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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1888
Page
7
Testimonial from W S Phillips of East River National Bana New York 1886 praising ALLCOCKs Porous Plasters for lumbago relief and full recovery after a severe October attack. He reports instant relief after application and no returning symptoms since.
A Texas case reports Jim Webster a colored Austin man convicted of stealing chickens from Col. Percy Yerger. In a courtroom exchange Yerger offers a half dollar for a counted half truth about the raid. Webster refuses then reveals numbers and ends in a dazed state. Texas Siftings.
A notice applauds the tonics value for convalescents. It claims the bitters stimulate gastric juice flow aid digestion and improve appetite. It asserts relief from constipation without stiffening bowels and promotes liver kidney and bladder activity while preventing malaria and rheumatism.
British tests reveal a secret composition smokeless powder named Johnson-Barland. Inventor asserts higher velocity flatter trajectory less fouling and lighter handling than government powder with safer manufacture and storage. Arkansaw Traveler notes experiments allegedly confirm several claims.
A discussion on female suffrage questions whether women should vote, noting arguments for and against. The piece mocks reliance on Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and includes a stray remark about a sea green glass vase found in Bologna and crude comments on butchers.
An Irishman seeks a cure for purgatory ailments with Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets. A Vermont woman’s jaw joke, Scott’s Emulsion touts health benefits, and a note on tobogganing deaths. Washington Territory promotes settlement and Tacoma trade prospects. A day lecture on temperance noted.
A brief dialogue depicts a wife praising a toast and coffee while the husband Rivalry with his mother surfaces. The scene ends as a calm tableau with understated tension and intimate domestic humor.
The article contrasts scientific claims that the earth moves with stubborn beliefs about consumption. It notes physicians clinging to old theories while praising Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a sure cure if taken early. It mentions scrofulous diseases and consumption as treated by the remedy.
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