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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
4
An at home cure suggests mixing Concentrated Oil of Pine with glycerine and whiskey to treat colds. It claims a acute cold clears in 24 hours and cites Globe Pharmaceutical Company Dayton Ohio as supplier. The text mixes product promotion with medical quackery and includes pricing hints and misprinted headings.
A collection of cautions about misfortune linked to stars, rocking empty cradles, mentioning the devil, dancing shadows, kissing burial shoes, and rough handling doors windows or stones. It warns of curses accidents and hauntings tied to everyday actions.
A brief stage aside on entering a jealous profession and guarding speech. The old one warns the new one to think before speaking, reflecting Puck's playful exchange about talk and self-control in theater.
Paro Ointment promises to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles within six to fourteen days with money back if not. The ad notes a guaranteed remedy and urges quick action.
An 83 year old Providence resident, J. Perry of ingram Street, credits Minards Liniment with curing a two year backache and announces a free bottle offer to prove its rheumatic pain cure. The ad, from Minards Liniment Mfg Co of South Framingham Mass, adds a dated testimonial and promotional trigger.
A 886 sworn affidavit by J. Cheney of F J Cheney & Co claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrah and commits to pay one hundred dollars per uncured case. Notary A W Gleason notes the oath. Cures are advertised with testimonials and a Toledo firm is listed alongside drugstore sales at 75 cents.
In this light exchange from the Philadelphia Press, Markley asks Burroughs about a $10 debt carried from last year. Burroughs dismisses the matter humorously, urging bygones to stay bygones in a playful tiff.
Salter Seed Co promotes Salter’s Macaroni Wheat Kubanka Dakota strain claiming drought resistance and high yields across numerous states from 40 to 80 bushels per acre. Offers free seed book and samples including Billion Dollar Grass and Emperor William Oats by mailing to La Crosse Wisconsin.
An OCR fragment advertises vanity and age jokes, medical cures, and quick riches schemes. It mentions Vitus Dance and nervous diseases, a Dr Klina's Great Nerva bottle and treatise, Arch Street Philadelphia, a Laxative Bromo Quinine claim, and a dental student drawing advice with no cohesive narrative.
A Tipton Iowa man recounts a lifelong battle with severe eczema and boils that covered his body. After eight months using Cutura products he claims full cure. Endorsements from Nelson Burnett accompany the testimonial. Also promotions for various patent medicines and health quack items appear throughout the text.
An ad claims the back is the mainspring of a woman's health and that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound quickly addresses female disorders. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Will Young and Mrs. Augustus Lyon and asserts the remedy has 30 years of history curing displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and backache with bearing down and nervous symptoms.
J W Bird starts a catalpa forest at Pond Creek Oklahoma planting about 300000 seeds. He expects a quarter to become plants and now has 80 000 to 100 000 trees averaging three feet tall. Next spring he will transplant, aiming for eighty acres in trees. A seedling cut last year shows ten feet six inch growth since April.
Snippet quotes describe a taster collecting junk from a house and a remark about a woman trimming her own hats, reflecting casual social chatter in a Washington Herald item.
A fruit grower guide emphasizes feeding trees with sufficient plant food and warns that under feeding reduces crop quality. It notes Virginia Carolina Fertilizer’s dominance with over a million tons sold and offers a free Year Book of Almanac from the Virginia Carolina Company by writing to a nearby city.
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