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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1898
Page
3
The article explains naval salutes aboard war ships, including twenty one gun limits, sunrise to sunset firing, and flag display rules. It covers officer and crew conduct, how boats and salutes are signaled, and how salutes are exchanged when entering foreign ports. It notes the use of national anthems, proper titles, and call responses aboard ships.
Willard Creech of Appleton Wisconsin recovered from a spinal disease after his mother advised Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The boy walked again within six weeks of treatment and has stayed well, returning to school two years after starting the pills.
A guest asks for the same meal as yesterday. The waiter confirms the medium sirloin was ordered and offers to bring it again if available.
Grain-O made from pure grains is described as delicious and nourishing, replacing coffee and believed to distribute health to children with more given. It supposedly tastes like coffee when prepared correctly and costs about four times as much. advertised as sold by grocers at 15c and 2dc.
An 1885 advertisement claims Lane's Family Medicine gently acts on the liver and kidneys to cure sick headache and promote health. It cites a price of 25 cents and 5 cents and includes testimonial from Wm. B. McClellan of Chester Florida dated Sept 17 1885.
A long list of local incidents and obituaries across Indiana towns. Notable items include deaths of Rev. Father Monschins and J. L. Russey, factory relocations at Connersville, land offers for Logansport, suspicions of poisoning in Princeton, and robberies near Warsaw. Also reports of diphtheria closures, a pelican shot on the Wabash, a suicide in Jeffersonville, and police arrests in Connersville.
The passage catalogs odd names heard in the US and Canada, from Preserved Bullock and Preserved Salmon to Honest man and Trade and Commerce. It notes European examples like Peter the Great and William the Conqueror and lists baptismal curiosities such as Christmas Carrol and Laughing Waters.
Anxiety in Naples over renewed Mount Vesuvius activity but no serious damage is expected. The passage then pivots to promote Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the greatest tonic for stomach and digestive organs, implying it could have saved thousands from stomach disorders.
In Valibol Russia an ancient church wall ritual involved bowing to a blank wall after services. Builders uncovered a centuries old Virgin Mary image beneath layers of whitewash, explaining the custom rooted in ancestral tradition.
$100 reward offered by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Internal constitutional treatment claims to heal blood and mucous surfaces and strengthen the system. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
Dialogue from a gossip column quotes a widower who jokes about wanting a duplicate wife and a bride who wonders if her first wife shared her name Katherine. A humorous note about cold weather and neuralgia cites St Jacoba Oil as a cure. A wedding tale recounts a six week marriage traveling twenty miles on a train without speaking as the engaged pair ponder what to talk about.
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of Grain-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain-O has the rich seal brown color of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and suits the most delicate stomachs. Price 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Record cites a cook claiming loneliness during a nap. Meanwhile an advertising note promotes the Chicago and North Western Railway’s travel to California with favorable rates, daily through service, and guided tourist car parties. It also mentions many British ships at sea.
Testimonial from J As T Adkins of Athensville Illinois praising Hood's Sarsaparilla for curing chronic catarrh and purifying blood after a few bottles. He notes lasting good health since.
A male examiners approach terrifies many women delaying care. Mrs Pinkham offers confidential guidance from Lynn Massachusetts with free advice. A Baltimore woman claims seven bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her seven year ovarian trouble. The letter is among thousands praising the remedy.
A humorous Tit-Bits snippet recalls Puffins answering an ad about a remedy to keep trouser hems from fringing. The suggested fix is to wear kickerbockers, a playful fictional garment.
A vintage ad blurb touts Kemp’s Balsam as an instant cough cure with free samples and 25 or 50 cent bottles, plus St Jacobs Oil billed as a cure for outdoor sport sprains and bruises. It contrasts integrity with duplicity and notes fashionably used phrases about good looking girls.
A note suggests vaccination status affects voting rights in Norway. The ad items promote travel excursions by the Chicago & North Western Railway for home seekers to the West and South with low rates on November 15 December 6 and 20. Also advertised are Afra Winslow's soothing syrup for children and Ripans Medicine ads with a bait offer for samples and testimonials.
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