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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1883
Page
8
A collection of domestic and agricultural hints covers stable care, orange pie recipes, curing croup, poultry selection for market, repurposing baby socks, lily of the valley cultivation, leaf mold use in oil prep, and a farmer’s seasonal grazing strategy. Includes notes from several periodicals and expert suggestions on cost efficiency and plant care.
The article argues country road making in the United States is a neglected craft requiring study of oils soils and proper bedding of stones. It contrasts US practice with English state supervised roads and urges educated road-making to prevent costly repairs and poor thoroughfares.
A collage of quotations and notices from various papers about St. Jacobs Oil and public figures. Includes Hon. Carter H. Harrison with a testimonial, a Boston Globe remark, dialect humor from Detroit and Texas items, and a joke about lost confidence after stealing turkeys.
A collage of advertisements extols hops profits, drink cures, and patent remedies. It praises hop prices, warns against false hop bitters, and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham, Kidney-Wort, Dr. Pierce products, and Benson cures, with testimonials from doctors and readers. The tone mimics a bustling 19th century ad page.
An assortment of patent medicines and products advertised for general ailments and consumer needs. Includes Wells' May Apple Pills for digestion, Dr. Wu Havu's Balsam for the lungs with a claimed cure for consumption, Wise's Axle Grease and Frazer Axle Grease for wagons, Brown's Bronchial Tracheas for coughs, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's toothache drops, and Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners. Also mentions electro voltaic belts on trial and tobacco brand.
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