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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1881
Page
7
A collection of domestic instructions on rice dishes and puddings, bread pills for chickens, home made crackers, using cans for irrigation, old fashioned custards, cherry preserving, savory rice with gravy, and drying yeast cakes with practical steps and cautions throughout.
A New York commission merchant provides detailed, old fashioned methods for packing eggs for export. It covers materials like hay straw fine-cut straw chaff dry oats and buckwheat, layer ordering, thicknesses, and packing density to prevent movement and spoilage in transit, with guidance for summer and winter, small quantities, and express shipping.
A backyard screen can hide the back door from passersby using evergreen hedges or a two row line of trees like Norway Spruce. Posts with a capboard and wires form a framework, quick-growing vines such as Clinton Taylor or Concord grape fill in, and flowering vines in three years complete the leafy screen.
A British reader notes misread toasts at a military dinner in Ireland and a postwar South London church dinner that sparked amusement. The text cites a misworded toast about distress and a builder who quipped he was better suited to scaffolding than public speaking.
Close confinement in factories causes pallid faces and poor health. Health through outdoor activity and sunlight is promoted, with cheap remedies and products for digestion, kidneys, and urinary health. Also ads for watches, pest control, guns, eye care, household products, and axle grease with brief claims and shop calls.
A stream of letters from Midwest readers praises Dr Schonik medicines including Palmonte syrup and Pulmonie Syrup as cures for consumption. Names from Zanesville Dresden Cohocton Bay City St Louis, Eaton Rapids and others attest long family use and dramatic recoveries, urging others to try the remedies.
A series of patient attestations from Michigan and Indiana praise Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills for curing consumption and lung ailments. Citizens report rapid improvement, return to activity, and long term relief after following the doctor’s regimens.
Mr Isaac Miller of Fort Wayne Indiana reports a decade of illness from a severe cold. After failing with several doctors he used Dr Achenck s Palmonic Syrup at Strope s Drug Store and claims complete relief. He mentions others in Indiana who improved and provides endorsements from local residents and a Pittsburgh engineer.
A patient claims permanent cure after using a remedy advised by John Benen and Druggist L. Raw zs. The account describes prior illness and alleged long-term relief with a regimen identified as Teem, noting no relapse in twenty years and asserting a medical endorsement of the cure.
From Cyrus Laverty Esq of Charlotte Wich CHRONIC BRONCHITIS CURED Ded H Svan Dougir two years ago I was suffering with a severe Bronchial affection which reduced me very much in flesh. It had a severe cough with doarsenesa and sometimes an
A letter from J Miller of New Castle Indiana describes his wife suffering lung disease and weakness. After failing local treatments she used Palmonte Syrup and Beaweed Tonte from a pamphlet and improved significantly, with several bottles restoring strength.
Repr. Schenck's Medicinex Pulmonic Syrup Serweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills are for sale by all progressers with full directions on wrappers. Dr Schenck's pamphlet on the Causes and Cure of Consumption Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia is sent free post paid on application.
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