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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1888
Page
4
Keeper Henry Moest notes a reversal of natural tendencies in the Erie County Alms house. He cites male wards nurturing plants and vines with zeal while female wards destroy them, except in the mildest cottage classes where plants fare better.
An eclectic clipping promotes Salvation Oil as a universal pain cure with a twenty five cent price. It promotes Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup for children and mentions Brown’s Bronchial Traches for coughs. A steel gun novelty adds humor with a nickel slot gag. A produce broker Dumley quips about butter demand.
Manufacturers offer a in good faith treatment for catarrh that they cannot cure. The remedy is mild soothing and healing and claims to cure cold in the head catarrhal deafness and throat ailments at 50 cents by druggists. The note adds a leap year party remark about a young man accepting an invitation.
The article argues the liver is the main spring of the body and many diseases arise from a sluggish liver. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is promoted as restoring liver function and preventing illnesses. The piece closes with a quip about a poet lacking a purpose.
A clergyman overcome by catarrh after years of suffering discovers a remedy that cured him and saved him from death. Readers may obtain the recipe free by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 212 East 9th St., New York. The ad adds a quip that men are fools but warns against proving it.
A vintage ad excerpt contrasts harsh laxatives like Epsom salts and blue pills with Dr Pierce purgatives and Kline nerve restorer. It promises painless cleansing and nerve relief, claiming success after one day and offering a free trial bottle and a treatise. The text ends with a cynical line about appearances misrepresenting reality.
The notice promotes Swayne's Ointment as a cure for itching piles and other skin diseases claiming it stops itching bleeds heals ulcers and removes tumors. It lists Dr Swayne Son as Philadelphia proprietors and notes availability from druggists and by mail for 50 cents. It also advertises Veterinary Carbon salve for hoof and skin diseases in animals and Isaac Thompson eye water for sore eyes.
A letter to the editor promotes a cure for consumption claiming thousands cured by a timely remedy. The author, T A Slocum, M C., offers two free bottles to readers who mail express and P D addresses from 184 Pearl Street, New York.
A critique asserts that many infamous swindlers in America have hailed from church circles exposing a grave hypocrisy. It highlights modern bankers cashiers and speculators as especially treacherous, branding their presence within sanctuaries as sacrilege and infamy.
In Brooklyn on March 2 at the Tabernacle Rev. T DeWitt Talmage preached on financial dishonesty calling it the Age of Swindle. He attacked bank directors bankers and trustees for frauds and urged living within means and avoiding speculation with others funds. He cited trust fund misappropriation and warned that true religion must align with honest business practices.
A speaker urges diligence and honesty in business, warning that unethical acts grow like an acorn crop. He comforts the suffering in financial straits, notes life’s pressures, and imagines a future of relief and peace after enduring trials. Reference to Cape Farewell and Thank God Harbor frames a hopeful voyage ending in rest.
A Brooklyn conductor recounts a recurring passerby who asked to ride free claiming forgotten pockets. She later paid with a glittering coin that seemed generous but proved to be counterfeit after the conductor counted his change at the depot.
An informative guide from Elizabeth R Leovil on bedside baths for invalids. It describes foot baths in bed foot warmers and blankets, preparation of hot water, and replenishment during use. It details sulphur and vapour baths including quantities temperatures wrapping and postcare to aid rheumatic conditions and colds.
A Neliona Review critique discusses slang as applying ill fitting illustrations to things and the casual use of technical terms. It cites examples like awfully jolly and bonny, and questions phrases such as most luxurant and it goes well versus it is a good goer.
The Union Square theater and Morto house in New York will be fully rebuilt by the owners led by Courtland Palmer’s chef. The project is expected to cost about 100000 and should be completed within a few weeks.
A San Francisco Examiner writer recounts Bengal tiger hunts by natives using large crowds, a strong net, and spears to drive tigers toward fighters. He notes government bounties, tiger skins selling for modest sums, and dangers to hunters including misjudging a tiger’s turning pose.
Mrs. L. C. Axtell urges patience and kindness in managing farm help to avoid overwork and family disruption. She cautions against harsh judgments, gossip, and withholding employment, arguing care and courtesy sustain steady labor and home stability.
Residents discuss a strange tale about Doc Benedict reportedly jumping an artesian well near the cemetery. He allegedly plans to cut it into postholes to sell to people who want to jump, a scheme met with disbelief.
An 1888 advertisement touts Warner's Log Cabin Cough and Consumption remedy as a system cleanser that targets the constitutional cause of coughing and lung decay. It cites portraits of patrons, mocks microbes, and claims superiority over other treatments, urging prompt use to avert March’s fatal toll. The piece quotes J. W. Henson of Greensboro, Pa.
Mrs. Maury Edna Hill Gray Dow becomes president and controlling stockholder of the Dover New Hampshire railroad, the first woman to hold such a role. A graduate, former teacher, and real estate success, she faces a flood of mail after her election.
On March 20, April 3 and 24, May 5 and 22, and June 5 1888 the Burlington Route C B Q R R runs special land excursions from Chicago Peoria St Louis to Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Dakota and to Colorado east of Akron and Sterling on B M ER R and Sterling on U P Ry at greatly reduced rates. Tickets good 30 days to Nebraska Kansas Colorado Minnesota Dakota and 60 days to all other listed states. Liberal stopovers beyond terminal points. Paul Morton, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, C B Q R R, Chicago.
A politician seeks advice from a sage to secure a gubernatorial nomination. The sage counsels to publish a false decline to run. Weeks later the politician laments being nominated anyway, while the sage notes the first time a politician is credited with honesty.
A mix of letters and notes from 1887 mentions Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and plasters aiding a Grand Rapids reader. Letters praise Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money promise for uncured cases. References to Texas gas finds and Ida Wallace's modest Moxie Nerve Food endorsement appear alongside athletic achievement and fashion claims.
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