11 Feb 1891
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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1891
Page
1
In a quiet New Jersey village Dr. Curtis recalls a 1751 Rittenhouse clock guarding a hidden bag of $2000 from Joshua Jones. John Carlisle, once suspected of theft, later proves innocent as the clock’s hollow holds the bag and a reconciliation unfolds between Carlisle, Curtis, and Lois Carlisle decades later.
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle interview with Dr J B Henson discusses his alleged rescue from Brights disease and argues kidneys are the disease source. He warns doctors treat symptoms not diseases and cites a dramatic rise in Brights disease and widespread recoveries using his remedy.
A piece from Campanini in the Ladies' Home Journal argues singers vary in natural range and strain risks vocal injury. It notes practice helps reach higher notes but warns against overdoing it and emphasizes breath control, gentle tones, and avoiding throat tension. Great singers are born, not made.
A young man in a city cable car is mocked by passengers after a big cardboard ad on the car reveals he wears pants sold as three dollar outfits. He tries to save face, but the public teasing intensifies until he exits in anger with sharp words.
A poem praising female qualities followed by a medical pitch for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It claims the remedy restores health during weakness headaches nervousness and inflammations and is sold with a satisfaction guarantee or money back.
The text quotes Henry Ward Beecher on the danger of moral stagnation. It argues that a person who is content to know, do, or be no more should be seen as needing transformation, suggesting drastic measure to prevent moral decay.
A Michigan avenue grocer denies recognizing a man claiming he previously tested a ten dollar bill for a barrel of pickles. The accuser cites a butter weight dispute and two dollars excess change, while the grocer dismisses the encounter as a swindle. The piece aside promotes Ayer’s Hair Vigor and extols historical figures and social progress.
A period advertisement extols Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as preventing headaches neuralgia and nervous disorders in families. Druggists report universal satisfaction and large sales with trial bottles and a free nervous diseases booklet offered.
Rebecca Wilkinson of Brownsvalley Indiana reports relief after one bottle of South American Nervice cured her three year distress from nervousness weak stomach and indigestion. Trial bottle offered at 15 cents sold by D Q Storie Chariton Iowa. Old note recalls Earl of Devon bankruptcy in 1872 with large racing debts unresolved.
An advertisement touts a new principle regulating the liver stomach and bowels through nerves. Dr Miles pills are said to speedily cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation. Promises include suitability for men women and children with small mild doses. Samples offered free at C R Kirk's.
John Hutchinson of the famed Hutchinson family celebrated his 70th birthday last Monday with a reception in Lynn Massachusetts. He and his sister Abbie Hutchinson Patton of New York are the sole surviving members of the once renowned singing clan.
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