Syrup of Figs Promises Health Through Gentle Laxative Action
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and dispels ailments like colds headaches and fevers. It claims health benefits without weakening organs and notes it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold by druggists in 80c and 1 bottles.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Mone Sale
Exery Kage
Bradfield
J. M. Jomeon
Malvern
Ark
Brophecy Recreator
Remedy for Humor and Scrofula in Boston Area
A claim describes a universal remedy for humor disorders including scrofula and pimples. It cites over eleven hundred cases with only two failures and notes certificates from within twenty miles of Boston. The dosage is one tablespoonful in water at bedtime, with no diet change required, and an invitation to read the label and request a book.
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Boston
Wrecks, fires and crimes hit Indiana towns
The Lake steamer Meeks wrecked near Michigan City causing 125000 dollars in losses. Fires burned John L Moore and O M Gardner stores at Mellet with 6000 dollar loss. Multiple deaths and accidents reported across counties include ABE WISHARD at Bono suicide, Peter Ellis and wife near Union City, George Webb killed at Wabash, Mark Gage drowning at Marion, and Lee Smith injured near Corydon. Burglars struck Lebanon stores, Logansport saloons face closures, and a frozen body found near Goshen. Fire destroyed Marion glass works, Pendleton glass works burned, and a large tile company began in Anderson. The South Bend bank robbery impact cited and new industrial plants announced in Elwood and Lafayette area.
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Meeks
Michigan City
John L. Moore
O. M. Gardner
Mellett
Lake County
Abe Wishard
Bono
Peter Ellis
Union City
George Webb
Wabash Road
Wabash
Mark Gage
Mississineway
Marion
Lee Smith
Corydon
George Fry
Logansport
Butner & Wilson's
Hutchiner& Foster's
Lebanon
I’hares
A. D. Dunbar
Goshen
Dunbar
South Bend
County Asylum
Western
Pendleton
Lavey
Indianapolis
Columbia
Anderson
United States
Cy. Myers
Pennsylvania
South Bend National Bank
Packard
Plymouth
Myron Campbell
Abundant Rice Birds Draw Crowds Back of Charlestown
The Charlestown News notes swarms of rice birds in the dikes and marshes behind the city. Birds are caught by dip nets. one marksman reportedly felled 180 with two shots. A few parties profit by selling birds at 25 cents a dozen in town.
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Charlestown
Cricket Farm Prospers From Superstition Trade in Rochester
Mrs. Colin Campbell runs a cricket farm in Rochester selling field crickets to superstitious buyers who believe luck comes from the insects. Once well off in New York with about 440,000, a sickness and a fire left the family near poverty. A Charleston elderly seller once made money from spider pills used as fever remedies. Charleston News.
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Colin Campbell
Rochester
N. Y
Campbelle
New York
Charleston
No Danger of a Salt Famine Computation
A Berg und Huchtenmanische Zeitung calculation claims the world’s seas hold more salt than land. Seas cover 73 percent of the globe, about 9,260,000 square miles. With an assumed average depth of half a German mile, 3.4 million cubic miles of seawater contain roughly 5,000 cubic miles of pure salt.
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Berg Und Huchtenmanische Zeitung
Globe
Catarrh Cure Claim Promises One Hundred Dollar Reward
Readers learn of a claimed cure for catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure, said to be the only positive remedy. The advertisement asserts constitutional treatment and offers $100 for any case it cannot cure, listing F J Cheney & Co of Toledo as makers and a local druggist as distributor.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druggista
Wanted Bride With Means for Matrimony Raffle Match
A notice from Pfullendorfer Anzeiger seeks a young lady to match a bonnet won in a charity raffle. The ad specifies the match must have means of her own and asks interested parties to address a Lebens gluck heading to the paper’s office.
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Lebensgluck
Remedy for Cough Promoted in Medical Sale Notice
A medical notice touts Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant as a cure for cough and relief for the lungs throat and bronchial passages, claiming it remedies chest distress and breathing discomfort.
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D. Jayne
Fragmented Historic Ad Snippet on Cough Remedies and Fame
An old advertisement style passage touts Brown’s Bronchial Traches and Hatch’s Universal Cough Syrup as remedies for coughs and throat troubles. It blends proverbs on fame with claims of universal cures and a trial offer from Dr Kline in Philadelphia.
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Brown
Hatch
Comforter Gift Sparks Christmas Plan for Ned
In a holiday chat, Arabella reveals plans to receive a woolen comforter as a Christmas gift. Her mother asks what she will get and Arabella notes the item will be handy when Ned comes to take her to beggnning.
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Arabella
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