera origins and care. It cites the 1895 Indiana losses at about 3 million dollars and urges farmers to adopt water, pen sanitation, and fuel ash practices, plus stock-car disinfection rules to curb spread. The board calls for farmers to send names to receive and read the bulletin and help stamp out the disease.
A recent address by Colonel Vail promotes in-breeding as a path to strong animal lines. He argues that like breeds true, cites historical breeders, and warns that mixing blood weakens stock. He advises careful in-breeding with monitored material and limited bulls to avoid degeneracy. The piece also notes New York City personal crisis reports peaking at 458 victims, with Central Park Ramble and Canal Street spots highlighted.
The Live and Let Live saloon at Fulton Street and Broadway closes at noon as its license is revoked for being within 200 feet of old St Pauls. For nearly fifty years it drew patrons from all walks of life, including national politicians and business leaders. The founder once tossed the key into St Pauls churchyard, declaring it would never close. Helen Gould donates 8000 dollars to Vassar College for a scholarship in memory of her mother.
A Cincinnati motorman, William Frazer, describes the strain of winter and summer service and praises Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He credits the remedy with curing a long stomach ache and indigestion after trying many medicines. He reports ongoing benefits and urges others to use the pills if illness returns.
Washington dispatch notes Cleveland opposed to women riding bicycles especially if middle aged while charity bike drills gain traction among Cabinet wives and society figures. Reade’s London remark follows, praising eye stimulus for learning and critique of bare public school rooms.
A medical advertisement style note argues nervousness from poor digestion is real and promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for relief. It also advertises Louisville & Nashville excursion tickets with return limits and agents, plus a claim of a universal cure for catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money-back promise. It ends with Dr Kline nerve restorer claims free trial for fits.
A collage of 19th century patent medicine claims and trivial ad copy. Mentions Brown's Bronchial, Piso's Cure for Consumption, Glenn's Sulphur Soap, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup and a quip about railroad stock tears. No coherent event. reads as a snapshot of era advertising.
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