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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1892
Page
7
The Reporter describes a farmer’s daughter missing after an alleged brutal confinement and hanging by her parents. Neighbors reported screams and a rope with a noose found in the home. Police search continues as the missing woman has not been located after more than a fortnight.
A narrative on Bucephalus, the white horse with a bull head mark that Alexander tamed by facing the sun, earning the king’s praise and a promise of another kingdom. Bucephalus accompanied him across campaigns and died near Hydaspes, with a city later named Bucephalus in his honor. Included are notes on miniature landscapes and a remark from Ferguson about a tiny Chinese box containing miniature trees.
An assortment of ad blurbs and quips touts cures and tonics. Dr Judd Electric Belts in Omaha promise cures where medicine fails while Crown’s Bronchial Traches aid voice. Many small vignettes joke about dormer girls and moonlit buggies, with ads for Stewart’s Headache Powders and Hanson’s Magic Core Salve. Also references Castoria, Dr Bull’s Worm Destroyers, and Magic Chloride of Gold.
A collage of 1890s promotional blurbs and quips including Beecham's Pills agents in the U.S., a Miss Asceticism piano quip from the Boston Post, Judd Electric Co. selling on six months' trial, a Captain and Sergeant banter about furlong requests, the Hawkeye Grub and Stamp Machine testimonial from James Milne & Son, a Stiger quotation about appearances, California Root Tea claims with a St. Louis agency, and a political caucus aside.
Mrs J A Winonen of Slatington Pa reports healing an infant hip abscess after using 33 B 6 while Swift’s Specific helps three other children with blood trouble or CISOM A the yellow blisters case and states two recovered after treatment. The ad claims rapid relief and natural health development with the Swift Specific company mail order offer.
Advertised claim by Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy makers, offering $500 if not cured. They pledge lifelong cure or payment, citing years of successful results and inviting readers to pay fifty cents to start a trial.
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