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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1879
Page
7
Fragmentary passage describes rituals around birth in India and a court scene. It mentions a mother’s rites to ward off demons, peculiar etiquette, and a judge examining a witness amid odd anecdotes about language and propriety.
A record of wedding notices lists the bride and groom connected to Stephenson County. The notice names Rev HH Cooley and Mr Faves as relatives, with Mr Joseph A Boynton involved in the ceremony.
A physician treats a grave rheumatism case on C street. A poor German shoemaker provides St Jacob’s Oil, the wife applies it and the patient recovers fully in two days. The doctor returns to find the patient transformed, now a new-made man. Peppermint noted as the royal perfume of the Sandwich Islands.
E. E. Brown of Macon relates a long diagnosis of kidney and bladder inflammation with night distress and heart palpitations. After twelve months of suffering he credits improved health and restored vigor to Constitution Water, noting rapid relief after starting the remedy and renewed ability to walk and travel. He urges others with similar ailments in the South to seek the medicine through their druggists.
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