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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1894
Page
3
Fragmented ad laden text highlights cures for coughs and wounds, with brands like Beecham's Pills and Kemp's Balsam. Mentions Salvation Oil for injuries, Asthma Cure by Schiffmann, and various quack claims. Includes humorous quips about wives and digestion and a note on granite bedrock.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative medicine that cleanses the body, relieves headaches and fevers, and improves health. It claims kidney, liver, and bowels are stimulated without weakening them, priced 50c and $1, and manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every page.
A Georgia writer recounts a hurricane tale from Hancock county with Colonel Humber and other locals. The storm allegedly hurled a chimney, hurled livestock, and moved a bureau and trunk across counties, with a telegraph pole shingle as a museum relic to prove such capers occurred.
The Widow Flapjack reports a new boarder choked at his first meal trying coffee and jokes about a second throat. The quirky item appears in Texas Siftings with additional notes on global personal crisis reports numbering around 180000 yearly and a June peak in grappen usage, fading to September.
A miscellany cites social trends and manners from 19th century life. It mentions women and driving nails, lampooned letters about love, Greek and European fashion of bracelets, and a sales pitch about Nebraska farm lands. References to royalty, ministers, and soldiers appear alongside domestic tips on removing stains and wringer maintenance.
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