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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1882
Page
6
A collection of home economics notes including seed counts per acre and per square inch, a wool-friendly sheep marking method, linseed oil litharge and lamp black mix for markings, ironing guidance for barred muslin, horse health remedy with cabbage, growing sweet potato vines in hanging baskets, chocolate preparation, plum syrup preservation steps, and a citron cake recipe with baking tips and pan advice.
A New Haven Register item describes an annual family picnic by a brook where Ichabod Smiley’s prank backfires as each guest brings beans despite varied plans. Relatives fret over salty beans and miscommunication, ending with laughter when he lumbers off to gather checkerberry leaves.
A Dublin professor famed for strict ventilation is put in a hotel room with another guest He asks the neighbor to raise the window The guest cannot raise it so the professor suggests breaking a pane He does so and later breaks another but learns he has only broken into a bookcase Y Post
Berliner Zeitung reports a sentry at the Invalidensaule fired on three children aged eleven twelve and thirteen as they mocked and threw stones after being warned off. The shot killed a twelve year old and wounded the others with the rifle later deemed within rights by a court.
A boy in Lee County dressed as a ghost and haunted his brother’s window. The staged specter was treated by a doctor who cauterized nineteen holes. A dog nearby acted nonchalant, circling the yard and sniffing for what to chase next.
A physician extols Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a safe effective health booster. He notes its composition includes Ipon Celery and Juniper with Sarsaparilla and Yellow Dock, and praises its mildness and restorative effects for impure blood and kidney liver ailments. The item also mentions light humorous remarks and other product ads of the era.
The Ellenville Journal recounts a claim that Kidney-Wort, a natural remedy in liquid or dry form, cures liver and kidney diseases. A party anecdote notes a boy at a birthday supper pondering where Paul has gone, joking he is perhaps praying for his supper.
A Boston woman declared she would not take the medicine she called “that stuff” yet Hop Bitters cured her chronic sick headache and neuralgia after fourteen years of misery. Impressed, she persuaded twenty two families in her circle to adopt Hop Bitters as their regular remedy.
A Boston Commercial Bulletin quips that a black washerwoman is acceptable in the city while rural girls prefer a white lawn dress, reflecting social tension in attire norms.
The New Haven Register notes how progress in railroads is paralleled by abandoning large drastic pills for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. The sugar coated pellets are tiny yet potent, made from concentrated vegetable extracts and sold by druggists.
A fragment discusses Tennyson's May Queen and muses that a young woman who died might have lived with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The passage touts the remedy as a cure for female disorders sold by druggists, and ends with a farmer asking why a boy yells and the response about someone yelling loudly.
Buffalo resident Mrs Wallace recommends Burdock Blood Bitters for nervous and bilious headaches. She has advised friends and believes the remedy superior to others she has used. Price listed as 1 dollar. The note then shifts to praise for pianist Hammeritt, highlighting his name’s fit.
A collage of 19th century advertisements touts Thomas Ectectine Oil for burns, Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for impoverished blood, Diamond Dyes, Frazer Axle Grease, Wise’s Axle Grease, Dr Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water, and Spring Tobacco. Mentions Detroit and New York papers.
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