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Newspaper
Ireton Clipper
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1891
Page
3
An advertisement proclaims Shilohs Cure a historic cough remedy with positive guarantees. Proponents offer a free sample bottle by mail to households in the United States and Canada. It urges use for coughs sore throats bronchitis croup and whooping cough and warns of consumption. Also promotes Shilohs Porous Plaster priced in cents.
The House named accounts and mileage committees with Rusk and Castle as chairs. Speaker Crisp postponed Rules Committee decisions awaiting careful selection amid Democratic pressure and illness of Mr Mills, delaying resolution on Ways and Means chair.
Lake Lamonie in Thomasville Georgia, once 40 000 acres and fourteen by three miles, has dried completely except for a central twenty foot sink hole. Turtles, alligators, and fish are left stranded in mud while Savannah residents harvest turtles by the earload and a strong stench from decaying fish fills the air.
Thomas Roeher aged man who came from Pennsylvania in 1853 was found dead in West Inpernor Weis on December 12. Neighbors found him in his bed with a pile of folded cash beside him and bundles of government bonds mortgages and other securities strewn about. Wealth estimated over £ 92 000 lay in the room as investigators say heart disease felled him while counting his wealth.
Regional market notes show hogs at 3.15 to 3.45 in Sioux City with heavy skips to 3.50, cattle at 11 to 14 hundred pounds around 3.00, and calves at 2.50 to 5.00. Chicago hogs quoted 5.85 to 3.70 with cattle mostly steady to higher. western cattle and stockers vary. Omaha, Kansas City, and Minneapolis also report mixed prices across hogs, cattle, and sheep with notable shifts in Westerns and Texans. Seasonal grain quotes for wheat, corn, oats, barley, and soybeans appear with December, January, and May terms.
A collage of brief items including debt repayment, a roomful of odds and ends, a humorous note on gifts, dental and medical ads, a medical cure claim, a calendar of curiosities, a census snippet, and references to products such as Castoria and Kemp's Balsam. The fragment references local humor, market snippets, and product pitches from the era.
Ad asserts Dr. Pierce's Gilden Medical Discovery can revive a bilious, dyspeptic person by restoring liver function purifying blood and rebuilding strength. Claims guaranteed benefits or money back and cites cures for spitting blood bronchitis severe cough and breath issues. Warns against inferior imitations and praises the Discovery as unique.
Vile cod liver oil loses vileness and gains efficiency in Scott's Emulsion. Tiny oil drops coated with glycerine reduce taste. Hypophosphites of lime and soda add tonic effect to the half digested cod liver oil. Send for a book on careful living. Druggists advertise Scott's Emulsion widely.
G G Green of Woodbury New Jersey endorses German Syrup claiming six years of use for sore throat cough cold hoarseness chest pains and blood in sputum. He says it provides total relief and quick cure and advises others with lung troubles to try it, promising satisfaction.
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