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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1890
Page
7
An old advertisement touts Shiloh's Cure as a unparalleled cough remedy for croup whooping cough bronchitis and sore throat with a free sample bottle offered to homes in the United States and Canada. It urges consulting a druggist for Shiloh's Cure and mentions Shiloh's Porous Plaster for sore lungs or back.
A fragmented New York Weekly excerpt shows a conversation where a young man demands the hand of a banker’s daughter, claiming a price for silence. The scene includes a mistaken accusation, a call for a policeman, and a promise of marriage if left unchallenged.
A seaside hotel scene features a mother aiming to pair her daughter with litereary circles. The girl mistakenly quotes another poet’s piece as hers, spurring silence and a witty remark from the narrator about Wordsworth and born authorship. The tale ends with a reflection on genuine admiration versus vanity.
A humorous tale of a man winning a wife by family consent, without asking the question. Then a light note on month names and Roman origins followed by a blunt aside on doctors fees and medical practice costs in New York. The fragment ends mid discussion of ancient aqueducts and labor.
A London Journal quips about Mr Gladstone’s long winded style with a 120 word question and a five minute sentence. The piece contrasts rhetoric with news of emigration and frontier dangers. It notes malaria afflicting settlers and promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive aid for malaria and related ailments.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt notes Tommy’s mother buys extra fabric for his clothes to reserve seats. A ward politician recalls a forthcoming change and explains why bets weren’t made due to lack of borrowing funds.
A letter claims work from F. Delno & Co. in Columbus Ohio yields high profits from plating knives forks and jewelry. The writer reports daily earnings and urges others to request circulars. A French doctor links nervous complaints to train reading.
A collage of patent medicine pitches and railroading quirks appears as an era snapshot. Kemp’s Balsam promises cures for coughs and colds with testimonials and bottle checks while a new labor saving machine claims to enable one operator to finish thousands of shoes weekly. Other ads promote Bowne’s powders, Brown’s bronchial troches, Piso’s Cure, and Ram’s Horn quips, all reflecting consumer culture and industrial notes of the period.
An advertisement touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy from the World's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo. It claims to cure chronic catarrh in the head, catarrhal headache, and head cold, offering $500 to any patient they cannot cure. The copy argues the makers' confidence and invites trial as preferable to living with catarrh.
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