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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1895
Page
3
The article extols Bitters as a fortifying influence that strengthens life and resists age related droughts. It claims the remedy builds Milanty against malaria rheumatism and other troubles while improving sleep and protecting the system from cold and damp effects.
An auction scene in Hilmeville features bargains on coffins and other items, with bidders shouting last calls. A defaulter undertaker’s stock goes cheaply as buyers stock up for families. Meanwhile Balzer Seed Co offers a $300 prize for a new name for their fats, promising large yields and free catalogs upon mailing 10 cents to La Crosse Wisconsin.
An advertisement asserts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures consumption in early stages with a high success rate. It claims hundreds of living witnesses and notes lung damage cases healed, offering a mailed book and urging readers to send six cents for postage. It names the American medical association and Buffalo address.
Advertised as a pure liquid laxative improving health by clearing the kidneys liver and bowels with a pleasant taste. The California Fig Syrup Co markets Syrup of Figs in 60c and 1 bottles and asserts no substitutes are acceptable.
A St Louis Chronicle profile highlights John W. Norton a prominent stage figure born in New York City. It traces his rise from 25 to early manhood starring with Booth Barrett and Thorne, and his later ventures as a theater proprietor and stockholder while recounting a testimonial about Dr Williams Pink Pills curing his rheumatism.
The Pengbacota and Passumaquoddyy in Maine retain traditional dress and crafts while some camps remain near Melia watering spots. They practice beadwork, basketry, and carving as they travel, with forest lands still claimed by native owners who seek permission for woodland occupancy.
Free pocket city guide issued by the Hig Four Kaité passenger department for the 14th Annual Convention. It lists depots hotels churches institutions and streetcar lines and will be sent to members sending 2 cent stamps to the undersigned.
The famed inventor Thomas A. Edison reportedly refused ever owning a timepiece and did not care to know the time. He worked around the clock in his private study. Edison smoked cigars and chewed tobacco after the death of General Hutier, according to a jewelry firm inquiry.
Vista advertises a hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh cured by Half a Catarrh Cure from CHENEY & CO Toledo Ohio. Mentions Trax Wholesales and Halis Gatsrth Gore with testimonials. Notes Eleanor Towitt, daughter of ex Mayor Towitt, living at a country home. References a New York weekly article by Miss Pewitt.
1000 in potatoes per acre yields praised with seeds from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis. Request for seed book and giant sprurry noted. Mention of a three story building and ongoing costs with a Winatwins S900 seed claim for California.
Governor Rich spoke at the Lansing Universalist Church on applied Christianity and civic duty. He urged voting conscience, lawful influence, and respect for officers while calling for fair labor organization and lawful campaign conduct.
A prehistoric creature once flourished in India named Sivatherium gigantean. Remains were found abundantly in the northern region, described as larger than any rhinoceros and bigger than living ruminants.
The text notes a strange creature with two horn pairs and a long upper nose, with jaw of immense size, reportedly in the British Museum. It then lists kitchen tips such as lemon on meat, bacon fat frying, stale bread revival, onion milk fry, warming crackers, dry coffee, fried sweet apples, vinegar on fish, lemon water rice, and beating egg whites at a hot open window.
Senators discussed reorganization of the Senate and whether Rev. Dr. Milburn should remain chaplain. One Western Senator joked about news from morning papers and advising the Lord, recalling a wartime diaphan while Saulabury of Delaware offered a quixotic resolution.
A historic clock at Glastonbury Abbey displays an automatic scene of armed knights on horseback. As the chimes begin, knights move two by two on a semicircular platform, one falls, and the action repeats until the required strokes are counted. The scene ends with a telling finale. The note mentions Whooping Coushk Tlso’s Gure and a Brooklyn address for a variety show.
A letter from N. P. Dunaway of Wesson Mississippi claims one box of Notobac purchased from his druggist cured him of tobacco. The note appears among miscellaneous items including health favors and medical ad copy from period sources.
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