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Newspaper
Cuba Pilot
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1888
Page
7
An assortment of remedies and dubious claims dominates the page. Advertisements tout cures for neuralgia hay fever catarrh and colds with products like Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Swayne's Ointment and Bacyn's Bronchial Trocans. Several notes mention Moxie Nerve Food tests in Lowell and fake medical endorsements.
The Court Journal notes Paris merchants color code their shops by trade. Color shops show squares and stripes, pastry shops are light brown with white and gold interiors, washing shops use bright blue, and carts for linen transport use green. Wine houses favor brown or dull red, while charcoal shops appear nearly black.
The piece notes engagement slates as a desk necessity for English girls, often framed with symbolic inkstands and crossed tennis racquets. It contrasts the card-like slate with a porcelain alternative, describing fashionable displays and a blend of domestic devices from ink stands to carved netting.
An 1887 message from Osgood and Co. of Lowell Mass cites Orrin Robinson, once crippled on crutches since 1881, being cured by St Jacobs Oil after a summer visit. The note claims he walked unaided within six days and remains employed in manual labor, with ongoing praise from Dr. George Osgood.
A garbled excerpt presents a disordered set of phrases about medicines, prescriptions, and patient experience. The text is dominated by jumbled repeats and broken words, lacking coherent narrative or identifiable individuals, events, or dates.
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