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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1899
Page
7
Grain-O is promoted as a non stimulating coffee substitute made from pure grains, claimed to aid sleep and be gentle on delicate stomachs, with price points and kid friendly use. Sensational descriptions of the sultan’s throne room in Constantinople and the Escorial palace illustrate grandiose figures alongside ads for Grain-O and Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
A fragment finds hope amid darkness as love guides the heart forward. Anxious eyes search the gloom for fruition while patience promises a brighter life. The verse envisions a journey toward life’s closing year, where sorrow yields to lasting light through steadfast trust.
Brunton, a young officer bound for India with his regiment, escapes a crowded party to a moonlit garden where he meets Sylvia, an English ward of Mrs Derrick. They share a furtive, shy evening, learning each other amid roses and starlight as tomorrow he sails to join service abroad.
In a moonlit London tableau Sylvia and Brunton meet again near a green door by Lady Martingale's garden. Three years pass since their parting as Brunton, torn by duty and promises, must reveal a changed heart and the fate of their bond.
The article surveys inventions in building and craft materials. Paper boards mimic wood grain for panelling and furniture, claim lighter, cheaper than wood, warp free and easy to cut. Paper poles resist weather and fumes after alum treatment, while enamelled paper bricks use hollow form to improve strength. Also notes balloon-spinning spiders at Châlis Meudon for military research and explains the peerage benefit and aluminum instruments news.
A Marshall resident describes severe backache and kidney pain relieved promptly by Doan's Kidney Pills. Geo W Livingstone of 97 W Hanover St used the product after seeing an advertisement and reports lasting relief with occasional doses. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by dealers nationwide for 60 cents, with Poster Milburn Co of Buffalo NY as U.S. agent.
An overview of historic poisoning in Europe from the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. Notable figures include La Spara La Toffanta and Madame de Brinvilliers, Lavoisier, and Lavigoreux. The text recounts arsenic and other poisons, royal treasons, and famed cases such as Sir Thomas Overbury. It also cites Mithridates and Alexander the Great era legends and notes modern misuses.
A tale features a painter misdirected by a woman claiming ownership of a portrait. The piece contrasts fiction with a remark about a husband’s fate. An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal tonic curing indigestion headaches fainting spells sleeplessness melancholy and more with a guarantee at A. O. Hydes drug store.
The Sultan in Constantinople collects jewels valued at about 40 million dollars and hosts private theatricals. No notable actor singer or conjurer enters without an invitation from the Sultan, who always pays for performances with Bank of England notes.
Mr. G Vacher of 157 Osgood Street Chicago reports his wife suffered a severe bout of la grippe three years ago leaving a bad cough. After using Foley's Honey and Tar she received immediate relief and a full cure from one bottle. The family now keeps a bottle at all times priced at 20c and 60c.
Detroit Journal reports a young society man quips about illness transmission from kissing after sharing a first kiss with his sweetheart. He says palpitations followed, illustrating private fears about contagious maladies in social life.
A fragmented old advertisement blends claims for Syrup of Figs as a permanent laxative with notes on a minuscule book titled Hap of My Thumb, a microscope-read work measuring 1.5 by 1 inches. It also cites Burdock Blood Bitters curing a body-wide rash and urges daily fidelity to seize opportunities.
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