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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1894
Page
8
An advertisement touts painless electrical treatments for numerous eye and body ailments claiming immediate results. It advertises private consultations, mentions cured cases from cataracts to ulcers, and urges referrals from Fairfield and surrounding areas with free consultations.
To the heirs at law and devisees of Elias Smith deceased and to all persons whom it may concern this notice informs interested parties of probate actions in Jefferson County Iowa with details limited to readable fragment and no further names or dates provided.
In Nottingham lectures Mr G H Chubb discusses ancient lock ideas. Egyptian wooden locks show features used in modern devices and China still uses a Roman style padlock. The Regnier puzzle padlock appears in the late 18th century, and the Chubb lock of 1818 introduced a detector to indicate tampering.
A skin disease specialist argues that non hereditary facial eruptions can be rapidly cured by a seasonal laxative diet. He warns against dessert fruit serving after the meal and favors early fruit courses with items like berries, tropical fruits, asparagus, cauliflower, onions, beets, and specific meats and stewed fruits.
A writer complains about guests who arrive after fixed times and jewels the remedy. Do not delay plans and instead proceed with seating. If lateness is deliberate, they miss the chance to inconvenience others and may not return.
A New York clubman falls for a country widow and visits her for dinner. He hopes to impress with a grand meal but is served cold ham jelly tea and lemonade. He leaves, and when asked how to join New York society he quips by not serving lemonade, then hurries to the station.
The article notes that from the late 14th century waxen effigies were carried with or before royal coffins. Henry V’s effigy started this tradition, with Westminster Abbey housing earlier figures. The costly display excluded the poor, Cromwell’s wax figure lay in state during embalming, and the practice faded after the Restoration.
Case notes report H Clifford of New Cassel Wisconsin relieved of neuralgia rheumatism and stomach and liver distress after three bottles of Electric Bitters. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Indiana cured of an eight year leg sore after Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. John Speaker of Catauba Ohio healed of five fever sores with one bottle Electric Bitters and Arnica Salve. An anecdote mentions Colonel Kain tuck and Mrs Greenleigh on Venice water humor.
An assortment of patent medicines and quack cures are pitched for rheumatism scrofula and blood disorders. Hood sarsaparilla Hood s pills English spavin liniment Beggs blood purifier and makers are advertised with testimonials and prices from local druggists.
An ad touts a salve pledging cure for cuts burns ulcers and skin eruptions with a 25 cent per box price and money back guarantee. A cartoon dialogue mocks charity and the loaves and fishes with a child’s quip about boarders and pie.
Classic ad jingle traces Castoria through years from baby to child to mother. The nostalgic line emphasizes trust in the Castoria remedy for prior generations and their offspring.
In a boastful claim T. Fr Anthony, ex postmaster of Promise City Iowa, says one bottle of Mystic Cure relieved his rheumatoid pain. The ad notes it is sold by D G Higley in Fairfield and claims two doses did more good than all prior medicines. A separate pill on Karl's Clover Root promises purification of blood and clearer complexion at 25 50 or 1.00 per bottle sold by Bradshaw Thoma.
A London Sketch piece narrates dramatic cabby encounters over exact fares. The cabman feigns genial trust and watches the passenger’s coin, then rejects a shilling as unclean and demands more. He expects generosity but leaves offended and driving away in disdain.
A Vogue anecdote recalls a novelist adding a mesalliance to spark a story. A Manayunk man’s clever mouse toy triggers a chaotic dinner scene with cat, dog, and a drunken husband. Paddington burns 30 000 tons of garbage yearly to light streets and power homes.
The Great Christmas Number features lead writers stories humor and timely essays. It includes Phillips Brooks sermon seven complete stories full page engravings a new General Grant illustration and letters from Edwin Booth. Subscriptions cost four dollars yearly with payment options via check draft money order or registered cash. Address.
A celebration of traditional storytelling full of life and action. It honors tales that seize attention immediately and hold it through to the end, beyond analytic aims or stylistic mosaics.
The publication has expanded and now spans roughly 200 pages per issue. Edited by Kate Upson Clark, it appears monthly between the 15th and 20th and features 15 to 20 stories, original and chosen from literature. Contributors cited include Kipling Tolstoi Miss Wilkins Daudet Mrs Burnett Conan Doyle and others.
It proclaims itself the biggest story magazine in the world and the cheapest. Subscription price is $2.50 per year, with the Christmas number free to subscribers for 1894. A sample copy can be obtained for 10 cents.
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