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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1886
Page
4
A Prohibition Department piece argues against rum as ruin to the Anglo-Saxon home and religion, urging militant anti liquor activism. It questions whether licensing implies rightness, warns of the saloon as a danger to youth, and calls for women missionaries in every county to influence public sentiment and policy.
A compendium of moral exhortations highlights mothers shaping great men like Bayard and urging public resistance to liquor. It also notes currents of political lore, echoes of Glenfruin, and assorted society items, Easter dating, and humor from Uncle Rastus alongside periodical notices and domestic crafts hints.
An 19th century advertisement touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the only reliable remedy to remove hereditary taint and blood impurities. It claims to cleanse Scrofulous, mercurial impurities and contagious disease pollution, and to support recovery from diphtheria fevers and related debilities.
An old advertisement extols AYERS Sarsaparilla as a cure for all disease, promising miracles from scurvy to blood disorders and citing numerous implied success stories. It warns against cheaper imitations and promotes the product by Dr. J. Ay er & Co. alongside pricing and distribution claims. Also included are brief notes on Catholic schools in New York, Florida orange shipments, and industry tidbits about Mexico and oral lore of a grandmother and her grandchild.
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