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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1888
Page
9
A Burlington Free Press humorous list offers hair care tips in alphabetical order. The column mocks vanity with commandments from Arrogate to Zeus, advising practical household behavior, quiet speech, patience, and kindness while playfully nodding to baldness.
A reader from New York states twenty years of use of Allcock's Porous Plasters, praising them as a family medicine. They claim to energize the body, cure fatigue, debility, kidney issues, sore throat, coughs, colds, and digestive or bowel complaints with no skin irritation.
The Haberdasher notes that so called modern literary figures like the dude and dandy are recent. but actors such as Egyptian and Assyrian kings carved their portraits lavishly on walls, showing pride in public image through elaborate attire and pomp, filling a niche in antiquity.
The article asserts that many famed women in art literature or affairs maintain rigorous health, claiming creative achievement requires strong body health. It promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as banishing nervous debility and female weaknesses and restoring vital functional harmonies.
The Philadelphia Call notes a seasonal shift as young men’s minds drift toward loaf and bakery jokes as winter ends. The column captures campus humor and local mood with a light, playful tone.
An 19th century advertisement extols small size remedies and tonics. Dr. Perce’s Purgative Pellets praised for liver and bowel relief without constipation. Scott’s Emulsion with Hypophosphites touted for flesh and strength, palatable and digestible, beneficial for consumption and bronchial issues.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Moxie has produced remarkable energy gains in exhausted women within days, reduces desires for liquor and tobacco, and has aided cases of paralysis when used as a food, claiming unprecedented benefits in two years.
The ad touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for indigestion and related ailments. It claims relief from headaches, sleepless nights, nervousness, and fatigue, promising eradication after prompt initial relief and noting broad public endorsement.
The note suggests that gentlemen training on the cornet use discreet practice partners. It frames private tooters as a prudent aid for developing tone and technique in early brass instruction.
In an Arkansas traveler gag a man notes a woman kissing a calf hugging a dog and embracing a cat claiming she just finished Amelie Rives The Quick or the Dead. A sleeping bag used by climbers folds from a Mackintosh sack forming an inflatable air mattress for camping comfort.
The Burlington Route serves as the official path for teachers to the National Educational Meeting in San Francisco. Trains depart from Chicago on July 5, July 10, and July 3 from various states with Pullman, chair, and dining cars, offering direct Denver travel via the Denver and Rio Grande. One fare round trip with supervised excursions. for details contact P. S. Eustis, G. P. & T. A., C. B. Q. Chicago.
Wells promotes an invisible velvet dream beauty product for the face neck and arms claiming whitening and a flawless finish. It deodorizes blemishes and tan while being gentle on delicate skin, offered at 1.00 per bottle from Druggists and Nancy Goods Dealers or by prepaid express from E. Wells, Jersey City. Also advertises Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffener for 25 cents.
A light copper mask helmet for Bremen firemen delivers pure air through an India rubber tube to the wearer's face. The system, tested and to be used by Berlin firemen, prevents smoke entry. Napoli compass reads weather from Vesuvius smoke direction predicting 24 hours ahead and sirocco onset.
An excerpt contrasts inevitable death with yearly deaths and urges Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a restorative that purifies blood and strengthens the body. It notes railways consume much iron, with 10,000,000 car wheels needed in the United States and over 2,000,000 tons of iron.
The Boston Post notes Iv is frugal and constantly in need of a chest protector. The playful observer frames Iv as a greedy figure facing ongoing gear shortages.
Prepared only by C I Hood and Co Apothecaries Lowell Mass and sold by all druggists. One dollar six for five deal promoted by the Lowell based firm.
A public notice promotes Rough on Rats as a powder to mix with grease and apply in sinks and drains to deter bedbugs and water bugs in ranches or homes. It instructs users to sprinkle the product as a preventive and cleansing measure.
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