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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1879
Page
4
The page emphasizes keeping chickens warm during sudden weather changes with dry, warm quarters and a sand and ash box. It also describes Indiana Farmer Institute style agricultural conversations held Friday evenings at Polytechnic College for practical chemistry talks, with strict Q&A and inductive debate to educate farmers and state society members.
The article notes that over twenty five years from 1853 to 1877 the average price of wheat was 168 dollars per bushel. It discusses analyzing a year series to judge if a crop is profitable. It also advertises Dr Bull's Baby Syrup for infant ailments with a 25 cent price.
An old physician, retired, claims a vegetable remedy recipe can cure consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, throat and lung diseases, and nervous debility. He will mail the recipe free of charge to those who request it, with full preparation and usage directions, in German, French, or English, to W. W. Sherar, 149 Powers' Block, Rochester, New York.
An advertisement extols London Hair Color Restorer as a superior product that restores natural youthful color and enhances growth. It claims to be pure and perfumed, unlike impure rival articles, and positions it as a fashionable hair dressing and toilet luxury.
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