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Newspaper

Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1883

Page

9

Partially Dead Man Recovers After Oil Remedy

Major B S White of Baltimore says he was a partially dead man for ten years due to enlarged glands. After taking medicine with no relief and rubbing his spine with St Jacobs Oil his knots and stiffness vanished and he regained his health.

The Morning Herald Baltimore B. S. White St. Jacobs Brown

Postmistress in Ohio Resigns to Get Married

Ohio postmistress resigns from office to marry. She will still oversee mail for the male, according to the Chicago Inter Ocean.

Ohio Chicago Inter Ocean

Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets Introduced

The piece notes rapid shift from drastic pills to Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets. Sugar coated and small enough to resemble mustard seeds the pellets use concentrated vegetable extracts. Druggists advertise their availability as a modern laxative option.

Dr. Pierce

Brer Created in Egypt 400 Years B C Not Before Pyramids

The Pittsburgh Telegraph notes Brer originated in Egypt around 400 years before Christ but did not influence other nations with pyramid building until later periods.

Egypt B. C Pittsburgh Telegraph

Relief From Catarrh With Ely's Cream Balm

W A Downs reports severe head and throat ache during extreme cold at Mt Pleasant Academy Sing Sing. After using Ely s Cream Balm once, pain subsided within an hour and a few days later he was entirely cured by the treatment.

Frou Mayor Downs Mt. Pleasant Academy Sing Sing N. Y Ely W. A. Downs

Iron as Irony Ruling Metal in Witty Quote

A judge notes iron as the most ironical metal, remarking its frequent use as a railing. The quip frames iron as both material and metaphor in a concise witticism.

May Queens and cures from Dr Pierce in 1900s ad copy

The article promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female disorders and other ailments. It notes a May Queen motif and mentions boys in rattan and yellow fashion. It also urges use of Golden Medical Discovery for scrofulous symptoms and general debility sold by druggists.

Texingsen Dr. Pierce R. ¥. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Hop Plaster Co Boston Mass Sheridan Jonnson & CO

New York Ladies Take Lessons in Fencing

New York women enroll in fencing lessons aiming to sharpen skills and increase prowess, hoping to become more formidable in matches and demonstrations this season.

New York

Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer Promises Quick Hair Renewal

Advertisements tout Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer as a safe vegetable remedy that instantly ends dandruff, restores natural hair color, and promotes new growth without harming health. Warnings note other formulas contain sulfurs and heavy metals. product claimed to gloss faded hair brown in days. Morrison, Plummer & Co. and C N Crittenton listed as wholesale agents.

Morrison, Plummer & Co Chicago Ill C. N. Crittenton New York

Rochester doctor's letter prompts trust in Warner's Safe Cure

A Rochester physician Dr Henry Foster, 63 or 64, who runs Clifton Springs Sanitarium, endorses Warner's Safe Cure for kidney disease. He explains the need for proper formulation and cites prior studies by Dr Dio Lewis and others, asserting the remedy's efficacy and his own positive trial results.

Rochester Henry Foster A. C. Coxe Protestant Episcopal Buffalo Mathew Simpson Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal M. B. Anderson University of Rochester Clark A.B.C.F. M Boston Morning Democrat Chronicle Cuiirton Springs Sanitarium Co Clifton Springs N.Y Deak Sin Warner Eianer Warner Warner Observatory Foster Dio Lewis Robert A. Gunn Gallagher

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