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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1896
Page
3
ripe pineapples that cannot be shipped are pressed for juice at the Eden pineapple plantation on the Indian River Mr Thomas E Richards ships the juice to Philadelphia where chemists manufacture a medicine for catarrhal disorders The venture creates a new market for surplus Florida pineapples.
A Brooklyn reader advocates better treatment for saleswomen overworked in large urban stores. The piece highlights “female diseases” linked to long hours and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with a testimonial praising relief from bearing-down pains, whites, and nervous distress.
The Times correspondent rides engine 145 with W. J. Bryan and other Democrats from Montgomery to St Louis. The 300 mile trip includes nearly 92 miles on the locomotive with speed readings of over 76 mph as the train roars through Missouri and Illinois toward Union Station. The writer notes the thrill, the danger, and humorous observations of trackside life.
A roundup notes Lord Chief Justice Russell on judges sacrifices in income, compares monarch salaries, and cites professions. prof Andree plans a U S lecturing tour. Lady Henry Somerset and her husband are briefly mentioned. Queen Victoria’s nurse Mrs Thurston dies. Rev C G Macpherson recalls voting history. Booker T Washington’s wife elevates Tuskegee women. a Hamburg case on Frau Clafsky-Lohse ends in misdiagnosed brain tumor after trephining.
A collage of period ads and snippets on tonics, cough cures, and household remedies notes the pace of reform and the healing power of patent medicines. It highlights Stomach Bitters, Dr Kay’s Lung Balsam, Cascarets, and Parks of various products, with testimonials and light humor about social scenes and daily life.
The ad promotes No-To-Bac as a wonder worker to quit tobacco and regain vigor. It claims over 400,000 cured and ten pounds gained in ten days, offering a booklet and sample free with purchase from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
A vintage medical ad touts C C C as a gentle universal tonic that cleanses the system and purifies the kidneys, liver, and bowels. It claims to dispel colds cure headaches fevers and habitual constipation and urges readers to buy a box priced 10 25 or 50 cents with a guaranteed cure by all druggists.
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