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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1893
Page
3
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving comfort and well being. It claims to cleanse kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them, cures constipation, and dispels colds headaches and fevers. Sold by druggists in 50c and $1 bottles, manufactured by California Fig Syrup Co.
J. D. Cox of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, reports five months of dyspepsia with fullness after meals and heaviness. After two weeks using August Flower while employed by Thomas McHenry, Druggist, he recovered, regained appetite, and gained twenty pounds.
A reflective verse fragment reflecting on death and the inevitability of dying in time. The speaker notes friends passing away and contemplates becoming the dead, with imagined final reactions from loved ones as sorrow turns to coping. Boston Transcript.
An aging moneylender, Mr. Lester, tests Arthur Drayton’s love for Juliet Lester. He demands wealth protection and a ruthless, transformed character, promising marriage only if the suitor undergoes an “apprenticeship” to become a steadfast guardian of Juliet’s fortune within a year.
A tale follows Arthur Drayton who agrees to a test of wealth to win Juliet Lester. He becomes a money-making automaton under Simon Lester’s tutelage, planning the wedding while the miser’s grip drives him toward murder and tragedy.
A discussion on how many voices or a gigantic cannon would be needed to send sound around the globe. It explains that eight thousand three hundred thirty three powerful lungs could circumnavigate a message, referencing Brewer and a parson, with other notes on sound and explosives.
Mrs. William Stanage of Sioux City testifies that after poor health from liver disease and other troubles she consulted Dr. Hathaway Co. She lost weight, then gained it back, and is now reportedly cured and in good health. The ad promises universal cures, no poisons, worldwide treatment, and forms for men women and skin diseases with an San Antonio address.
The piece argues for a year long engagement to allow couples to learn each other’s tastes and temper and to prepare a home. It rejects both very short and very long engagements and supports a practical middle ground for lasting happiness.
A Minneapolis news stand reports a three foot boa constrictor from South America among banana cargo. The serpent fed after five weeks, squeezing and swallowing a mouse. Other quirky notes describe elbow misalignment in Siamese culture, a turtle head catching a chicken, a weasel attack on bantams, and a Philadelphia widow double claim over a slain man’s body and life insurance.
In 381 B C a panic swept Rome as husbands vanished and a secret society of women formed to rid themselves of undesired spouses. They feigned religious rites to plot poison, targeting husbands. a slave betrayed them and 170 were accused, convicted, and executed, marking Rome’s first known poisoning cases.
The foot derives from the length of a full grown man’s foot. Some say it traces to an English king’s foot, others to ancient Egyptian standards. The cubit comes from Latin cubitus meaning elbow, the span from elbow to middle finger tip. A fathom stems from Aryan fat meaning to extend, indicating the distance fingertips to fingertips with arms fully stretched.
The Kinzau Creek viaduct, on a NY and Lake Erie branch through Bradford oil regions into Elke county coalfields, rises 301 feet above the stream with 2052 feet of single track. Built in 1882, it cost $275,000 and carries 3,500,000 pounds of iron work high above 2065 feet sea level.
Limpets form a diverse world wide group of shellfish that cling to rocks by suction to avoid predators. Some species live on marine grass leaves with parallel sides that match the leaf surface.
The late dragon tree of Orotava is estimated at 6000 years old, surpassing the Domesday oaks Soma cypresses Herdsor yew 3300 years and Senegal’s Alphonse Karr baobabs. Balfour cites De Candolle ages: cypress 350 years oak 150 yew 2820 and likely baobab same as yew.
A discussion on malaria describes its periodic nature and wide range of bodily ailments it causes. Preventive measures and standard treatments often fail to stop recurrence as the disease remains in the blood. The piece links nervous, heart, and kidney issues to malaria and touts Hoatetter's Stomach as a curative aid.
The Katy Vestibuled Flyer is a new nonstop route from Houston through Texas Indian Territory Kansas and Central Missouri to Chicago. It features latest coaches reclining chair cars and Wagner Buffet Palace Sleepers lighted by Pintsch gas. Demand already exceeds capacity and extensions are planned.
The piece cites state debt burdens and interest totals for U S states, contrasts with a huge Santa Fe railroad interest load, then shifts to a string of sensationalized health and patent medicine pitches offering cocoa oil beauty emollients and tonics. It closes with quips and testimonial snippets.
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