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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
3
The California Fig Syrup Co proclaims its Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the only genuine product made by its original method. A five year old’s lip injury prompts a tender exchange about disfigurement, and other ad snippets tout household remedies and quips in a period-like promo style.
Washington reports that Surgeon General Robert Maitland OReilly, who led the Army Medical Corps since September 2, 1902, is placed on the retired list for age after 45 years in service. His career includes Civil War service, campaigns against the Sioux, and Cuban operation roles. He served as Cleveland’s personal physician and friend during the administrations in the city. Col George M. Torney succeeds him, former head of the Presidio General Hospital in San Francisco.
New York reports Cuba will dedicate a 12 foot Liberty statue by Salvatore Buemi of Rome in a Matanzas public park facing the harbor. The monument combines a bronze Liberty on a granite pedestal with a bronze Jose Marti figure, funded by subscription, and will be paired with a Marti monument on a higher pedestal.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat item recounts a London doctors prescription for rheumatism shared as a free remedy. It notes an English lord paid 1400 for the formula, claimed to relieve rheumatism in wet climates, and lists ingredients: Sulphur Cream of tartar Rhubarb Gum guaiac Honey with directions to take nightly and morning in wine and water.
A chaotic scene unfolds on a morning Rockport train carrying Boston residents home for winter. A stormy Westerner, a family with a poodle a gray cat and a traveling clock. the cat is scolded to be quiet while the poodle longs for Bobby across from them. The Westerner paws his bag and moves to another coach after the discord.
Asker questions why Trimm never speaks to Duffy and suggests he is a diamond in the rough. Trimm agrees, saying she is cutting him for that reason.
A Newark woman recounts a brutal battle with eczema covering her body and scalp. She credits Cuticura Ointment Soap and Resolvent with stopping bleeding, healing flesh, and regrowing hair, praising the products as life changing. Also notes a historic Thermometer by Otto de Guericke with a 20 foot copper globe and gilded blue decorations.
A New York businessman, sorting old papers, is approached by a colored porter who asks for one of the unused letters. The porter plans to mail a note to his mammy in North Carolina to cheer her, so the boss provides a patent medicine anti fat circular for mailing.
Quotations show a pun on role versus roll as a person weighs a comic part. The exchange hints at a playful mispronunciation between millionaire role and roll, reflecting light humor in dialogue.
The piece extols learning via home correspondence courses in stenography and book-keeping. It highlights the Michigan Business Institute in Kalamazoo as a leading option, notes a generous pay-after-graduation plan, and invites inquiries to President E. P. Sumption. It emphasizes that dedicated effort and a few spare moments can launch a solid career.
A playful exchange shows a servant explaining he cannot accept an invitation because his clothes are in hock. The boss insists the dinner is important, creating a scene of social tension over attire and propriety.
An advertisement fragment details Thomas N. McCullough of Colorado Springs praising Dean's Kidney Pills for relief from backache and kidney trouble after three week episodes. The ad claims permanent cure and lists price and seller details, followed by assorted quotes and other patent medicine pitches.
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