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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1890
Page
3
An Indianapolis News account recalls Las Vegas bull fights once staged with Indian pantomime to advertise matches. Indians in war paint toured towns to announce fights, followed by chaotic post bout rows with guns and knives. The piece ends noting civilizing progress and a judge’s interrupted court scene.
A story from Judge Gresham's court details an unexpected visitor, a Harrison County farmer, who enters during a crucial argument. The judge greets him warmly, addresses his kin, and chats pleasantly, while attorneys and spectators observe the lighthearted interlude with bemused restraint.
A New York trend features women orchestras supplying instrumental music at venues like Atlantic Garden Bowery Volks Gardens and many East Side spots. Managers value reliability and lower costs, paying $10 to $50 weekly for seven nights plus three days, versus higher male rates. Many players are from Vienna Berlin Leipzig and Budapest with fourteen contracts on hand from a German agency. Frau Roller and Fraulein Ricei head Atlantic Garden shows as admired performers with devoted admirers, demonstrating women musicians’ growing prominence and demand.
While strolling in Rome's Pincio a cafe keeper found a row of pearls on the ground and tried to gift them to his wife. She snubbed the pearls, a princess later identified them as hers, and paid 1,000 francs to recover the heirloom valued at 20,000 dollars and four rows with diamond clasps.
In a dim corner under a balcony at the church fair, Miss Flyrte challenges Mr. Falkloud about a sign. The exchanged cue leads to a sarcastic moment as the talk shifts from eyesight to a taunt about taking more than one kiss, described by the Somerville Journal.
Advertising note states Cheatham's Chill Tonic cannot cure softening of the brain or ingrowing nails but promises to cure chills and cold chills with a guaranteed claim.
An advertisement questions a man’s stomach size when troubled by dyspepsia and touts farming profits as uncertain while offering agency and offers for Tansill's Punch de Cigar via R. W. Tansill & Co. Chicago.
A compact meditation on using nature's abundance with intellect and restraint. The speaker asserts that nature provides enough for all if humanity applies wisdom and proper stewardship.
For throat diseases coughs colds and eta effectual relief is found in the use of Brown's Bronchial bodies. Price 25 cents. Sold only in boxes.
A concise aphorism notes how affection transforms appearance for women and men. It highlights love’s power to enhance beauty in women while aging men’s look under strain. The saying contrasts romantic perception with enduring masculine fatigue.
The Southern Medical World reports that Mother’s Friend is growing in favor and highly recommended by physicians. It is sold by Bradfield Reg. Co. of Atlanta, Ga., with dispensable use for childbirth, and suggests increased care for animals’ teeth due to neglect.
A historical note on extreme female longevity contrasts with modern deaths from female ailments. The article promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed cure for leucorrhea, painful menstruation, prolapse, ovary pain, and weak back, plus Dr. Pierce's Pellets for cleansing the liver stomach and bowels. The text ends with a weary aside about railroad ties.
A nostalgic line traces Castoria as a trusted remedy from infancy to motherhood, linking a mother figure through stages of childhood to parenting as each stage invokes the familiar remedy. The ad-angled verse highlights brand loyalty across generations.
The article notes sour swill as a disease source for hogs. It warns that much of it is stored until it becomes appealing even to pigs, highlighting a risk in feeding practices.
A Victorian advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nervine that restores health, calms nervous symptoms, and claims to cure leucorrhea and menstrual disorders. It warns of numerous womb related issues and guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer from Wor.Lp's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo NY.
An early 20th century drug notice promotes Dr Pierce's Pellets as regulating and cleansing the liver stomach and bowels. It notes a Cnoa dose and that the remedy is sold by druggists.
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