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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1894
Page
7
A San Juan area fishing scene describes a mile long line with 600 hooks, anchored and buoyed, used by locals to cover a broad seabed for rock cod. The system, baiting methods, losses to sharks, whales, and kelp beds, and tales of luck and danger accompany this coastal practice.
After his return from St James the former minister Robert T Lincoln keeps a low profile in Chicago yet remains George M Pullman’s personal legal adviser. He spends nearly all his time at Pullman’s office and often accompanies the magnate when traveling. Some say Lincoln drafts Pullman’s interviews and correspondence during the strike era.
A Saltsburg man recalls two years of poor appetite with black specks vision, then improved after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. He says a second bottle completed his recovery and he now keeps it at home. Also notes Hood's pills cure indigestion and promotes SouTH AMERICAN NERVINE as a quick relief for nervous prostration. Trial 15 cents, sold by Hetrick Bros in Indiana, Pa.
The New York Sun notes live pigeon shooting is unlikely to gain popularity due to low amusement value and high costs. Clubs sell birds at 35 cents each, with extra expenses for traps, cartridges, and refreshments. Bets can raise costs. birds are bought, killed, and sold or returned, with many pigeons killed in a brisk season near New York.
In Longman's Magazine a writer notes young alligator flesh is nearly indistinguishable from veal, cleaner and more tender than much continental meat. He recalls Sontal natives in India eating alligator flesh unseasoned, pale and superior to snakes or rats. stories of large alligators and English sportsmen’ s leftovers echo colonial adventure. The column shifts to ads for Olive Blossom remedy for female weakness and quotes testimonials praising medicines from Daugherty Bros and other sellers.
A Detroit News feature recounts C. B. Northrop’s dramatic recovery from locomotor ataxia after using Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. It details his fall, paralysis, and near hopeless prognosis, the treatment’s alleged effects, and the pills’ purported blood-building and nerve-restoring powers.
A local drug store advertises Otto's Cure as a free trial remedy for coughs, colds, bronchitis, consumption, and other throat and lung diseases, claiming rapid relief for croup and whooping cough. It guarantees cure or money back, with a 50c large size and 25c tins of Tur Best Save for skin ailments. Sold by Tom E. Hildebrand Indiana, Wm. I. Moore Homer City, Milt G. Miller Blaireville.
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