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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1893
Page
3
The First Minnesota’s heroic charge at Gettysburg, urged by General Hancock, halted a collapsing Union line. Despite a five minute reprieve and reinforcements arriving, eighty two percent of the regiment’s men fell, with every officer either dead or mortally wounded.
Specimen cases from McFarland Co. Drag Store report Clifford of New Cassel Wisconsin cured of neuralgia rheumatism and stomach trouble after using Electric Bitters. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Indiana healed from an eight year leg sore with three bottles and seven boxes of Amica Salve. John Speaker of Catawba Ohio recovered from five fever sores after one bottle Electric Bitters and one box Amica Salve.
A Chicago telegraph and New York papers claimed a speed trial between New York Central locomotive No.9 and the British Queen Empress from the London and North Western at the World's Columbian Exposition. The New York Sun states no such trial is planned or contemplated.
A historical blurb extols Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a purifier that helps rheumatic symptoms and warns of its preventative use after a cold. It cites physician testimony and broad endorsements for malaria liver issues digestion and nerve troubles while noting pension statistics for the year ending September 1 with thousands of pensions granted rejected suspended and resumed payments and abroad cases.
Promoter guarantees debility pills for male and female weaknesses including memory loss and low vitality. Offers postpaid one dollar packages or two cent stamps with testimonials from customers praising its effects and requesting more shipments.
An old time medical fraud ad offers a $500 reward for a cure of nervous debility and related ailments. It claims a guaranteed remedy from Dr A H Smith of Avon New York, promising a large package for two dimes mailed within ten days. The misspelled text touts public confidence and includes a bank sign-off.
An old advert touts Dr Hale's Household Ointment as the finest remedy curing a wide range of ailments from catarrh to pneumonia and burns. It claims internal use, fast relief for corns bunions and sores, and sells for 50 cents per box. The notice also mentions a Whiskey Review noting a $9,000,000 shrinkage in Kentucky whiskey bonds and urging united action by distressed parties.
An old notice promotes Stockton antiseptic claiming it cures asthma by removing microbes from the system. It states the product is for sale by Bee Hive in Store as sole agents.
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