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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1895
Page
3
A narrator recalls his father who was unusually sensitive to cold air. He explains the man would sneeze and declare a draught existed though all doors and windows were shut. The mystery ends when a vinegar stopper was found missing from a bottle, blamed for the sneezing fit.
A Boston citizen reports a sensational claim about a leading insurance company promising world class premiums and consumption treatment while presenting policies to patients. The piece also recalls a rainy Broadway dinner encounter where beggars carried silk umbrellas and a chain while cigars protruded from pockets, illustrating street nerve and curiosity.
Citizens urge land-owners to plant trees around tenements to raise land value and tenant comfort. Farmers who rent should allow fruit and trees for tenants, creating a public good with minimal cost. The piece frames tree planting as a wise public policy and calls for ornamental tree growing.
An old advertisement warns against mercury in catarrh remedies and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free. It claims the medicine acts directly on mucous surfaces and offers testimonials and price details.
George Hughes, freshly back from Alaska, recounts a Yukon journey with natives to a alleged ivory mine. They discover tens of thousands of mammoth tusks buried in an Arctic deposit, forming a vast ivory site decades after a preglacial era. Hughes shares artifacts and samples he's shown, noting dangers and a profitable return.
In Philadelphia a dog owner recounts a tale of his intelligent shepherd that proves its loyalty. He boasts the animal can stay put without a tie by carrying a rope in its mouth, gripping a post and sitting quietly for hours, refusing to run away.
Knowledge brands Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing kidneys liver and bowels. It emphasizes pleasant taste, no weakening effects, and medical approval. Sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every package.
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