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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1888
Page
9
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr. Greene's Nervarta Nerve Tonic as a universal cure for nervous debility and various ailments. It claims the vegetable remedy restores nerve power, energy, and sleep, priced at $1 per bottle and available through druggists or directly from Dr. Greene at 35 West 14th Street, New York.
The Devil Festival legend centers on Mu lien's mother and a Buddhist temple door key to release shades of Pluto. The annual three day event begins today at a cemetery near Hsing Hua Chun with Cantonese and Fuhienese participants and large crowds burning paper clothes and money for the departed.
The piece contrasts the decline of the mind after age forty with the loss of memory and dignity in old age. It cites Holmes on cognitive decay and quotes a traveler’s observation of Arab marble play, detailing a precise throwing technique using the fingers.
An excerpt describes boys learning to throw a marble with precise force directed along a groove, with many becoming expert as noted by St Nicholas.
A human-interest quirk about a new boarder who claims ten years of regular routines contrasts with a deacon’s remark on punishment. The excerpt also traces habeas corpus origins in England, suspensions in the United States, and early London dispensaries. It concludes with classical theater references and a Pierce prescription advertisement.
A Franklin Michigan letter praises Rheumatic Syrup from Deak Lips M R Rust, claiming relief from rheumatism as weather changes affect him little. The page also promotes Scott's Emulsion for rickets and wasting disorders, Brown's bronchial troches, and various patent remedies with testimonials and offers.
An imperfect digestion can ruin happiness even for a millionaire. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are marketed as the safest remedy for digestive disorders as they are purely vegetable and gentle.
A clipped ad style note touts Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy at 50 cents with promises of thousands cured. It claims the best blood in the land flows through the mosquito's veins.
The advertisement promotes Rough on Itch ointment for skin conditions including hives pimples ringworm tetter eczema barber's itch frost feet chilblains ivy poison and other itching problems. It lists a price of 50 cents and offers druggists or mail order from E. B. Wells in Jersey City New Jersey.
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