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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1890
Page
3
An advertiser claims Moth s Friend helped a wife during her third confinement and saved cost and trouble, urging readers to contact The Bradfield Regulator Co for details. Also notes a free pocket match-safe with Tansill s Punch and wry lines about turkey stuffing and martyrdom.
A reader describes how beauty and vigor depend on pure blood and notes a ten year old daughter suffering scarlet fever and a severe hip abscess. The account mentions medical treatment, slow healing, and relatives assisting during illness in Slatington Pennsylvania.
In Atlanta Constitution a description of a tall man with a snow white beard and white mustache wearing a calico frock and a bonnet, appearing as a patriarchal figure. He is Roberts of Jones County, who has worn female clothes since age ten and holds state papers permitting dress. He was returning to East Macon with a mob at his heels watching him pass.
An Indian from Michoacan ventured to a mountain near Chey entzieurm to gather fuel and was bitten on the calf by a boa constrictor. He twisted the reptile’s neck in his jaws and chewed the head off, freeing himself as the folds loosened and the serpent died.
A Chicago drummer on an Indiana avenue streetcar release a springed rubber mouse causing screams from fashionable ladies. Shrieks trigger several passengers to pull the bell cord and conductor to stop the car. Elderly couple then find seats as ten women exit.
A discontented wife envies a neighbor who claims happiness from perfect health. The neighbor attributes her well being to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Dr. Pierce's Pellets. Ads tout Brown's bronchial remedies and a note about the first cucumbers and upcoming music, ending with a fashion comment on linen shirts with flannel collars.
Gody Phillips of Kalamazoo wins $5,000 from The Louisiana State Lottery treasury after holding one twentieth of ticket No 14 704 which drew the second prize of $100,000 in the March 11 drawing. Phillips is 26, a partner in Richmond and Phillips Saloonists, and plans to keep investing and seeking another opportunity.
The article cites Sir J Crichton Brown lecturing in Birmingham on brain growth with average brain weights by race: Scotch 50 ounces, English 49, German 48.3, French 47.9, noting quality matters as well as weight and a British caricature of the claim.
Morse's Shoe Company based in Omaha Nebraska urges dealers to stock their wide long wearing shoes. They boast a 50 dollar gold reward for any shoe containing shoddy. The catalog lists 150 styles for women and children and 150 for men along with rubbers and other goods.
For sale a complete outfit for a small country paper including an Army press and an McFatrich mailing machine with mailing type for 3000 names. Almost new, a complete job office with good business and chance for a capable man. Also two or three newspapers from Colorado towns. Address J S Temple Denver, Colo. Crying piece about a boy asking for pie when pantry empty.
A prominent physician labels the kiss a dangerous spreader of fever and lung disease, urging it out of the land. He claims scrapping kissing could save a fraction of lives. The piece promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a safe, vegetable tonic for women and a remedy for related ailments, with a money-back guarantee and a promise of a self-care book upon payment.
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