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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1885
Page
7
An elderly man near a swamp laments the misfortune of rheumatic disease while Captain C W Hotsenpillar of Springfield praises Brown's Iron Bitters for relief. The piece notes widespread anecdotal success and quotes a clergyman on the soul, plus a wry aside about social manners from a local exchange.
A Burlington Free Press snippet shows Blossom pointing to a tramp with a large dog as a striking example of a contested seat. A Texas Siftings quip asks why a burglar is like a dog chasing its tail, noting he goes round after his swag.
The Sisters of Notre Dame in Govanstown near Baltimore certify the cough remedy Red Star Cough Care as effective for coughs chest oppression and throat irritation. Health boards of Brooklyn Baltimore and other cities publicly praise the new discovery free from opiates poisons and other objections.
The New York Graphic reports a sentinel at Peekskill asking who goes there and the reply officer of the day. The exchange hints at strict discipline and the encampment's effort to enforce morality during late hours.
A prairie man from Egyptian Illinois comments on the Catskill scenery as “fair, but a little too hilly” while aboard a Hudson River steamboat. The item blends humorous observations with a collage of period advertisements and quips.
Practical tips range from cooking methods for fried squash and beef stew with curry to preserving rose leaves and making perfume sachets. The piece also offers needlework projects, plant fertilizing advice, Milan cakes, puddings, stewed lettuce, and care for white silk handkerchiefs, all framed in a late 19th or early 20th century domestic vogue.
The Philadelphia Times argues that easy escape to Canada emboldens defaulters and bank tellers to theft. It notes the strong temptation when one can steal bank funds, flee by express train to Montreal, and avoid police before discovery.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as quick relief for biliousness headaches constipation and related liver troubles. The copy claims forty pills per bottle with a 25 cent price. A separate note jokes about Rhode Island's new governor parting its hair and the state breaking apart.
Dissent from rivals claims Wells Richardson Co butter from Burlington Vermont is superior. Notable tasters include A W Cheever Massachusetts E D Mason Vermont and Francis A Hoffman Wisconsin. Advertisements tout remedies and oddities amid gossip and product pitches.
An Atlanta reader recounts spending 480 in gold on a blood purifier that cured a severe blood poisoning after a fruitless search for relief. Maj John C Whitner endorses the remedy, claiming prior success on a plantation. The notice promotes a free health treatise and tonic products from Brapiep Reeviator Co and Casel Hasaré & Co with dealer sales in New York.
Habitual constipation is described as extremely unpleasant and harmful. The text argues purgatives provide only temporary relief and worsen the system afterward. It advocates "Prickly Asu Birrers" as a remedy that both relieves the bowels and acts as a tonic to restore health.
A letter from Morley Mitchel of Flux Wooperry Bastrop County dated April 18 1854 commends Morley’s Blackberry Balsam for curing two children severely affected by the flux. He thanks Bets Bros of Austin and endorses the medicine for others suffering from the same ailment.
Dr George Baskett of Farmington Grayson County Texas declares he has sold Morley's T X Sague Tonic for a long time and it has given entire satisfaction in every instance He says he shall always keep it in stock and recommends it to customers
An advertisement promises a free recipe to cure youth errors and nervous weakness discovered by a missionary in South America. Readers are advised to send a self addressed envelope to Rev. Jessin T. In Man. Station in New York for the remedy. The note adds a casual comparison claiming the hen outperforms other fowls.
An amiable maid learns her mistress will attend the opera this evening and may return late, prompting the servant to reply that no apology is needed for the delay.
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