24 Jun 1840
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Newspaper
Logansport Herald
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1840
Page
1
The article outlines hypochondriasis with symptoms such as indigestion fatigue and melancholy. It blames sedentary life and excess and promotes Dr Vim Evans aperient pills and Camomile tablets as cures while advising against mercury. It includes a sworn statement from Jo seph Brown about Mrs Hannah Brown’s liver complaint and treatment by Dr Wu Evans with official notarization.
An advertisement touts Dr Evans medicine as a cure for nervous disorders, liver complaints, dyspepsia, weakness, and many female and systemic illnesses. It claims extensive relief for a wide range of symptoms and lists the principal office at 160 Chatham Street in New York, inviting inquiries by mail and urging enclosures of a bank note.
CERTINIC presents testimonials for War Evans celebrated Camomile and Apericut Anti-Lit ious Pills alleging relief from chronic disorders. A Mr Robert Cameron of 101 Bowery reports elimination of severe symptoms including dysentery bloody discharge debility and burning sensation after use.
Three years of severe symptoms including languor, belching, restless sleep, headaches, breathing trouble, chest tightness, dizziness, heart palpitations, cough, stomach pain, and debility end after using Dr Evans Medicine. Robert Monroe of Schuylkill reports complete remission and urges others with similar symptoms to consider the cure.
Ten year dyspepsia case of J M Kenzie at 176 Stanton Street improved to health after treatment with Dr Wm Evans medicine. Symptoms included distension nausea pain heart palpitations and debility. Patient says prior remedies failed and offers to share details with the afflicted.
Mary Dillon of Williamsburgh at the corner of Fourth and North streets was reportedly restored to health by Dr. Win Evans of 100 Chatham Street. The case featured loss of appetite heart palpitations nervous distress and extreme debility, with three eminent physicians deeming her hopeless and her dissolution imminent before recovery.
Advertises Evans Camomile and Aperient Pills with prices, office addresses in New York Louisville and Philadelphia, urges buying only from authorized agents, lists agents in Logansport Lafayette Crawfordsville and warns against counterfeiters and misrepresented sellers.
A rambling reminiscence recalls a first appearance at a ball in travel worn gear. The speaker details ill fitting attire and misadventures with shoes gloves and stockings, then shifts to battlefield exploits of a Revolutionary figure including Crown Point actions, Montreal attempt and eventual death on February 13, 1778.
A quotation from Memoirs of Madame Malibran describes her remarkable memory. She learned and performed opera after a single study, mastered difficult manuscript music, and even learned sign language in half an hour while visiting Chevalier Neukomm.
Prian Allex. Ethan Allen, brigadier general in the revolutionary army, born in Salisbury Connecticut. His family moved to Vermont where he gained most education and prewar boldness. After Lexington he led 230 green mountain men toward Ticonderoga, Castleton, and Crown Point, intending Arnold’s aid but pressing forward with Allen’s Spartan band.
The N Y Courier portrays Dr William M Eldridge as a veteran fraudster linked to forged checks in 1834 35 across New York Philadelphia and Europe. It details his rise from clerk to socialite and his withheld marriage plans as authorities pursue him with state bank forgeries implicating Dr Mott and others.
The article mocks a Log craze spreading through society as seen in play lines and editorials. It notes widespread Log usage from paper to champaigne and a future Log coffin for Federal Whiggery in November, urging readers to sell their Log stock quickly.
A Greenfield Massachusetts incident tells of a man missing for thirty years who unexpectedly returns to claim his wife. Believing him dead, she had remarried and lived with her second husband up to the time of his return. The article does not reveal how the dispute was resolved.
A New York Sun reprint urges Boston Vimes style independence in politics and religion. It warns against early campaigns, political fever, and exploiting base passions. It calls Americans to knowledge, reason, and calm action for civil liberty rather than sensationalism.
A collage of quoted opinions on republicanism self government and the Constitution from period papers. voices include Porter Folio Boston Gazette Daily Advertiser Boston Cent Coffee House Book Philadelphia statements by Timothy Pickering Gov Morris and Dr Dwight reflecting skepticism about independence and republics.
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