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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1884
Page
3
Advert appears to tout Sloan's Ramsa PakiLia as a universal remedy that can destroy scrofula germs and clear the blood. It cites testimonials from various ages to claim the product cures scrofula and purports to eradicate the condition.
Telegraph dispatches from Cairo and Dongola report General Gordon's letters stating 500 of El Mahdi's regulars deserted while remaining troops suffer sickness. Gordon refuses surrender, taunting the Mahdi to draw the Nile. Wolseley urges troops to Khartoum as Gordon’s fate nears. Other items note Congo trade talks, Reichstag debates, Stanley’s banquet praise, and Boers seeking German protection in Zululand.
A historic account describes polygamous households with multiple wives in Salt Lake City and rural settings. Large shared houses host wives in suites, each managing gardens and bees while the husband acts as agent for crops and honey. One senior wife retires outside the city. the bachelor husband rotates visits among spouses on a regular schedule.
Local ad extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, claiming rapid relief from crying, dysentery, diarrhea, and stomach issues. It touts a pleasant taste and says it is a prescription of an elderly nurse and physician, sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
A look at how second hand booksellers shape private and public libraries. Collectors seek rare volumes through firms with global networks, facing fierce competition when scarce works appear at auction. Mood shifts between admiration and derision as bids rise among wealthy rivals.
An advertisement touts DLosanko's Pile Remedy from Fire Dr. Bosunko Medicine Co. in Piqua Ohio. It claims direct action on affected parts relieving itching and eliminating tamora while offering a permanent cure for blind, bleeding or itching piles. Also notes many pickerel speared on Chautauqua Lake despite a legal ban on take.
Marshall Michigan firm offers Electro Voltatic Belt and electric appliances on thirty day trial for nervous disorders and general debility. Complete restoration guaranteed with no risk. Also notes four Olean boys caught stealing, parents paying $20 and costs.
A testimonial from a resident praising Dr Fenner of Fredonia for Blood Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic. The writer reports years of nervous agitation and dyspepsia, crediting two bottles with complete restoration and calling the remedy the greatest of the age.
Late news items report Jack Dempsey knocking out Mike Mallon in two rounds in Philadelphia Sunday morning. Other notes include $1,000+ raised for Hocking Valley miners by New York Central Labor Union donations, Major Bush dies in Somerville at 57, and a Copenhagen congress panel naming 1887 Washington session officers.
Frank Saunders, inventor of the parlor rowing machine, shot himself in the room with his wife's remains in Plainfield New Jersey. Mrs. Saunders died Sunday from chloral overdose, leaving Saunders insane and intent on ending his life yesterday. They had been staying with Mrs. Saunders's father George F. Thomas for Thanksgiving. In Raleigh North Carolina a separate incident: residents seek Joe Hernant a negro accused of arson after fires in Nash Edgecomb and Johnston counties. Hernant is pursued after stealing a horse and has prior arson convictions.
A compact, period-voice summary noting free samples of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup at H P Monroe's Drug Store, plus other ads for health products, lecture by Ingersoll in Lockport, and local notices including a Wells Health Renewer pitch and a milk adulteration case. The fragment also mentions Shilobta products and a change in Erie register station status.
Letter from C A Tracy requests two bottles of Blood and Nerve Remedy for his wife claiming wide success. Advertisement touts cleansing of blood lungs stomach and bowels with relief for biliousness headaches skin eruptions and nervous disorders plus Dr Fenner’s Kidney and Back Ache Cure for kidney and urinary diseases. States remedy widely used worldwide and to buy via H P Monroe Dunkirk.
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