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Newspaper

Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1888

Page

8

Spring Debility Cure Promoted By Dr Greene’s Nervura

An advertisement urges spring as a cure season for nervous debility and malaise. It touts Dr Greene’s Nervura Nerve tonic as a vegetable remedy that strengthens nerves, improves sleep, boosts appetite, relieves indigestion and biliousness, and treats various nervous and chronic ailments. Dr. Greene offers free consultation at 35 West Fourteenth Street, New York, with bottles priced at $1.

Dr. Greene West Fourteenth Street New York

Spectral Jack Train Haunts Lonely Mountain Trail

A narrator recalls a twelve year old tale of old man Cearnall, a jack train proprietor bringing provisions to a mining camp before railroads. On a winter night a ghostly procession of twenty three glowing jack trains appeared along the Leadville trail, vanishing as the voyage ended.

Cearnall Alma Leadville

How He Got Fat

A cartoonish exchange has a young Arizona editor bragging about gaining twenty eight pounds since leaving college. His classmate notes he looks thinner, and the editor adds he carries twenty eight pounds of buckshot and slugs, joking he may weigh a ton before the Fourth of July.

Arizona

Man Declines To Canvas Newspaper From Isolated County

A Texas man refuses to canvass for a city newspaper due to living seventy five miles from the nearest post office and occupying the only house in his county.

Texas New York Tribune

Which Was It Bacon or Shakspeare

Literary controversy over authorship contrasts with practical health concerns. The piece touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for depleted systems, nervousness, indigestion, constipation, bilious skin, rheumatism, and kidney inactivity, claiming it strengthens against malaria.

Bacon Shakspeare

Lack of Courtesy and nagging harm家庭 peace

A harsh critique on petty speech and persistent nagging destroying home peace. It notes couples and children mimic irritations and encourages self control, plus a promotional mention of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a laxative remedy.

Public School Tariff Debate Draws Crank To Pubic Schools

A crank in Washington advocates teaching tariffs in public schools by compulsion. Sage’s Remedy proclaims a nasal catarrh cure. A solemn bore’s image stares back from a mirror as a serious reflection.

Washington Texas Dr. Sage

Mrs Morgan Praises Rheumatic Syrup Cure

Mrs Morgan of Manchester Michigan recounts how Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup cured her rheumatism and dizziness after a leg paralysis. She credits improved blood health appetite and sleep and urges the doctor to recommend it as a family medicine. The notice also mentions Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites as a palatable tonic for consumption scrofula bronchitis and wasting diseases. A Blizzard goes through the clearing house without any difficulty.

Chicago McDermott 15Th St W. C. Hamill Toronto Ont Monarch Laundry Works Wabash Ave Piper New York Manchester Mich Hibbard Thomas Morgan Scott

Seven Cheap Excursions to the West on Rock Island Route

Rail promotion invites travel from Chicago to Kansas Nebraska Northwestern Iowa Minnesota and Dakota with round trip fare and 30 day return. Tickets via Rock Island and Pacific lines, dates March through June with direct contact for rates. Also small ads tout Rough on Rats and related cures with nominal prices.

Great Rock Island Kansas Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Dakota Chicago OnicaGo Rock Island PaciFic Hailway E. A Holbrook G T P. A Ill

Was America Ever Discovered

A satirical reflection on Columbus and belief in New World discovery, contrasting shifting opinions with pet theories. Mentions remedies like Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Brown’s Bronchial Troches, plus ads for a skin ointment and the phrase “ROUGH ON ITCH.”

Columbus Europe America Pierce

Quack Remedies and Health Claims Reach Readers

An editor is urged to inform readers of a claimed disease remedy by A Slocum M C offering free bottles to consump tion sufferers. The page also advertises Rough on Piles, Bucha Paiba, Wells health products, a Percy's gun ad, Leaurelle Oil and Wells hair balsam with prices and locations in Jersey City.

P. O A. Slocum M. C Pearl St N. Y Wells Jersey City N.J Wisconsin Lanas Milwaukee Wis

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