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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1882
Page
8
A Rochester, New York, chronicler recounts a severe undiagnosed disease that tormented a patient for years. Despite misdiagnosis and repeated treatments, the sufferer found relief only after an unorthodox remedy, transforming his order of agony and offering hope to others fearing a similar fate.
Rochester physician J B Henson declares Bright’s Disease a major killer and urges early diagnosis. He recounts his own recovery after using Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and plans to lecture at the Corinthian Academy of Music to expose symptoms and dangers.
A practical guide favors window boxes over individual pots to save space. It describes box materials, soil mix, trellises, and training vines like wax plants and ivy for a decorative, low maintenance indoor garden. It notes care, air, and dust, plus reference to Agua Mansa bell metalcraft and a $100 community effort.
A humorous exchange features a humanitarian remarking on a tramp’s water aversion. The tramp defends himself, saying the aversion is accidental, not constitutional, and cites a past mishap of two songs drowned in water as the joke’s punchline.
A London expert, Prof. R. P. Spice, visited New York and shared views on Chicago trade and gambling, Mormon immigration, San Francisco paving, British and American farming, and the electric light versus gas. He warned San Francisco streets and New York paving need reform and doubted electric light for interiors, urging greater gas usage.
A young woman in Utica enchants onlookers with a large mushroom hat, then swaps to a tasteful vasinetor style, earning applause as others rule on etiquette. Other items note a Ghent farmer’s scare with his son in a scarf, the Youmans monument to two horses, Boston’s state house restoration plans, and a Scot's quip about calomel dosing for a fatherless child.
A German cantatrice is asked how she liked a duet after a concert. She explains the piece was written by her late husband and that her new husband is her present partner. The gentleman jokes about the choice and the surprising connection.
A New Haven girl studies for the operatic stage and practices daily in the carriage house. Two hired men drive her about in a coupe while she perfects a sweet look and graceful attitude for public admiration. After mastering this, she plans to take on a few legions in singing.
A Rochester company prints facsimile signatures from Moline Illinois dated July 14 1881 praising the Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. The testimonial asserts personal use by a husband and wife, stating the remedy improved longstanding kidney trouble and liver regulation and endorses it as the best medicine they ever used.
A letter from a Moline mayor in Chicago dated May 30 1881 praises H H Warner Co Rochester NY for the Safe Kidney and Liver Cure saying it freed the writer from years of kidney pain after prior medical failure and a single remedy brought relief for the writer and family physician.
Thousands of endorsements praise Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for kidney liver and urinary diseases urging readers not to delay seeking help. A Brooklyn apartment house for forty families cost $500000 with annual running cost $10000 and expected rent $55000. The London Telegraph editor bought the Duke of Westminster's castle for $1000000.
An advertisement touts Dr William’s Indian Ointment as a cure for pile conditions including itching and ulceration. It claims rapid relief after application, prevention of further harm from other remedies, and endorsements from J M Coffinberry of Cleveland. Sold by Henry & Co Cleveland for $1.00.
The Tribune vows to maintain high standards and broad outreach in 1882, highlighting its wide circulation and progressive stance. It markets premium sets, including the Library of Universal Knowledge and Dickens complete works, with pricing and installment terms for subscribers.
The Great Bible Concordance markets revised Webster's or Worcester's Quarto Unabridged Dictionaries with weekly and semi weekly Tribune subscriptions priced at 12 dollars for five years and 17 dollars for semi weekly tenure.
The Tribune promotes life size 22 by 28 inch portraits of James A. Garfield and his wife available to subscribers. Ten cents covers packing and postage for one portrait, or twenty cents for both. The engravings are described as excellent facsimiles suitable for display in homes or offices.
The Weekly Tribune rates include single copy prices and club options with bulk discounts. The Daily Tribune with Sunday edition lists annual and quarterly terms, release of Sunday edition pricing, and a call for agents at post offices nationwide. Remittances via registered letter, post office order, or draft on New York. address The Tribune, New York.
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