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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1892
Page
3
An 19th century medical advertisement asserts Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery cures skin and scalp diseases including eczema tetter salt rheum and boils. It guarantees money back if no benefit and urges readers to mention the paper.
The message argues that a plump, healthy baby signals wellness and that careful living plus Scott's Emulsion cod liver oil can help achieve both. A free book offer about the product accompanies the advice.
A vast civic pageant opened the Columbian Exposition celebrations in Chicago with Vice President Morton and Cabinet in attendance. Tens of thousands filled streets along a milelong parade route, the crowd overrunning police lines as 78 000 marchers moved past reviewing stands and City government tributes, marking a historic display of national progress.
Richard Grant White argues that self consciousness shapes writing and speaking differently. He notes writers excel when alone with text while speakers falter before others, and praises epistolary style especially among educated women. He cites Mrs Trollope and Mrs Jameson as examples, praising clarity yet warning against imitating every trait.
In 1889 aboard the Hudson River steamer Mary Powell Captain A I.E Anderson met a man named Ambrose Eltinge Anderson with matching initials and full name. Later an elderly lady named Mary Powell boarded and showed a ticket bearing the captain’s name revealing her maiden name matched Ambrose Eltinge Anderson. The captain fled the scene, claiming the boat was bewitched.
The passage argues that true worth seeks appreciation more than praise. Those with lofty ideals value recognition for the direction of their efforts, feeling sympathy with observers who admire what they admire. Appreciation, not praise, reinforces their sense of shared values.
The Lake of Ink sits among 3500 Cocopah volcanoes in Arizona described as a black oily warm to scorching lake. It features depths from four to six feet near shore to 216 degrees at 250 feet, with bubbling surface from escaping gases. Indigenous peoples have used its hot mud and waters for fevers rheumatism and venereal diseases with intense, ritual cures described.
The late Roscoe Conkling famed for a superb memory aided his delivery. His speeches appeared extemporaneous yet were carefully prepared and memorized, rarely deviating from the manuscript. John O. Reid reported the Garfield campaign speech at the Academy of Music in four hours with no omissions. A note mentions a Boston Globe page on weight loss and offers a copy by mail from Botina Library in Chicago.
The 1889 Pacific salmon yield from Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California reached 1,287,060 cases with a value near 7 million dollars. Canned output rose from 36,000 in 1883 to 675,000 in 1889, signaling growing abundance though longevity remains uncertain. The piece notes expanding Pacific competition for global canning and mentions Tampico as a future cheap water port while describing bar depth and erosion.
Yasrs That Must Be Done asserts vital links between liver and bowels in maintaining health. The piece urges prompt use of Hofstetter's Stomach Ditters as a laxative and anti bilious remedy to prevent bowel inflammation and liver abscess, claiming it prevents malaria rheumatic disease and nervousness.
An amusing note on a dog fear experiment with a kitten reacting to dog scent. Also an old advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure by J Cheney & Co, Toledo, priced 75 cents per bottle, with testimonials from West & Treax and others in Toledo Ohio.
Chinese roast pork is described as superior through oven roasting and smoke from aromatic herbs that neutralize porky taste. The piece promotes Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative, contrasting it with inferior vegetable extracts and minerals sold as medicines by the California Fig Syrup Co.
A steam plowing test will be conducted near Garden City Kansas using a field locomotive with twelve gang plows and forty horsepower. The machine can break fifty acres daily and requires only two operators.
Readers are invited to name the paper and send address to receive a free trial package of Schiffmanns Asthma Cure. The ad claims instant relief in worst cases and cures where others fail. It also references unrelated health quips and historical notes about the first French newspaper.
An advertisement asserts August Flower treats dyspepsia for the stomach and liver. It claims universal adoption in town and country stores and highlights a large manufacturing plant. The copy asserts simple, singular effectiveness and confidence in cures.
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