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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1884
Page
3
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil offered for sale by Foster Milburn and Co, Buffalo N Y. Prices listed as 50 cents and one dollar. Bold claim of efficacy and wide distribution implied by druggist network.
The clamor of scores in lacrosse, boxing tours and legal twists fills the page. Notes on baseball profits across clubs, a Cincinnati court delaying Palmer’s execution, tenement health hearings in New York, rail accidents, and a string of international dispatches from Canada to Brazil round out a broad, rapid-fire digest of regional and world events.
An old well known resident recounts a summer Cassadaga Camp meeting investigation into Spiritualistic Slate writing. He questions the handwriting, records four communications claimed from the dead, and accuses medium Mansfield of fraud after exposing living people as participants.
An ad fragment lists Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy promising absorption of tumors and permanent relief from itching, with a 46 cent price. It cites The Dh. Gosanho Medicine Co Piqua and local sellers, followed by assorted ads for health tonics and remedies including Rough on Toothache and Well's Health Renewer, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page full of patent medicines.
A letter from A J Gifford, Master Mechanic of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, extols Kennedy's Favorite Remedy after a prolonged illness. He credits the medicine with restoring health from stomach and liver ailments and urges others to consider its benefits despite initial reluctance toward patent medicines.
A reader from Fredonia N Y praises Dr Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic for relief from Iliousnesa Nervous Irritation and Dyspepeia after two bottles. Another testimonial mentions kidney and back ache cures and general blood cleansing benefits. For sale by H Z Monroe in Dunkirk.
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