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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1893
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss hepatic issues and symptoms such as yellowness of skin, coated tongue, morning sourness, dizziness and constipation. It mentions a tonic or bitters that opens bile channels, aids digestion, and relieves wind. A rugged line references a whisky trust and a tramp seeking rye.
Reverend W. H. Haggerty of Martinsville New Jersey shares a testimonial about Boschee's German Syrup. He describes a bout of hoarseness and cough that kept him from his pulpit for Sabbaths. After trying a doctor without relief he used the remedy and experienced rapid, lasting improvement.
An English professor at the Victoria Institute discusses two theories on ocean salinity origins in prehistorical times. He notes chlorine likely prevailed in primeval waters, with salinity rising as lakes did, via sedimentation and evaporation. Also includes quirk items on a Death Valley mouse that eats scorpions, ancient iron artifacts, and a humor snippet from Tid.
Government chemists analyzed major brands and placed Royal baking powder first for strength and wholesomeness. Thousands of tests nationwide confirm its unrivaled qualities. Do not use powders with gifts or prizes or priced lower than Royal as they often contain alum lime or sulphuric acid and render food unsafe.
The piece cites Hums about tiny humanoids in Spain and nearby France. It references Kosmos articles from 1887 noting pigmy people in Gerona with red hair and Mongolian features. An Austrian observer mentions likeness in Salamanca and claims from a half breed nano family in Ribas valley near Toulouse. Health seekers are urged to visit.
A wife confronts her husband about his sleep talk naming Doris to a dog and a Western theatre tale ends with a dramatic exit. The light humor centers on misheard names and a bold theatre confrontation, typical of a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper brief.
The piece notes that public smoking by women is not yet a vice in the country but in Germany women who smoke are treated as men. An application for separate women’s smoking compartments was rejected with the reply that women who smoke are men and should smoke with the men.
A collage of dated quips and ads. jokes about spelling, a druggist mix up with morphine, a bridal gift story, bowel movement claims, alcohol in cooking, and common remedies. Satirical lines from various papers, promoting products and light gossip.
The article notes the World’s Columbian Exposition will show global improvements in mechanics and medicine. It highlights physician views on advances in medicinal agents, mentions Caley laxative Syrup of Figs, and includes a dialogue about poetry and pastoral topics among characters Miss Snippit and Aunt Priscilla Elizabeth.
Advertisement offers a catarri cure for deafness caused by inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. Claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and that local applications cannot reach the diseased area. Promises $100 for any deafness cured by other means, and directs readers to send for circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, with Druggists selling at 75 cents.
The text presents a mix of comic dialogue about nail driving and love, an advertisement for a female health cure offering free bottles, and a domestic remark about a husband’s death after long illness. Names like Dr Kilme and Mrs Bloeker appear amid miscellaneous snippets.
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