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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1888
Page
8
A newspaper office outfitted its reporters with makeshift weapons as a dare of aggressive journalism. Jim Johnston, a tall calm figure, presided over a wall display of daggers pistols clubs and other items dubbed the arsenal behind his desk.
A fiery red headed man bursts into the city desk demanding corrections to a report about John Jones. The editor coolly parries with a suggestion to apply for edits, while Jim Johnston quietly appears as the author of the contentious piece. The intruder flees after a tense, silence filled exchange.
After years of work, a Japanese inventor has perfected a lacquer for ship hulls. It is costly but lasts three years, forms a fine polished surface that resists barnacles and weeds and reduces friction, potentially increasing vessel speed.
It is estimated that about one half of all drugs imported into the United States are used in manufacturing patent medicines.
A nostalgic look at native healing traditions and herbal remedies from the past. The text champions vegetable preparations like Log Cabin sarsaparilla and cough remedies, arguing for a return to nature over mineral medicines and modern drugs. It notes several Log Cabin products and praises grandmammas’ wholesome cures. A short humor piece follows about Alexander the Great and a Gordian Knot misinterpretation.
A Victorian craft note describes bending and tying old hoop coverings into a basket shape with wrapping-twine, leaving short twine ends. The basket is coated in beeswax melted with Japanese vermilion until fully colored, yielding decorative result.
A historical health column touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal cure for malaria forms and bilious attacks, plus claims for constipation, dyspepsia, rheumatism, debility, and kidney issues. It endorses Kemp's Balsam for throat and lungs and notes the New England Milk Trust has failed. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is praised for delicate children and scrofula, with a physician testimonial.
Moxie marketed as a miracle beverage claims to restore energy in two years, giving nervous overworked women stamina in days, curb cravings for liquor and tobacco, and recover paralysis in some patients as a food remedy.
Parental guidance on infant health links smallpox containment to family care. The article promotes Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites as a remedy for lung and throat illness marasmus rickets and general debility. It touts tolerable flavor and strong assimilation aiding feeble children and the elderly.
After years of catarrh suffering a clergyman finally finds a remedy that cured him and saved his life. Send a self addressed stamped envelope to Prof. J A Lawrence 88 Warren Street New York City to receive the recipe free of charge.
A New York reader describes severe back pain from lumbago, relief after applying two Allcock's Porous Plasters, with pain subsiding in half an hour and full recovery over a week. The note also mentions electric lighting on London omnibuses and Lyon's Heel Stiffeners for boots.
Purporting to purify blood and restore health Hood's Sarsaparilla claims to cure scrofula salt rheum dyspepsia and fatigue. Testimonials from H D Anport of Warren New Hampshire and G W Rose of Pottsville Pennsylvania praise its long term use and health benefits.
Advertising copy announcing a druggist sale for Hood and Co Apothecaries of Lowell Massachusetts. It touts a one dollar price per bottle and six for five dollars for a 100 dose quantity.
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