Wifes Remark On Doctor In Funeral Procession
A revered physician's wife, watching from a window, sees him in a patient's funeral procession and quips that he should avoid processions. Her remark likens the scene to a tailor carrying home his work.
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16 Jul 1879
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Madison Weekly Herald in Madison, Indiana
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1879
Page
1
London Hair Color Restorer hailed as unique and pure
Mrs. Sanau A. Evxfort praises the London Hair Color Restorer as free of impurities and highly effective for restoring hair and beautifying it. She notes early use, physician recommendation, and wide local sales through druggists in Oxford Raleigh and Norfolk. Price is 75 cents per bottle or four dollars for six bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oxford
Raleigh
Itching Piles Cure Claim By Swayne's Ointment
Quotations from Edward R. Harden judge James B McComb attorney and others praise Swayne's Ointment for Itching Piles and related skin conditions. It is sold by all druggists and by mail for 50 cents a box or three boxes for $1.25 from Dr. Swayne & Son, Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Harden
Judge County Court
Quitman
Swayne
James 8. M’comb
Millersburg
S. W. Sharp
Newville
L. Tailor
Hinsdale
N. IL
Thomas's
Brattleboro
A Medicine Chest for 25 Cents
The ad touts Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills as a universal cathartic. It claims mild action with no griping, purging liver and bowels, aiding headaches, dyspepsia, bilious fevers, and female irregularities. Mail order available from Dr Layne & Son, 389 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swayne
Dr.Layne & Son
North Sixth Street
Philadelphia
Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry Endorsed
Home Testimony praises Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry for coughs colds and sore throat. A Philadelphia grocer and a dry goods firm relay relief for asthma and distressing coughs with claims of immediate relief and health restoration. Prices listed include 25 cents trial bottles and one dollar large bottles with six for five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Dr. Smiths Stillingia Blood Purifier advertised in Erie
Public notice-style advertisement touts Dr Smiths Stillingia Blood Purifier as a cure for liver and blood disorders including dropsy and rosacea. Claims high bottle sales and rapid replacement of slower remedies. Offers free information and lists Henry Firth as a local seller in Erie Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Smith
B.A. Smith & CO
Prop’s
Erie
Henry €. Firth
The Working Man's Orator Exposed as Impostor
A political speaker posed as a bricklayer and man of toil to win labor support. He brandished tools and claimed they built major local structures, but an audience member pointed out the implements were misidentified gardener’s trowel and carpenter’s hammer, revealing the deception.
Carlyle and Burns in a Portrait of Scottish Genius
Editors Easy Chair in Harpers Magazine for August notes how Carlyle's essay on Burns links two Scottish figures. The piece praises Burns’s rugged manhood and charm while highlighting Carlyle’s kinship with the poet’s sad, tender, and fearless nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Burns
Solitar
Scotland
Robert Burns
Harpers Magazine
A Word to the Corpulent Obesity and Fat Reduction
The piece argues obesity is a morbid condition and that reducing fat improves strength spirit and comfort. Allan's Anti-Fat is advertised as a product that can remove 2 to 5 pounds weekly and is sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan
Rubber boot maker completes hundred-pair feat in Bristol
George W. Sisson, a worker at the Bristol rubber works in It. I., has just finished making one hundred pairs of rubber boots in one hundred consecutive hours on a $5,000 clock timer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Sisson
Bristol
It. I
How a Democratic Editor Was Served for Leaving His Paper to the Mercy of a Republican Friend
A Fayette County Union editorial notes its temporary takeover by a Democrat editor while the owner was away on a Manitoba excursion. The piece promises a Republican-tinted week, mocks past politics, and hints the editor’s return will restore balance. it asserts no responsibility for prior or future political utterances.
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Union
Fayette Co
Lowa) Union
The
Manitoba
McClellan
McClintock
John Phoenix
California
Denmark
Kentucky
St. Louis
Tas Ses
Ita
Tne Sty
Sun
Tue Soux
Tue Sun
Tur Sun
Acta
Congress
Republic
Tax Sun
Tae Sun
Daily Sun
the Sun
J.W. England
Toe Sun
New York City
Oddball Wisdom and Sky Almanac for July Night Sky
A long column blends humor and morals with brief jests from many lines, then shifts to a July sky guide. It lists planets visible after sunset and before midnight, notes Venus as an evening star, Mercury as an evening star, and Jupiter Saturn and Mars near dawn, with dates of conjunctions and the full moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Mercury
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Janus
Earth
Moon
New Regime Delivers Smooth Operation of State Benevolent Institutions
The Ind. Sentinel reports Tudiana's recent reform of state benevolent institutions, praising Dr. Rogers for practical leadership at the Insane Asylum and noting his meticulous oversight and staff familiarity. Dr. Walker’s success reinforces the reforms, with expectations high for all institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tudiana
Rogers
Walker
Insane Institution
Ind. Sentinel
Grammatical error sparks humorous exchange in Harper’s Drawer
A Grandmother in Colorada is quizzed by her granddaughter over a grammatical error while reading the Good Book. The girl declares the error and the grandmother casually answers to “kill it and go on.” The item appears in Harper’s Magazine August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Israel
Harper’s Magazine
Laird and Son Share Silent Walk to Church
A Sunday stroll to church ends with a quiet confession. The laird asks Jock what he is thinking and the boy reveals a desire to inherit the farm if the father dies. The father replies that he once thought the same of his own father, but never voiced it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jock
Levin
Inquiry on Hop Bitters Curing Stomach Liver and Kidneys
The passage questions whether anyone has been ill without stomach liver or kidney inactivity or well when these organs were blocked. It asks readers to ask neighbors if they know a case Hop Bitters would not cure, framing it as a testimonial prompt to doubtless efficacy.
Harrison County Wheat Yields Hit Unprecedented Levels
A large number of Harrison County farmers report wheat crops yielding from 10 to 30 bushels per acre the best ever known in the county. The unusually high output shifts expectations for the harvest season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County
Note for Seventy Five Dollars Setstle Offer
A Detroit man meets a note for seventy five dollars with a bold proposal to settle for five dollars, rejected as worthless. The item precedes briefs on church investigations and oddities, including a Florida legal name entry and a medical ad for Dr Bull’s Baltimore Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Fortress hosts trained carrier pigeons in Germany
A vast German fortress is supplied with trained carrier pigeons. In San Francisco the male population exceeds females by about 70,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
San Francisco
Old-Time Remedies and Anecdotes from a Boarding House
A letter praises Hop Bitters for a long-suffering father now improving after a declared incurable illness. In a dining room quip, Spriggins learns the ash finish on a parlor while an Englishman jokes about hash in the dining room. Joseph Gillett, once rich, amassed 500 violins though music eluded him. Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup is credited by a nurse for soothing babies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester, N. Y
Spriggins
Arlor
The Sun announces 1879 policy and pricing
The Sun pledges independence and truth in 1879, aiming to inform the public with prompt and full coverage. It previews political context for the 1880 election, notes potential Democratic control, and outlines continued subscription rates and club offers for The Sun and weekly editions.
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