14 May 1896
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Newspaper
Daily Evening News
Location
Modesto, California, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
1
An old time advertisement touts Shaker Digestive Cordial as a cure for indigestion and stomach pains. It claims the cordial supplies digestive materials, strengthens the body, and aids digestion, with prices from 10 cents to 1 dollar per bottle.
The passage argues that over 30,000 Italian emigrants have reached New York in five years, with 9,820 arriving in March. It condemns immigration, contrasts Italian poverty with Irish woes, describes taxation on the poor in Italy, child labor in mines, and absentee landowners. It also details U.S. freight law evasion by railroads and a recent congress action forcing officials to testify or face imprisonment.
A jumble of nostrums promotes household cures and patent medicines. Claims vent about Chesham style tonics, cough remedies, antiseptics, and laxatives with scattered names such as SR Clayes, Haws hand Turner, and Que Minute Gough Cure. The piece imitates a period ad page urging readers to buy quickly for health.
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