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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1879
Page
4
An 1879 notice from W D Wells and Co announces Best Golden Syrup likely as a product listing or advertisement dated Wednesday March 5. The brief item foregrounds the syrup brand and the company name without additional context.
The Asheville Citizen advocates Thomas A. Hendricks of Louisiana as the best choice for the Democratic presidential ticket. The letter argues Hendricks can unite the party, win broad regional support including Vermont New Hampshire and New York factions, and defeat Grantism while avoiding South resistance to a national ticket.
Washington DC Post recounts Louisville figure Major Throckmorton who ran the Galt House and hosted visitors with Kentuckian pride. A famed Dickens meeting sparked a sharp exchange ending with the author leaving via window as Kentuckians tailed his coat, an anecdote noted in American Notes.
An old advertisement warns about young women with inherited predisposition to Cabonpoint who ruined health by vinegar dieting. It extols Allan Anti-Fat as harmless and says it prevents fat absorption, prompting a reader letter from Mrs. M. B. Myens about losses after using one bottle. The piece closes with a rhetorical question on poverty.
Mrs Sarai A Enso of Oxford North Carolina endorses the London Hair Color Restorer describing it as pure and effective. The author’s testimonial notes improvements to hair appearance and eyesight and cites belief in wide sales. It is sold by leading druggists at 75 cents per bottle or four dollars for six bottles.
Forward Barden Judge of Quitman Georgia reports cure of itching piles after years of suffering. James McComb attorney from Millersburg Ohio endorses All-healing Ointment for piles. W. Sharp of Newville Pennsylvania notes relief from salt rheum. L. Wailor of Pittsdale New Jersey claims thirty years of itching piles cured after buying at Thorne's Drug Store Brattleboro Vermont. Sold by all druggists for 50 cents or three boxes. Swayne & Son Philadelphia address given.
A historical advertisement touts Swayne's Par and Sarsaparilla Pills as a universal cathartic and liver stimulator. It claims mild action without griping, purporting to aid digestion, feverish health issues, and general ill health. Addressed to buyers via Croswaine & Son in Philadelphia.
In a 19th century advertisement style, testimonials praise Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry for coughs asthma and sore throat with claims of relief and health restoration. The piece also includes pricing 25 cents for trial bottles six for five dollars and requests to ask a druggist to procure or write for direct orders.
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