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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1885
Page
3
A health note urges three quarters of an hour for dinner to prevent dyspepsia, citing Brown's Iron Bitters relief. Quips on lightning deaths in France, dinner timing jokes, a Nevada hunter tale, and a street scene about a bonnet and a boy's retort.
J M McCann of Bridgeport West Virginia a noted poultry writer and large chicken raiser states from experience that mixing St Jacobs Oil into dough fed to chickens suffering chicken cholera will revive those able to swallow and that force fed pills will cause even non swallows to flap wings and crow in front of you.
A mosaic of quips and tall tales appears here with a tobacco of miscellany. A rattlesnake and owl share a landscape with a prairie dog while a jokey exchange about stage work and a minister's view on sleep entertains. A medical ad touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription claiming dramatic health turnarounds. A riddle about a horse’s feeding ends the snippet.
A fragment advertises Prickly Ash Bitters as a remedy for skin conditions like ring worm and barber’s itch, urging readers to learn its merits to save health and money on doctors. It mentions humorous quips about a butcher and a teacher of languages and notes another column contains an article of public interest.
An advertisement blend touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Health Discovery as a cure all for scrofula and lung consumption, plus booster lines for Carter's Little Liver Pills addressing headaches dizziness and stomach ills. It also pitches the Grand Union Hotel in New York with grand rooms and service near Central depot, urging travelers to stay and save on carriage hire.
Special correspondence from New York depicts urban flirtation and marriage pressure in 1835. Bachelors fear finances, while women prefer love with security. Dialogues at Broadway scenes reveal expectations, social climbing, and the high cost of marriage in the city.
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