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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1890
Page
3
A satirical note mocks self supporting asylums and jokes about wisecracks from New York Weekly. The piece touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a travel aid to prevent seasickness biliousness and dyspepsia and to improve appetite aboard ships trains and hotels.
An anonymous reminiscence recalls Castoria as a pediatric remedy used from infancy through adulthood. The speaker notes Castoria accompanied a daughter named Raby from sickness to motherhood, highlighting its long familial association and repeated use.
Advertisements tout Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites as the rapid cure for Rickets, Marasmus, and other wasting diseases in children. Claims include marked improvements and anecdotes from physicians. Also mentions deafness caused by catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money offer. ends with a cynical quip about mean men.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle remedy to cleanse the system, relieve headaches and fevers, and permanently cure habitual constipation. It claims to awaken kidneys and liver without irritation and hints at the writer’s creed about the poorest hand having the most to give.
The ad touts Dr Bull s Sarsaparilla as a safe antidote to blood poison and eruptive diseases, claiming syphilitic and scrofulous symptoms disappear and health improves. It also promotes Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription for women and Dr Pierce s Pills for stomach liver and bowels. A Boston woman favors rare roast beef.
The Oak Cliff Female University project in Dallas has received over $100 000 in donations and subscriptions toward capital stock. The $400 000 campus will be built near a 60 acre park with tennis grounds and promenades, with stock certificates usable for tuition. Notable organizers include Bryan T. Barry J B Simpson E Patton A Sanger J Griffith and others. Amelia Glover, known from The City Directory, is noted as a sister of Mrs. feary B Dicey.
At a Lima party hosted by Judge C. M. Hughes, Becky Wiley read fortunes by palmistry. She predicted Brice would be a millionaire within ten years, a jest that proved true in less than eight years. Brice bought her a diamond ring and a European tour as thanks and gifts. A second guest was warned of a year in prison, a forecast later verified.
A dentist notes that regular chewing of hard foods strengthens teeth and wards off decay, while soft diets and neglect weaken enamel. He urges giving children hard textures early, cites tobacco chewing as harmful, and mentions Southern African American teeth improving with lifelong hard food use.
The New York Tribune notes Colombia's poor road system and interior travel hardships. It describes scarce coast to interior links, routes as bridle paths, and travelers needing saddles, mules, cargo packs, bedding, and provisions. Accommodations outside major cities are downbeat with filthy hovels and animal companions.
A naval couple journeys by small boat where a man shows his bottle of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup while a woman offers Salvation Oil. The dialogue muses on whether retired officers rely on personal dignity and companionship to ease cares.
Readers share relief from blood impurity and disordered systems claiming Botanic Blood Balm restored strength. G W Chandler of Red Fork Ark and H B Randolph of Brunswick Ga describe severe weakness improving after using the remedy and returning to full work capacity.
Congressional report praises Cheyenne as a wealthy, rapidly developing city with Union Pacific Railway shops costing $6,000,000 and 10,000 workers. Real estate offers favorable terms to builders, while urging quick purchases on select blocks. Also notes local ads and light entertainment quips.
A railroad car near the Missouri line carries 1,000,000 cigars from Grand Republic Cigar Factory for P. P. Martinez of Dallas. The shipment, valued at $700 freight, traveled from New York February 1 arriving in Dallas in six and a half days. The event boosts local wholesale trade and praises Martinez for securing the record shipment.
An 1890s style ad claims the Bradfield Regulator Co product reduces labor pain and danger to mother and child when used months before confinement. It directs readers to Atlanta Ga for details and notes sale by all druggists. The ad also makes a separate, unrelated remark about whiskey affecting men's talents.
Advertises Dr Pierce medicines including Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription with a money back guarantee after a fair trial. Claims worldwide popularity, blanket guarantee, and association with the World’s Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo New York. Mentions cures for blood and skin diseases and women’s ailments.
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