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Newspaper
Fort Smith Elevator
Location
Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1885
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text unclear about events or entities. Reads nonsensical phrases with possible references to money and authorization but no coherent facts or named individuals. Unable to determine a concrete news item from the readable text.
A fragmented ad-like passage warns against mercury and iodide of potassium harming the stomach and bones. It claims a complete antidote to poison, promises relief from skin and bone diseases, and invites readers to obtain a copy from Sprciurie Co Drawer 4.
A reader letter and editor debate the extent of drinking in New York, citing bar receipts and daily drink counts. The piece notes bartenders report many customers drink two or more daily, mentions tobacco use, and lists several public figures quoted for smoking habits.
The note mentions Whinth ail and BWebis with unclear references and dates. It records a brief item about a possible event or issue using scattered names, leaving key details uncertain.
A boy Ted Marlow struggles to craft a Washington birthday-themed composition for school. He wrestles with lofty phrases, scratches lines, and ends up delivering a muddled effort while his sister Dora and brother Fabian observe the family scene and the terrier performs.
A Spartanburg reader reports six bottles of Swift's Specific cured a six year poison oak illness and restored perfect health. Davin Nestrr signs the testimonial dated March 13, 1884.
A Columbus Georgia man reports thirty eight years of spring and summer poison oak suffering ended after taking six bottles of Swift's Specific S S S five years ago. He notes three summers without recurrence and credits the remedy.
A patient describes lasting illness from blood poisoning and mercurial rheumatism after spending $500 on treatments with little benefit. The account mentions Swift's Specific as a quoted remedy in a historical medical narrative.
In Fort Smith Arkansas a wife, driven by jealousy, confronted Katy's suitor in the kitchen after catching her husband kissing him. She struck a match and faced the man, while the husband notes his wife has become unusually loving since their early marriage, leaving readers with a moral.
A young man once at Athens vowed to wash his wife when poverty hit. since marriage he has not prospered, leaving him to scrub clothes himself while struggling with finances as readers note the old remedy Mustang Liniment remains popular amid lean years.
A farcical collage of jokes notices and witticisms from a historical page. It parodies court chatter fashion irony and ads with lines about doctors dressings burials and family banter reflecting a playful fragment of everyday life. It mentions Philadelphia advertising clerks judges and a Boston transcript tone.
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