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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1892
Page
5
John Glass and a companion were charged by a grizzly in a cherry thicket. Glass fought the bear beside a carcass, was believed dead, and later regained consciousness after weeks. He crawled eighty miles to a fort aboard a bear carcass and reclaimed his horse.
An Exchange editorial notes wave after wave of fads sweeping the nation. Pedestrian skating roller and bicycle manias rise and fade, leaving spectacle and broken bones in their wake as Americans chase the latest craze.
In Cherokee folklore a physician identifies the rabbit as the disease source and calls a rabbit hawk to drive it out. If remnants remain, a whirl wind is summoned to carry the remnant away to the uplands so it shall not return.
The report notes 963 miles of tramways in Great Britain with 4 067 cars and animal traction favored. In 1891 about 9 000 horses, 579 steam locomotives, and 565 000 000 passengers were carried, yielding receipts of 16 451 000 dollars. The tramway value is about 70 000 000 dollars and New York roads are valued at 78 000 000 dollars.
An anti alcohol broadside extols Golden Specific as a disease cure for drunkenness, claims thousands cured worldwide, and markets it as a home remedy priced at 3.00. Also notes railroad excursion sales and travel agents promoting trips in the Midwest and West.
An Auburn reader describes a heart issue cured by Dr Miles New Heart Cure after seeking multiple doctors. The notice promotes a free booklet at Bradshaw and Whema’s drug store detailing heart and nerve diseases and cures. A brief political jab notes only ten southern generals remain in the Senate, highlighting Mississippi’s Walthall as tall and slender with black hair.
Have you read how Mr W D Wentz of Geneva New York was cured of the severest form of dyspepsia He says everything he ate seemed like pouring melted lead into his spinach Hood’s Sarsaparilla effected a perfect cure Full particulars will be sent if you write C I Hook Co Lowell Mass The highest praise has been won by Hood’s Pills for their easy yet effective action.
A Chicago man claimed to be the last male descendant of a Scotch poet, while a county gentleman praises De Witt's Little Early Risers for constipation dyspepsia and liver issues. Cough relief is offered by One Minute Cough Cure sold by Geo D Clarke.
A Des Moines based marketing pitch hawks Hansen's Radical Cough Cure with a money back guarantee. It claims to treat headaches neuralgia nervousness sleeplessness feverishness and debility and offers a post paid package for 25 cents. It lists multiple locations and testimonials while asserting prevention and cure for consumption in early stages.
Colonel Amos A. Parker of Fitzwilliam New Hampshire long noted as a Vermont 1818 graduate remains in vigorous health at nearly 101. He has spent seventy nine years as a member of the New York bar.
A brisk page combines patent remedy ads with brief biographical and political notes. George D. Clarke sells medicines for dyspepsia and piles and promotes Shiloh's Cure for croup and bronchitis. Charles Frederick Crisp, ex Confederate prisoner and U S congressman from Georgia, is renominated.
The Rock Island lines advertise extensive service from Chicago to Denver Salt Lake City Ogden and San Francisco with connections via St Joseph Kansas City and Council Bluffs. Trains offer first class coaches free reclining chairs palace sleepers and dining car service with through routes to Pacific ports and northern cities.
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