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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1888
Page
9
A New York Telegram report recalls a hotel clerk dismissing a sharp woman seeking a room. The clerk explains higher-en suite rooms, costs, and describes single women as potential nuisances due to gas lighting and constant inquiries.
A man pretends confusion about money at a Detroit restaurant. He momentarily thinks he is robbed, then reveals a fat wallet with a $50 bill and a $5,000 real estate check. The cashier remains in bed as a doctor terms the situation very serious in the Detroit Free Press account.
Mr. W M Williams notes snow protects soil in Siberia where October temps reach seventy to eighty below zero. Early snow acts as blanket, insulating ground and allowing lush summer vegetation despite extreme cold. Ark Traveler commentary underscores paradox of harsh winters and vigorous Siberian growth.
A dialogue excerpt from an Omaha World article shows a director pressuring a cashier over $200,000 lent to stock brokers. The bank's collapse is implied as a leverage point, offering $20,000 to flee to Canada and hide a $220,000 embezzlement with no pursuit.
Burdette mocks anti tobacco campaign by noting cannibals avoid tobacco chewers and vice versa. The cartoonish exchange highlights absurdity in reform rhetoric and public health debates during the period.
A Boston Transcript joke recalls a legislator torn by conflicting appeals over a proposed bridge. He champions public welfare, then shifts to argue the project harms labor and farmers, showing the wear of pleasing constituents while advancing opposing positions.
Marion Harland cites Eve's Daughters praising Allcock's Porous Plaster as a comforter for slow back recovery and a constant support for persistent pain. The advice recommends wearing the plaster over the seat of uneasiness for several days or up to a fortnight in stubborn cases.
A Brooklyn Medical Journal piece warns that fever nausea vomiting and stomach pain in children are often misread as gastric issues. Hasty diagnoses delay heart disease detection, and years later a cardiac murmur prompts surprise about past rheumatic illness.
The piece urges immediate action against malaria to prevent entrenchment and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the essential preventive and remedy. It claims the tonic aids constipation liver complaint dyspepsia nervousness and kidney trouble and advises residents in malarial areas and travelers to West locales to rely on it for defense and invigoration.
The exchange recalls harsh editing work in a rough setting as characters discuss rough handling of ruffians during the first week. Robby and Valentine clash with a judge over the challenges faced in Devil's Gulch.
In a brief Rural Exchange scene a farmer asks how much older the other has made this year and learns the answer Fifteen barrels. They share another sip and joke that another apple might have yielded another barrel.
The Philadelphia Times notes honey gaining use at homes for table service. It says honey eaten with bread is believed to benefit health as more people serve it regularly in Philadelphia households.
The Philadelphia Press notes Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s view that women gaining the ballot will reduce surplus, while observing some men seem not to wait for the ballet. An Austrian patent describes a wood derived thread spun like hemp, with varying fineness. German universities enroll 26,945 students in the last session, including 1,643 foreigners.
A brief Albany Journal quotation records a five year old and a mother sharing prayers. The child notes he has prayed for his parents and a good boy and humorously declares he will stop if the other keeps praying.
Seventy seven pupils attend the Indian school at Wabash Indiana. Thirty two are boys and nearly all belong to the Sioux tribe. They are diligent students and progress as rapidly as the average American school boy except in studies requiring close reasoning.
A dire warning quotes Dante on the Inferno portal and warns readers that consumption is deadly. It claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has cured hundreds of worse cases and urges early use to arrest the disease, noting delaying is dangerous.
The article touts Moxie as a remarkable tonic for overworked women, claiming it delivers new endurance in days, cures liquor and tobacco cravings, and even aids paralysis recovery as a food. It mocks snobbish business men and notes varied societal reactions.
The Ohio Valley Centennial Exposition opens on July 4 in Cincinnati and runs 100 days to October 27. It is a national display with representations from all states and territories and $150,000 of government funding for the exhibit. Smithsonian artifacts and other treasures arrive, with 550000 square feet of halls and 100000 more for reception spaces. Artworks insured at over $1,000,000. Cincinnati’s civic pride seeks broad national support.
Routes and rates of ex tickets to Niagara Falls St Lawrence River and New England points over Chicago Atlantic and Erie Railways for warded on application. Pullman sleeping car service on all through trains to New York and New England via Chautauqua. Solid trains to New York. Ticket office 105 Clark Street Chicago. W H Hurlburt General Western Passenger Agent Erie Railway Chicago. A Guide to Bee Lake.
Leaurelle Oil promises to prevent wrinkles and aging by preserving a fresh complexion. It claims to cure cracking and roughness, keep face and neck soft, and even benefit hair and whiskers without grease, priced at $1 from Druggists or by express. Also urges paying debts promptly.
The piece argues that while Tennyson’s poems celebrate past beauty, he should guide present women on health and charm. It promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the trusted medicine for women with a manufacturers guarantee of satisfaction or refund.
Offensive breath vanishes with Dr Sage s Catarrh Remedy while winter ends and spring flowers. Scott s Emulsion heals chronic coughs colds throat and lung diseases with cod liver oil and hypophosphites in a creamy palatable mix. Endorsed by Dr W RS Connecy of Manchester and cited by The New York Star.
Microscopic research proves catarrh and hay fever are contagious due to living parasites in nasal linings. A. H. Dixon & Son offer a new treatment that claims permanent cure in one to three at home applications, with a free pamphlet on request.
An advertisement touts Wells hair balsam restoring gray hair color gradually in an elegant tonic dressing priced 50c and $1.00, with Druggists selling and express pre paid for $1.00. Wells Jersey City also promotes a quick complete cure for piles at 50c.
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