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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1883
Page
9
A twelve hundred year old Mikado era lamp described by Dr Christopher Dresser features a rat perched on a pole. Oil fills a saucer at mid height and, as it drains, oil is released from the rat’s mouth through a hollow peg mechanism controlled by air exposure.
Charles Imbleau, a survey party member in Northern Montana, was dismissed in the field with imperfect directions. He traveled with six biscuits and a pound of bacon, then was missing for three weeks before being found in a starving condition far from any settlement. He survived on grasshoppers prickly pears and young birds from nests.
Nicholas Owden and his son John of Crooked Creek Minnesota were suffocated in a cistern after a failed attempt to dry it. The son descended to relight a fire, the father lower to assist and both died in the confined space.
In the German Empire sixty manufactories produced 3,264,549 packs of under thirty six cards and 1,058,826 packs of over thirty six cards. Whist appears not the favorite game in Germany.
An insurance agent Pyle trips over a stile and finds quick relief from St Jacobs Oil. A lame old lady at Keyser finds advice from Doctor John Boyle and similarly benefits. A Pullman porter is reportedly tossed from a car by a passenger, noted as likely the biggest tip he ever received. The Philadelphia Bulletin advertises Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffeners and Wise’s Axle Grease as durable products.
Dear sir I have used your Favorite Prescription for female weakness and feel stronger after two days I have taken two thirds of a bottle and believe I am cured Mrs H C Lovett Watseka Illinois testifies to effectiveness of Dr Pierce Buffalo NY.
A Philadelphia News item mocks a garment worker’s toil with a rhythmic chant about ripping fabric and battling a faulty sewing machine. The snippet echoes labor frustrations and creative wordplay in an urban paper style.
Advertisement touts Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer as a safe vegetable formula that clears dandruff, restores gray hair to its natural color, and promotes new growth without harming health unlike preparations with sulfur or nitrate. It claims quick color change to glossy brown and lists Morrison Plummer & Co as wholesale agents in Chicago and C N Cairnenton in New York.
A reader reports ten-year hay fever relief with Ely's Cream Balm and notes its tested efficacy. A Toledo Blade blurb also recalls a clever slight of hand act where a man was snubbed by his girl at a performance, with a nod to local Broadway contact.
An advertising notice offers a large treatise on throat bronchial and lung diseases. Readers are urged to send two stamps to Wor Lp s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York to obtain the self treatment guide.
A brief note from the Doston Commercial Bulletin extols rubbing as a popular remedy for many complaints and praises Mother Swan's Worm Syrup as tasteless and effective for feverishness restlessness and worms.
Collage of product pitches and notices including Colden's liquid tonic Dyspedic, Chrolithion Collars, Rough on Rats, Dr. Pierce's Pellets, Ely's Cream Balm for hay fever, Brown's Iron Bitters, Wells' Rough on Corns, and various endorsements. Mentions horse D Arc, oil drilling opinions, and a social gathering, all in a fragmented ad-style page.
A. S. Merrill, an expressman from Brunswick Maine, describes two years of kidney and bladder inflammation causing back pain urinary retention nocturnal incontinence and fatigue. After doctors failed he used Hunt's Remedy on Dr Merry man's advice and reports complete recovery and renewed strength. He recommends the remedy to others with kidney complaints.
Mrs Harriet Batley of Putnam Connecticut writes on May 3 1883 she suffered kidney and liver disease for two years and could not lift a pound after using Hunt's Remedy she improved and regained strength calling it a Godsend she recommends it to neighbors and others in need of cure.
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