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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1883
Page
7
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral advertised by Dr J C Ayer and Company of Lowell Massachusetts. The listing highlights a patent medicine for coughs and chest ailments marketed to readers seeking relief.
A fragment from a temperance banner and Union Signal piece discusses anti drink crusade rhetoric and a 1883 Flint item. It cites historical banking and manufacturing references, noting public sentiment against saloons and a push for temperance measures. The text weaves allegorical lines about Old Nick and the fire of intemperance.
A letter from John G. Whit tier praises temperance work and the Woman’s Christ in Temperance Union. He argues prohibition educates the masses, empowers enforcement, and should end licensing vice, charging liquor sales to tempt drunkenness is a crime against the state.
A collage of vignettes and quips from a bygone era includes mock exchanges about a thwarted attempt on the London Times, a Cork customs official and Pat with an empty whisky bottle, and a Brooklyn doctor lampooning delirium tremens via a dog. It also notes editor Wendell Phillips on women smoking, gossiping ladies, a geologist father, a drum‑bound birthday boy, and a gag about a Nerous wife. Various ads tout King’s New Discovery for coughs, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Lavender Cold Cream and Parker’s Hair Balsam, plus wheat flour for dietary needs, all pitched by local merchants in Calhoun County Michigan.
A damaged 19th century ad touts Bactiten's Aries Gglves as the best salve for cuts sores and eruptions with a money back guarantee. It also promotes Electro Bitters promising quick cures for blood diseases jaundice constipation and general debility with a liberal cash reward for failures. Prices listed as 25 cents per box and 10 cents per bottle with refunds.
A fragmentary 19th century advertisement extols Florida oranges and the Dulce Tropics while promoting Parker's Tonic. It notes a name change after April 16 1883 to Parker's Tonic dropping the word ginger, and assures genuine bottles bear Hincox & Co. signatures on the wrapper.
An aged 19th century patent medicine advertisement touts Tengen's caperne porous plaster as a superior treatment for malaria and associated fevers. It claims action on liver, spleen, bowels and kidneys and asserts unique efficacy over other plasters. Seabury and Johnson, New York chemists, advertise its international acclaim.
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