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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1893
Page
3
Knowledge declares the pure liquid laxative benefits of Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co. It cleanses the system, relieves headaches and fevers, and is approved by medical professionals. Sold by all druggists in 50c and 1 bottles under the brand name Syrup of Figs. beware of substitutes.
A patient suffered two years with stomach trouble under a physician’s care. He was told to cease solid food as his stomach was worn out. After using August Flower, he rapidly gained strength and flesh and now feels like a new man, crediting the remedy with a cure. Jas E Dederick, Saugerties, N Y.
A Boston Herald report tells of a senior man who comes home to find a debt attachment barring his door. A conspirator keeps him in his room as a joke, with a hired keeper and a mock siege. The prank backfires when the man discovers no keeper and the friend is missing, ending in lighthearted revenge plans.
In Massachusetts General Hospital an operation on a three year old removed a bean from the right bronchus after tracheotomy. Surgeon Dr. John W. Elliott led the procedure, using a long slender forceps through the trachea to extract the bean. The boy is now practically well.
Miscellaneous notices recount a gun using compressed gas as propulsion, a twin birth weighing five and a quarter pounds at Lynn Massachusetts, a verdict awarding $450 in Dedham against a dentist who extracted a sound tooth, a national gun salute of twenty-one guns for each state and the president, a Nubian rock temple guarded by tall statues, the Greene County pine tree felled with lumber value of $2,000, tales of an aging Webster County man whose hair and beard turn black, a Baltimore horsey’s oats theft, a talkative parrot in Indianapolis, and assorted quips and ads including patent medicines and teas.
Fragmentary OCR note discusses a remedy for ailments like consumption and lung disease with uncertain terminology. Mentions stages, costs, and pay for goods, but text is garbled and lacks clear facts or names.
The Niagara Falls Route promotes varied and comfortable travel to Petoskey Mackinac Island and Michigan Resorts Niagara Falls Thousand Islands St. Lawrence Adirondacks Green and White Mountains Canadian Lakes and the New England Coast. Send for a portfolio with lithographs of World’s Fair grounds and lake scenery by Charles Graham. A quarter sent to H Heafford at Chicago Milwaukee St Paul will cover postage. Limited supply. respond by July 15 1893.
A breezy column notes that wealth and time amuse, King William quarrels with his cooks over German diet, actors prize the bill poster, Jayson muses on conscience and slander, and a girl faced with two rivals at once. The item blends society humor with light gossip and playful reflections.
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