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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
5
Mr W. B. Cooper of El Rio California testifies that Chamberlains Cough Remedy has given good results for years and is especially effective for small children. Sold by O S Coffin & Co.
A devotional exhortation warns against social impunity and moral corruption in fast ages. It cites evil associations, bad books, and obscene language as sources of impurity, urges vigilant self control and mind purity, and emphasizes inner heart ethics, temperance, and daily spiritual discipline.
Reports to the State Board of Health show shifts in disease prevalence from May to June 1899. Household illnesses like diphtheria, croup, influenza, pneumonia, measles, bronchitis, and tonsillitis decreased with warmer weather, while diarrhoea typhoid fever and other toxins increased due to food contamination. A circular on prevention will be mailed free. The item also notes the death of Hon. George W. Julian, Indiana statesman and Free Soil and Republican leader, highlighting his early political roles.
The piece recounts a public life spanning wartime and Reconstruction, noting Julian’s long service as a representative for an intelligent Indiana constituency and his shift from abolitionist Republican to Greenback and Democrat. It recalls his untiring work, plain manner, and influence during a turbulent era, and mentions his friction with Oliver P. Morton.
An 19th century advertisement touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for a range of injuries from gunshot wounds to insect stings. It claims rapid healing and prevents blood poisoning, warning against counterfeit products and endorsing O S Coffin as the seller.
An advertisement claims a diseased stomach harms health and that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure rapidly cures all dyspeptic troubles. It asserts thousands have been cured and that the ingredients ensure ongoing relief, signed O. B. Coffin.
A recovered sufferer announces a free copy of his cure for consumption asthma catarrah bronchitis and all throat and lung maladies. He invites sufferers to write Rev Edward A Wilson Brooklyn New York for the prescription at no cost.
A historic guide on cankerworms, two species fall and spring, their egg laying and hatching timing, and how defoliation harms orchards. It covers control methods including arsenite applications to larvae and banding trunks with sticky coverings to block egg laying, with October as the critical timing.
Dr. B. T. Galloway of the department of agriculture offers a simple hand sprayer costing not more than 3 dollars or 2.50 for people with a few grapevines fruit trees or garden plants. Brass workers can craft it from circular No. 17 of the division of vegetable physiology which also describes a new greenhouse nozzle for water application.
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