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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1879
Page
4
Bright Navy Tobacco appears in an advertisement from W. D. Wells and Company highlighting their product line. The notice emphasizes brand naming and vendor presence in the market with concise promotional language.
A 1879 musing argues most deaths stem from disappointment, passion, toil, or accident. It contrasts human life with animals, claiming humans, though strongest, burn out faster due to irregular temper and relentless labor. It posits a rough physiological rule for lifespans and warns of self consuming wrath.
A carriage maker used a deceit to plunder executors of deceased nobles by supplying a ready to use vehicle decorated with the deceased's arms. After pressuring for removal and payment of about £190, the outfit was repurposed for another unwary nobleman. Eventually the scheme collapsed and a tarnished reputation followed.
A poorly dressed woman begged Miss Fairbank of Bowdon for aid claiming her husband was dead. Miss Fairbank checked the house found a corpse in ragged clothes, then gave money. The woman later returned and found the couple dancing in the kitchen, revealing their deception.
A Paris woman plots to dispose of her cat by a poisoned cake. She hides in her room, but returns to find the cat alive and calmly gazing at her, while her dying boy had eaten the cake.
Mrs. Saran A. Exvdior of Oxford North Carolina extols the London Hair Color Restorer as pure and effective. She cites physician advice and widespread use in Oxford Raleigh and other towns, noting it restores and beautifies hair and even improves eyesight. The product sells for 75 cents a bottle or 4 for six bottles at leading druggists.
Letters from judges lawyers and tradesmen across towns like Quitman Millersburg Hinsdale Brattleboro Newville and Philadelphia claim Swayne's Ointment relieves itching piles and tetter with moisture intense itching and scratching noted. Sold by druggists or mailed for 50 cents or three boxes 125 from Dr. Swayne & Son 330 N Sixth St Philadelphia.
Advertisements tout Dr Swayne s Tar and Sar saparilla Pills as a universal cathartic cure all laxative with liver stimulating and stomach cleansing action. Claims relief from headaches dyspepsia bilious fevers and female irregularities and offers mail order from Philadelphia with 20 cents per box or five boxes for a dollar.
For over twenty years the firm Jacob Reiger & Co and grocer Jr Myers testify to Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry curing asthma and distressing coughs. Assorted Philadelphia addresses cite benefits. Prices 25 cents small, $1 large, or six for $5. write to Dr Swayne & Son if unavailable.
The piece mocks a United States Senator savoring his obesity as a disease likely to prove fatal. It touts Allan's Anti Fat as a safe remedy, claiming chemists approve it and urging sale by druggists, while a jab about women's silence closes the note.
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