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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
8
The ad claims Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral cures hard coughs and strengthens weak lungs urging immediate purchase to prevent consumption, warning of the risk in delaying treatment. The copy pressures urgency and highlights effectiveness for chest illnesses.
At an open experience meeting Brother Jones declares he supplied water for milk while a woman insists she knew the dairy process and a man in the crowd accuses the seller of unpaid goods. The exchange ends with Jones muttering he never believed in these meetings.
A quotation deprecates dwelling on a person’s flaws, urging attention to his valuable parts. It labels neglect of strengths as misguided and emphasizes the importance of recognizing virtue over frailty.
Enthusiastic readers tout Cascarets as the modern laxative to maintain health through gut and liver cleansing. Testimonials from diverse Americans claim relief from constipation and general wellbeing, urging readers to buy 10c to 50c boxes from Sterling Remedy Company with genuine CCC tablets.
Police in the North West Provinces report a man Durba and five others buried his wife alive after she urged burial to protect her children from leprosy. Nabbat Singh Rup Ram arrested and the six accused confessed before a magistrate. The act stemmed from a rare superstition about self immolation preventing disease.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment that cures catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 to anyone it cannot cure and invites readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, with dealers listed.
Mr Heavy accepts the challenge of portraying Alonzo in a stage rehearsal. The stage manager urges him to visualize the audience’s reaction, noting his unfamiliarity with the play yet confidence in delivering the performance.
The John M. Smyth Co of Chicago says it has no sales agents and warns the public that fraudulent individuals travel the country posing as Smyth agents to take cash or notes. The firm denounces these impostors and urges vigilance.
A humorous remark notes I grew bored of Miss Piker after she kept discussing microbes whenever I tried to propose. The quip highlights her fixation on science as a playful obstacle to romance.
Try Grain O. Ask your grocer for Grain-O the new food drink that can take the place of coffee. Safe for children and adults, Grain-O imitates mocha and java color but is made from pure grains and gentle on delicate stomachs. Priced 14 per package, 160 and 260 per package. Sold by all grocers.
A collage of non sequitur ad copy and quotes from 19th century papers includes lifestyle quips about personal liberty, a cough remedy Kemp's Balsam, a one day cold cure, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and generic moral maxims. It also lists travel discounts, stationery, and a strange garbled series of words about remedies and stamps. The fragment ends with a note on Wind Colic medicine priced at five cents.
The piece lists standard corrections for misused phrases and common oral mistakes. It contrasts incorrect forms like very hard, Jess friends, and that I know of with preferred versions such as very fast, hewer friends, and I doubt not that I shall. It cites examples including I seldom or see him and present or no.
A statistician claims the typewriter created 500000 jobs yet omits how many cases of weak stomachs it caused. The ad urges sedentary workers to use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to ease the strain of confinement.
A massive 90 by 18 by 24 foot rocking stone sits on Yandil mountain slope in southern Buenos Ayres. Weighing at least 24 tons with a 5,000 cubic foot bulk, it remains beautifully poised so a single person can rock it. The pyramidal stone sways like tree branches when southeast winds blow.
Eliza R Parker notes winter chapped hands come from inferior soap and urges pure soap use. Warm rain water and Ivory soap keep hands clean and smooth in all seasons. An Austrian almshouse death reveals Anton Kalin left five million dollars.
An old advertisement promotes Grain-O as a nourishing beverage for children, claiming it substitutes coffee. It emphasizes Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like good coffee when prepared properly, and costs about the same, available at grocers for 25 cents.
A clipped note about Miss Mercedes De Laski, a London debutante famed for a six feet three inch height, with a side line on velopes and a cheeky quote from Carlyle about past possibilities. The ad also promotes Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic with a free trial offer and a Philadelphia address.
A brief note claims Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels each day as a health necessity. It asserts gentle action on the liver and kidneys with a price of 25 and 60 cents. The text also mentions an imposing scene of a mother in law driving a home, described as beyond question.
The Nickel V Plate Road promotes a holiday excursion sale with round trips at one and one third fare for selected dates including December 28 24 26 80th and January 1 1900 with returns through January 2. The service features the Peerless Trio of Daily Express Train and an Unexcelled Dining Car, offering special travel inducements.
Arrangements are made for a select party of fifty travelers, a 30 day, 7000 mile Mexican tour. Dining car delicacies and drawing room observation cars promise hotel comforts. Cost about 10 dollars daily. Mr. R. G. Thompson will manage. descriptive matter and reservations available from C. B. Crann, GP. & T. A., 120 Lincoln Trust Building, St. Louis, Missouri.
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