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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1878
Page
6
A collage of vignettes includes a dentist’s office misfit, a chattering crowd debating wise men and medicine, a girl asking about an elderly grandpa, and children test boundaries at home. Anecdotes touch on wisdom, discipline, and Irish piety with light humor and social observation.
A whimsical listing of absurd phrases and antiquated images such as a fence from a scolding wife a plate of butter from the cream of oke and a bucket of water from Alls well. The text evokes playful metaphorical objects and surreal pairings from an old newspaper page.
An advertisement from The Centaur Company of New York promotes a product called Centaur Linkment claiming benefits from science mythology and witnesses. The copy touts three sizes priced at 5, 50 cents, and a shear bottle, with agents in New York and a address at 46 Dey St.
An advertisement describes Castoria prepared after Dr Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Mass as a non narcotic plant based substitute for Castoria. It claims to ease wind colic stomach ache teething and sleep loss in babies and children without griping or narcotics and to aid digestion and rest. Bottles priced at 85 cents and available from druggists.
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