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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1883
Page
6
Practical household hints on plant care with soap and whiting pastes for marble stains. Recipes include rich rice pudding, sliced-apple pie, lime water for potting soils, boiled mackerel, molasses cookies, and general kitchen tips from Chicago Journal New York Post and other papers.
The guide covers boiling puddings with clean cloths and proper tying, batter pudding mixing, straining eggs to avoid lumps, and keeping water boiling. It advises buttered dishes, careful oven heat for pies, paste making on cold marble, proper moisture, preparation before starting, and washing hands and butter first.
An advertisement urges buyers to choose Frazer Axle Grease as the top value while warning against overworking horses with inferior products. The copy promotes affordability and effectiveness.
Personal Turboratic Bet Co of Marshall Michigan offers thirty day trials of Dr Dye s Celebrated Electro Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances to men afflicted with nervous debility vitality loss and similar troubles. Free trial with no risk, addresses the company for details.
J W Graham a Austin druggist reports Dr Wu Haug KALSAM FOR THE LUNGS as highly saleable for coughs colds and consumption and requests one gross by Saturday's steamer. A 25¢ item offers Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners and a boot last lifter. Brown's Bronchial Troches advertised for sore throat and cough relief.
A collage of testimonial snippets from various ads and letters touting cures and health products. St Jacobs Oil, Dr Pierce’s remedies, Kidney-Wort, Golden Medical Discovery, Wells remedies, and Dr Benson’s pills are cited for neuralgia, insomnia, weak back, nervous prostration, and digestive issues.
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