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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1881
Page
6
A sensational medical ad touts Dr Wellin’s Indian remedy for piles including Bland bleeding and severe symptoms. It claims rapid relief after application and offers lotions instruments and electuaries for sale by druggists at about $1 with a promise of private parts relief and cure.
Fragmentary text mentions skin diseases and cures with garbled names and phrases. It references remedies and possible medical claims, with scattered names and terms that are difficult to parse. The readable portion suggests a note about cures, brands, or treatments without clear context or outcomes.
A roundup of technical advances and observations including sulphur fumigation for cholera prevention, sun dried bricks vs baked, electric lighting on Mississippi steamers, steel coating with nitrate of potash, hardening stone and cement via enamel, zero temperature preservation ideas, a French portable farm telephone system, and Herr Zander’s weather linked voice studies linking vocal changes to upcoming weather shifts.
A mixed OCR page fragment contains slang racial slurs, gossip, editorials, jokes, and domestic humor. It references a barbershop scene, Washington hatchets, and a Detroit couple's bed time tease about snoring. The jumble includes occasional historical notes and a brief exchange about homesickness.
Gen John R. Baylor recounts rescuing Tito Rivera from Comanches around 1856 at the Clear Fork of the Brazos and later meeting Rivera in Corpus Christi. Rivera, born to a Spaniard father in Tapio Durango, Mexico, lived as a cowboy and bank cashier in Corpus Christi.
A midnigh t train in Arkansas becomes the scene for a youthful robber who compels passengers to surrender money and valuables. The scene features frantic passengers, a train boy offering a banana, and general chaos as the thief commands the car amid shouting and fear.
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