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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1890
Page
7
The article discusses bold evening gowns and hats, detailing a yellow silk gown with a Watteau bow and decollate corsage, alongside pale violets and leaf embroidery. It contrasts this with velvet and crêpe de chine ensembles, noting trends toward femininity and refined receptions among New York women.
A fragmentary New York letter describes the upscale avenue set seeking distance from lower circles, preferring carriage rides and exclusive balls. It notes charity ball behavior, the Blaine family, and the plight of Mrs. Blaine, plus anecdotes on burlesque audiences and society girl entanglements with stage life.
In a tale recounted by Geners Spinola, a venture with Cornelius Vanderbilt and others along the Hudson is described. Weed proposed a game of cards, with large stakes and muttered bravado about risking tens of thousands, while Spinola hesitated despite only about $504 in his pocket.
A jumble of advertisements and notices includes Hall’s Catarrh Cure by Cheney & Co Toledo promising rewards, and claims about various patent medicines. The page also contains references to a Japanese woman in Ise and a South Carolina “Weller” tale, plus a featured African diamond shaft discovery and a misused bed pillow anecdote from Indiana.
Fragmentary notes recall tall pines and hardwoods in Badstern Tennessee and Western North Carolina, warning that giant trees will be exhausted to meet rising wood demand, while unrelated ads for patent medicines and tonics interrupt the fragment.
March to May marketing copy touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a reliable blood purifier. It claims to purify blood, restore appetite, and boost energy during winter fatigue. Customer testimonies from Cleveland and Norwalk praise relief from salt rheum, boils, and ivy poisoning after using the remedy.
A vintage ad notes Hood's Sarsaparilla bottled for all druggists and apothecaries in Lowell. It lists 109 doses available for one dollar, prepared only by C2 BOUD 200 and distributed through multiple outlets.
Enormous shipments of Dr Pierce’s medicines to major centers mark unprecedented demand. The Golden Medical Discovery carries a strong guarantee of benefit or money refund, backed by the World’s Dispensary Medical Association. Sold nationwide by druggists and by L. Wood & Co with 100 doses for one dollar.
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