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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1871
Page
4
A collage of humorous vignettes and brief notices on society, politics, and gender roles. It lampoons religious figures, marriage laws, divorces, and sharp city scenes with satirical secondhand anecdotes and modernist sketches from Detroit to Cincinnati.
A compilation of religious items notes church counts and positions in England and the United States. It covers infant dedication practices, self supporting Presbyterian churches in San Francisco, Methodist and Evangelical statistics, church building counts, and clergy attire trends, with brief anecdotes on union meetings and a few humorous quotes.
Poem recounts a mother’s plea to not drink alcohol, memory of a night out, and the lingering impact of her warning. The speaker recalls gray years, past comradery, and the refrain My boy, do not drink tonight as a guiding moral to avoid temptation and seek an immortal crown.
An appeal describing consequences of nervous debility and sexual excess, warning that impotence and bodily decline follow self abuse. It links weak generative organs to broad health failures and urges remedial measures without detailing specifics.
An advertisement touts Vinid Extract Budhy as a supreme diuretic and cure for bladder and kidney diseases, gravel, dropsy, organic weakness, female complaints, general debility, and all urinary disorders in both men and women, regardless of origin or duration.
An 19th century advertisement extols Hoofland’s German Bitters and Tonics as purer remedies derived from German roots and extracts. It claims no stimulants, nonaddictive properties, and a supplier chain from Germany to local bottling works. The text lists wide ranging liver and digestive ailments and claims lightning cures for pains and aches with various illnesses.
Harper & Brothers lists 1871 subscription terms for Harper's Magazine Weekly and Bazar. One year rates, club discounts for five or six copies, full year for Harper’s Periodicals at ten dollars per address, back numbers and complete sets offered with publication and binding options. Postage and extra costs detailed.
Dr Oback’s Stomach Bitters are touted as the best combination and a proven cure for dyspepsia and indigestion after years of experience. Druggists are said to recommend them to customers based on trial and long use.
Questioning claim that Dr Roback's Blood Purifier and Blood Pills are the best duo for curing all blood disorders. The source presents a skeptical view, noting lack of universal efficacy and urging caution with such remedies.
The article claims the Blood Purifier is the sole item in the market using costly drugs imported from Sweden for its manufacture. It states the Pills use Podophyllum Mandrake Root active principle and serve as a Mercury substitute.
A historical ad asks if Dr C W Roback’s Stomach Bitters Blood Purifier and Blood Pills are the three greatest remedies the world has known. The wording reflects 19th century health claims and promotional hype.
After eleven years of experience and trial the sales have risen every year with thousands of unsolicited letters praising the cures produced by these medicines. The Local Column highlights testimonies to the efficacy and ongoing popularity of the remedies.
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