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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1889
Page
3
A garbled jumble of quotations and mock ads crosses era voices. The excerpt references Tilotson Lavater Swift and Dr Isaac Shorpson styles, with rusty witticisms about ignorance manners and printing ethics, plus a joke about telegrams and dinners in a Louisville Courier Journal tone.
A narrative extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as restoring beauty and vitality to a listless woman. It claims the medicine strengthens the system, renews roses in cheeks, and restores luster, with a money back guarantee.
An old advertisement line chronicles Castoria’s use from infancy to motherhood, noting how a child cried for it, a Miss clung to it, and a mother gave it to her own children, illustrating branded continuity through life stages.
A reflective note on how nature’s subtleties guide human perception and response. The text frames awareness as a key gift, illustrating how sensitivity to the natural world aids practical understanding and wise action.
A reader from Tinure Mississippi describes relief after using Shallenterger's Pills and Hills Catarrh Cure. The letter credits rapid fever and chills relief within days and notes no recurrence after the treatment. Other testimonials claim cure for catarrh in a child. The ad copy promotes the Rochester Pennsylvania firm and Druggists selling the remedies for 75 cents.
The Arizona Kicker reprints quarrelsome items alleging Wanamaker refused a postmaster appointment and mocks local figures. It recounts a chaotic Crook House gathering with a detective sighting and a leg injury, then quibbles over readers’ claims and touts a Kentucky Hemp Company rope as a deterrent to crime.
A novel invention called the water or slide railway is shown at the Paris exposition. Cars glide on water sprayed onto slides to create a thin film, with stopping within thirty yards, steep climbs of sixteen inches per yard, and curved runs of forty four yard radius. Jets from pillars push cars forward for high speed, with noiseless smooth operation.
An ad piece warns of mercurial poisoning from quack doctors and promotes B B B Blood Balm as mercury free. It includes testimonials from A. F. Britton and Wm. Richmond about malaria, eye issues, and skin and joint troubles improving after use, followed by literary quotes and assorted business notices.
The advertisement extols Pearline for save time and less wear, noting bright women and servants benefit from its use. It warns against imitations sold by peddlers and unscrupulous grocers claiming to be Pearline, insisting only James Pyle of New York can supply the genuine product.
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