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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1895
Page
7
Fragmentary ad text references Hostetter's Bitters for malaria dyspepsia and debility, a Ha Bitters type remedy, camphor ice with glycerine, Manson's Magic Corn Salve, and a gas notice in a Turkish political note. Names and details are partly garbled, but imply various patent medicines and remedies with prices.
A vintage advertisement extols a laxative product praised for gentle, cleansing action on the system. It claims relief from colds headaches and fever, promising satisfaction to millions. The note emphasizes a branded fruit syrup manufactured by a California company, urging consumers to trust the name on every package.
Missouri legislative coverage notes protests by St. Louis AFL unions against a Sunday closing bill amendments render oleomargarine coloring inoperative and a green coloring bill indefinitely postponed. Grain inspection charges set. various senate bills pass. Thursday actions include humane society bills fellow servant bill engrossment and a two cent rate removal. house moves to engrossment three new judges bill and bank inspection reform.
The House Friday February 23 debated corruption charges tied to the Capitol removal bill. Lawmakers wrangled over the issues amid a tense session, with the ongoing dispute shaping the proceedings.
On Saturday February 23 the appropriation bills were discussed with cuts to state institutions. The Tatum election bill received brief care. On Monday February 25 the Senate read third for several bills including waiving penalties on personal taxes if payment is by December 21, 1895, and passed measures to preserve navigable streams and game in the state. The House considered corruption charges over capital removal, debated the fellow servant law, and moved to require wages in lawful money for corporate workers. A levee district reorganization passed in the afternoon. The elective franchise proposal failed 67 to 43 after two hours of debate.
Washington on March 1 reports the government has received 37,138,125 in gold coins to date on account of the recent bond purchases.
A vintage column riffs on hop beds once used for insomnia and a hop bed cure for ailments. It imagines hops as soothing, notes a London doctor promoting skipping for busy professional women, and humorously jokes about Cleopatra and hopping. It ends with a inventor joke about a hair parting device that delivers a straight part with one pass.
Maurice Thompson recounts a buyer of sheep who travels into the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky. He negotiates with a grim mountaineer selling a single ewe. The buyer values the animal at about seventy five cents, while the mountaineer responds with a menacing display of a pistol in the tense exchange.
A patchwork of old ads and quack cures echoes through the page. De Castro the magician is jostled with claims on deafness cures, Salzer seed ads boasting high yields, and generic testimonial snippets. The tone is promotional and scattered with product pitches and playful banter.
A collection of aphorisms on preparation and easing troubles by aiding others. It argues that emotions mislead, running from problems delays rest, and shared burdens lighten personal hardship. The voice emphasizes disciplined resolve and altruistic support as paths to steadiness.
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