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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1879
Page
4
W D Wells & Co cautions farmers about overfeeding to enlarge hogs for market and warns that feeding poisons like arsenic and antimony contaminates meat. It argues for better animal health knowledge, education, and modern farming practices over reliance on old methods and market demand.
A New York publishing company tests soil fertility charts for corn, wheat, and potatoes to help farmers conduct low cost trials and tailor fertilizers. The program offers a 100 volume library prize for best Indiana Farmer article and promotes pure unadulterated fertilizers under new law. A separate note mentions efforts to recover legendary artifacts from the Tiber under a national museum plan with archaeologists on a rescue committee.
Mrs Saran A Bvanor, Oxford North Carolina, proclaims the London Hair Color Restorer superior to other restorers free of impure ingredients. The author notes early use in this region and recommendations to M A & C A Santos of Norfolk Virginia. Claims benefit to hair appearance and eyesight, with wide local sales and physician endorsement. Available from druggists at 79 cents per bottle or six bottles for $4.99.
A string of testimonials from residents in Millersburg Newville Brattleboro Hinsdale and Philadelphia claim Swayne's Ointment cures Liching Piles Also marketed as Totter or Salt Rheum the product is sold by druggists for 50 cents a box or three boxes for 1 25 with addresses for Dr Swayne & Son in Philadelphia.
Advertises Dr. Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills as mild purgatives that purify the stomach and bowels, cleanse the liver, and treat headaches, dyspepsia, biliousness, fevers, and female irregularities. Claims prompt action and offers mail order from Dr. Swayne & Son, Philadelphia, 25 cents per box or five boxes for a dollar.
An endorsement style advertisement touts Dr Swayne’s Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry for coughs colds and asthma relief. It cites long use by customers in Philadelphia including merchants and a grocer with prices 25 cents for trial bottles and six for five dollars. Also includes a humorous aside about a clergyman misreading an announcement and a joke about Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup.
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