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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1898
Page
3
An advertisement promotes Swamp-Root by Dr Kilmer claiming it cures kidney liver and bladder diseases. It offers free sample bottles and a book with testimonials to readers of the paper and notes regular bottle prices.
A Clark Street butcher agrees to a wage raise for his helper Jimmy amid trade talk about tough times. Jimmy complains about a demanding customer, a Mrs between raids of a new Mexican dinner. The colleague hints at more pay if he handles the difficult order.
Ex governor Myron H. McCord of New Mexico writes from Washington that one bottle of Pe-ru-Na helped his catarrh and related symptoms. He urges others to start spring treatment, claims long winters and current weather favor cures, and directs readers to send for a free catarrh book from Dr Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
Senate reports a flurry of bills with the army reorganization approved and the public building and fortifications measures advancing. House actions include large defense appropriations and a confirmed naval armor plan, while Dewey is named full admiral and Congress adjourns sine die after a long session with various conferees and ceremonial tributes.
A fragmentary column describes six men secretly beloved by six women in Columbus. One woman writes circular love letters to all, while a theater understudy jokes about the situation and the audience receives a wry, if tangled, social note. The text also includes assorted advertisements and testimonials for Hall’s products.
The San Juan Porto Rico naval station is described as of utmost importance to the United States, serving as the key to the situation when the Nicaragua canal is built, with health claims linking to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as guarding digestion.
Public notice from Jewelers Weekly advertises positions for a first class cook and a second cook named Niver seeking work in Connecticut. It mentions good wages and hints at alarm clock manufacturing as a local industry context.
Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens February 23 in the Ozark Mountains offering delightful climate and unequaled medicinal waters. The hotel advertises cheap excursion rates and through sleepers via the Frisco Line with address for J. O. Plank manager at the Arcade Century Building or Frisco Ticket Office 101 North Broadway St Louis Missouri.
The notice promotes Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offering German Coffee Berry and Java Coffee packages with chicory at 15 cents each. A combined offer charges 30 cents for all three packages and a free catalogue.
A brief Chicago Evening News line frames a dialogue about liking classical music and the idea of inviting someone to the opera, portraying a social exchange in concise form.
A promotional note invites readers to write Aen S Olmsted in Le Roy New York for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder. It claims to cure corns bunions ingrown nails and relieve sweating damp swelling and aching feet while easing tight shoes. available at druggists and shoe stores.
The Philadelphia North American notes McGonigle's public role fades as Heeler questions his ongoing influence and ability to sign checks, framing the end of his candidacy era.
An ad touts Grove’s TasTELESs Cum as a “best prescription” for chills and fever with iron and quinine in tasteless form and a no cure no pay promise at 50 cents. It also promotes Winter Resorts of Florida on both coasts including Tampa Bay Palace and Hotel Belleview, reachable via the Plant System, with contact L A Bell of Chicago.
A collage of quips, ad blurbs, and short notes from a late 19th century newspaper page. Items range from a sea joke about dropping anchor to patent remedy pitches and travel blurbs. Includes humorous exchanges about notes of grace and the era’s ad copy.
Despondent women suffer monthly with painful menstruation and related symptoms. Letters from Lizzie Coleman of Wayland New York and C D Morris of Boston praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief. The article links feminine health to mental well being and invites readers to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A Sunday school class disrupted Bible services as a seven year old listened to adult club stories. A pastor’s praise prompted a child to blurt the one thing the pastor valued most, “Aces.” The moment is recalled with humor from Chicago papers.
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