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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1889
Page
6
The ad touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as the remedy against chills and ague, claiming it conquers bilious remittent fevers and a range of ailments from biliousness to rheumatism. It urges persistent use to achieve a thorough cure.
A playful exchange centers on a line spoken by Mr Courtmee as he left last night. Tommy recalls the phrase Dont care if I do, prompting Sue to confirm the remark and its intended hurled retort.
An advertisement extols malt as a prime flesh producer and presents Gee’s Emulsion as a superior remedy combining malt oil and lime. It urges readers to try the product.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 250 per bottle for quick relief and trusted relief from eye irritation.
The oleander with its rose colored blooms is often cultivated yet is a poisonous plant. Historical and recent notes show its danger to humans and animals. In Madrid a poisoning occurred from birds broiled on oleander leaves, and in Italy and Spain the rind is used as rat poison. Bees avoid the plant and its growth near homes is discouraged in parts of North Africa.
The Ledger, started 1873, gains popularity after improvements and new features. It offers vivid serials by renowned authors and affordable yearly price of 1.50. March 13 marks the start of three major serialized novels: The Modern Aladdin, Dulcie and Toinette, and That Winter's Night. Sample copies sent to readers.
A conversation recalls a blind man reading about art as the boy explains the man went to the Art Gallery to view pictures. The exchange, labeled Teras Sittings, captures a simple, reflective moment.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Evansville Route will sell round trip tickets from Chicago to New Orleans for 25 dollars and to Mobile for 23 dollars, valid return to March 23. The route offers coaches and palace buffet sleeping cars without changes, eight hours faster than others, with daylight through Nashville Decatur Birmingham and Montgomery. Depart daily from Dearborn Station Chicago at 3 35 p m. For details contact City Ticket Office Evansville Route 64 Clark Street or William Hill Chicago address 501 First National Bank Building.
A February excursion from Missouri River points offers round trip from $40 with return validity twenty days. Special routes from Alamosa to Del Norte Monte Vista La Jara Antonito and Fort Garland at a $1 round trip rate via the Denver and Rio Grande. Details from local ticket agents.
A jilted young man jokes he wants a system to forget not memory strength. The Handsomest Lady praises Kemp’s Balsam for the Throat and Lungs as superior and offers a free sample. The piece muses on a hypothetical poet in a dramatist’s role.
For throat diseases and coughs use Brown's Bronchial Troches. Like all really good things they are imitated. The genuine are sold only in boxes.
A humorous local note suggests outdoorsmen in swampy terrain should wear duck pants for practical protection. The remark frames practical gear as essential for hunting near reeds and water.
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