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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
7
A traveler notes a placard on a Via Voledo shop door announcing the title of duke offered for sale and to inquire within. The text then shifts to a discussion of various remedies, warning that some tonics harm the stomach and bowels, while Hostetter’s is praised as a preventive laxative for constipation.
A well known south side German physician faced an awkward moment after saving a wealthy lady’s daughter from diphtheria. The grateful mother offered a purse, but the doctor demanded payment of 300. The lady retrieved the purse and paid the bill with two $100 bills, returning the purse with the note that the $300 was now paid.
General John M Wilson, long a key figure in Lake Erie river and harbor work, is promoted to chief of the Army Engineer Corps and brigadier general. A West Point graduate of 1860, his career spans Civil War service, fortifications duties, and leadership of public buildings and grounds in Washington, with ties to Cleveland and Lake Michigan interests.
An anecdote about Moltke traveling in Switzerland. At Hotel Belgique he is mistaken for a poor guest due to his cloak and satchel. The head waiter assigns a small attic room until Moltke insists the servant carry the carriage and remains in the attic before receiving a better room.
A garbled page vignette mixes a Joseph and brothers dialogue with numerous consumer ads and slogans. It features casual moralizing lines, tonics and patent medicines, tobacco quackery, a note on credit or penalties, and assorted testimonials selling cures and products. It includes mentions of Laxative Nome Quinine, Dr Harter Iron Tonic, and a phonograph remark with a gender comparison.
A brief guidance advises not to spear a raw oyster at dinner or pressure the host about its freshness. It notes that discussing death during meals is poor form and should be avoided to maintain proper etiquette.
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