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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1893
Page
7
A distorted anecdote touts Hostetler's Stomach Bitters as a certain cure for digestive and biliary complaints. It mocks quack remedies and mocks a dentist encounter while a student seeks tips for a college yell amid garbled medical claims.
Knowledge describes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting laxative that cleanses the system without weakening organs. It claims to aid colds headaches fevers and constipation while benefiting kidneys liver and bowels. Sold by druggists in 50-cent and 1-dollar bottles and manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co with their name on every package.
John Gilbert of Holt Ontario lay emaciated and near recovery after liver and kidney failure. A neighbor reports he used August Flower with magical effect, restoring him to perfect health to the great astonishment of his family and friends.
A mining tale from Guanajuato recalls Tole, a mining boss in Sac Filipe, who survives a deadly knife attack after mistaking a threat for a fatal feuding. The event ends with his self defense being ruled justified, then a Nevada episode where he shoots in what he calls just his luck. A long miscellany follows including odd facts and jokes from the era.
The article notes the Leicester to Swannington line, the first south of Liverpool where Stephenson ran the Rocket, being superseded by a new structure about a week ago. The historic line, once lightly trafficked and nearly primitive, remains a relic of early railroading as the Rocket was delivered to Leicester by canal for service on free.
Royal Baking Powder costs more to produce due to refined ingredients, but offers purer leavening and greater value for health. It notes that cheaper powders fail to match strength and leave impurities in food, with official analyses indicating other brands contain lime ammonia or alum.
Proprietors of Hosacetters Stomach Bitters warn buyers to inspect each bottle for genuineness as counterfeit versions threaten health. They emphasize the product is sold only in bottles not by the gallon or bulk and cite legal actions against fraudsters to deter imitations.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It is taken internally and said to work by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. The advert claims the proprietors offer one hundred dollars for any case that fails to cure and urges sent testimonials.
Current gossip surveys claims about Victor Hugo drafting a novel in two weeks on a wager the Italian king’s eating habits one meal daily Patrick Henry coining fellow citizens and Edison hiring two hundred women for delicate electrical work at his shop Rider Haggard begins days with self read prayers and Bernhardt facing Vienna moral observers.
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