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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1872
Page
7
The piece laments the broad strike on intoxicants including medicines with spirits. It highlights Dr Joseph Walker of California and his VineGAR Birrers tonic as a safer restorative. The article notes rising belief in stimulants as poisons and claims numerous illnesses yielded to the VineGAR Birrers after other remedies failed.
The report lists June mailed letters by city including New York 2,253,808 and Philadelphia 1,103,879 with Chicago 1,091,664 and St. Louis 805,651 among others such as Boston 488,643 Baltimore 585,996 Cincinnati 366,871 and Detroit 254,536. Other cities include Buffalo 227,560 Cleveland 224,900 Brooklyn 217,996 Louisville 215,502 Albany 191,266 Milwaukee 166,768 Rochester 161,980 Indianapolis 157,427 Washington 148,502 New Orleans 129,080 and Richmond 94,920.
A dense list of medical claims for catarrh remedies with promises of cures and rewards, plus multiple advertisements for nostrums, tonics, and patent medicines. It mentions Dr Lace’s Catarrh Remedy, Jonas Whitcomb's Asthma relief, Wood's Household Magazine offers, and Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, along with various dental and health products and dealer notices.
The New York Independent hails the Merchant's Gargling Liniment as invaluable for minor ailments and recommends its use by every resident. It asserts no other proprietary medicine in the United States enjoys such broad public goodwill.
A humorous praise for E. T. Lyon and his KATHAIRON hair growth product. Ads claim it improves growth, adds luster, prevents dandruff, and makes hair flexible, with endorsements for both men and women and mentions of Cristaporo's Excelsion Hair Dyn.
An advertisement touts FuLaGGs Instant Review as a quick remedy for rheumatic pains sprains neuralgia and bowel complaints with relief guaranteed or money refunded. Cor.
New York market notes list multiple commodity prices and grain grades including Drev es-Go o es and various upland crops. Entries show bid figures and totals for items such as corn, oats, and flour with scattered price marks and lots.
A Nature writer argues the open Polar sea may vanish soon as land rises near the Pole with reports of Norway, Stockholm, and Spitzbergen sites showing elevations up to ninety feet. He notes Gulf of Bothnia water level drop and Pacific bluffs with many shell remains, suggesting a global land rise that shifts coastlines northward while ocean waters retreat.
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