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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1881
Page
6
Dr. Charles Craig argues that modern audiences demand proof and that kidneys and liver govern the body. He recounts personal illness, bleeding era deaths, and praise for a turnabout remedy, Warner's Kidney and Liver Cure, as a life saving treatment he promotes publicly.
The page lists home remedies and kitchen instructions for items like Coffee Cake and Tamarind Whey, plus guidance on omelets and fruit rolls. It covers potato yields, a cheap soup, and cautions about farm implements left exposed, sheep handling, proper broiling methods, Osage orange wood durability, and critique of soft woods for fencing.
The Washington correspondent describes washing sheep using heated dips at about 100 degrees, with batten benches and high pressure water to thoroughly lather and rinse. After washing, sheep are moved to paddocks on English grass before six days of rotation, then shed for shearing and bale fleece for the London market.
The Massachusetts Ploughman argues that wasteful feeding and poor management cause animal ills more than food quantity. It urges balanced, work specific diets, fewer daily meals, humane treatment, proper housing, and a manure shed, with emphasis on clean water and regular care for cattle and especially hogs.
Eight year old heir to William H. Taylor’s Albany estate faces tax and debt pressures as managers audit depreciation and mismanagement claims. Judge Westbrook ordered tax and judgment payments while proofs against estate managers proceed. A Camden, New Jersey, woman warns potential husbands citing her volatile temper.
Dr. Clinton Saguee told the New York County Medical Society at the College of Physicians and Surgeons that mouth breathing harms health. He warned it changes the voice and hearing, inflames windpipe and throat, and can cause asthma, spinal curvature, and pigeon breast, noting nose breathing aids health. He cited Indian mothers teaching nose breathing to children as a factor in good health and no snoring.
Giovanni Bettocchio a Turin master sod dier and his seven year old daughter were in a Nice theater when a fire trapped them. He twice reentered the burning building to rescue a girl he believed was his child, and perished. his body was found among the gallery stairs two days later.
A Dubuque man found three reptiles in a box including a rattlesnake and a blue racer that appeared comatose but revived with warmth after snow was applied. The item closes with a humorous contrast about Jones and his wife in disagreements on beauty and a playful April weather poem from the Boston Transcript.
In a late issue editor Charles Hl Bauer notes Patrick Kenny once suffered rheumatism and tried Saint Jacobs Oil. Kenny, a strong advocate, reports relief and restored health. The item mentions opposition to a new Czar and a plan to ship a barrel once Breen apples hit the market.
A Sheboygan Falls resident, George Guyett of Guyett House, reports using Jacobs Oil for neuralgia and confidently recommending it to others with the condition. A Somerville Journal note recalls a castor oil anecdote involving a mother and her child.
The snippet touts Hop Bitters as a cure for poor health and beauty enhancement with French cosmetics praised elsewhere. It also quotes a Telegram column note and a joke about a hen pecked husband from Josh Billings, reflecting era humor and advertising tone.
Mr. Jacob Haish of De Kala Illinois, famed as the 8 barb wire man, agrees to a 10 percent wage raise after workers petition citing higher living costs including groceries and potatoes. The discussion notes elevated wire prices and a court-placed bond on wire sales since December 15, 1880, to cover royalties.
An advertisement touts BCovVills SARSAPARILLA AND STILLINE GIA and BLOOD AND Liven Syrup as cures for derangements from impure blood. It promises restoration of health across the body including kidneys liver stomach skin and nerves, with external and internal uses for pain and worm elimination.
An assorted advertisement page lists health tonics claiming to aid kidney and bowel issues, a rat poison product, gun works catalogue, watch catalogue, a Russian beaters medium, yeast advertising, and a general call to request illustrated catalogues from Pittsburgh firms. The copy reads like a midwestern market page clutter.
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