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Newspaper
Clare County Press
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1881
Page
7
A satirical list urges a tiring husband to neglect chores, spend on cigars, mock his wife, gossip, and stay out late while later claiming the wife’s health fails. It portrays gender blame and dysfunctional domestic roles in pointed humor.
A bygone medical advertisement describes anemia as a cause of distress and lists symptoms such as scrofulous sores and debility. It promotes Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy that enriches blood and cures grave affections, claiming superiority to cod liver oil and safety in any condition, available from druggists.
A hibiscus known as the shoe-black plant grows well in New South Wales and its scarlet flowers are used to make a glossy blacking. Dry flowers provide a varnish like finish for boots, requiring four or five blooms per pair. The article notes ease of use and cleanliness. It also briefly mentions Dr Pleasants’ Purgative Pellets and a Des Moines paper citing a Harrisburg cure for rheumatism with St Baceue Oil.
A morning visit reveals a guest claiming his boots were left outside overnight with no one touching them. The landlord's rustic quip praises the area's honesty. The column promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Hop Bitters as universal tonics, touting broad testimonials and local attention to claims.
The article questions dieting habits and their subtle links to temperament, arguing people eat what they like and ignore wholesome balance. It notes holiday excesses ahead and promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as an acceptable holiday segment.
A quirky health note suggests exposing yourself day and night, overeating and overworking as a prelude to illness, then recommends a cure in three words. The snippet ends with a column prompt about Take Hope Bitters as the remedy.
Letter from Bill Nye describes his Mormon visit in Salt Lake City. He condemns polygamy and mocks polygamous wives, admitting shame for previously biased views and expressing strong disdain for Mormon practices and women as imagined in his account.
A London Field note surveys beliefs that snakes die at sundown and that humans can resist venom. It cites examples from India and Mexico, then debunks these tales as a tissue of nonsense while noting vivid anecdotes of snake vitality.
The article notes a Chinese vaccination method targeting the nose rather than limbs. It explains government incentives for parents, offering about 100 copper cash per child, roughly 10 cents, to encourage vaccination, a significant sum for poor families in China.
An advertisement touts Warner's Safe Kidney Cure as the best remedy to counteract kidney-affecting illness and protect health if taken promptly, claiming no equal in effectiveness. The text presents a strong health claim typical of period patent medicine notices.
The report notes wild silkworms on Kwantung's southern seaboard feed on camphor trees and produce silk extracted in a form like cat gut. The silk is processed and made into fishing lines or tackle. The item closes with a joke about St Jacobs Oil curing rheumatism in a Columbus Times quote.
The article notes a rough figure of 1,000,000 cattle being fed in Colorado valleys, indicating a growing cattle industry in its infancy. The text ends with unrelated health product claims about Usu Kidney-Wort and a medicine making six quarts per package.
The piece argues that leeches and mosquitoes are popular fallacies that drain only the impure blood from the body. They take what they can get whether good, bad, or indifferent.
A crowded collage of patent medicine pitches touts Dr. Winchell's Teething Syrup Dr. Holman's Liver Pad Hilert's Day light Liver Pills and Caswell Hazard oil among others. Claims of immediate relief from teething pain summer diarrhea liver and bilious issues abound with testimonials and retail notes.
For Rheumatism Sprains and Bruises use Uncle Sam's Nerve and Bone Liniment sold by all druggists.
William J Coughlin of Somerville Massachusetts recounts suffering bleeding lungs and a big lung hole in 1876 77. After using Dr William Hall's Balm for the lungs he improved and claims consumption can be cured, urging others to try it.
Captain Boyton recounts dangerous travels down the Tagus and Straits of Messina with injuries and cold. He praises St Jacobs Oil as a "Great German Remedy" that he uses for rheumatic pains and advises others to try it on long voyages. He claims patients cured after his recommendation and continues to use it aboard his boat Baby Mine.
Advertises a complete illustrated biography by Col. Conwell to be distributed by George Stinson and Co. in Portland Maine. Claims high profits for agents, no previous experience required, and free private terms with orders from 20 to 50 copies daily.
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