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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1891
Page
7
A fashion column reviews autumn gowns and wedding outfits with a focus on velvet trims, duchess satin, and intricate passementerie. It highlights club house dances, tailored cloaks, and the engaged look in wedding portraits, noting velvet, sable color schemes, and pastel undergarments.
The well known New York publisher Mrs Frank Leslie surprised friends by inviting London editor William Wilde, a brother of Oscar Wilde, to her engagement. A scandalous row at Tryde Park row between Marquis de Leuville and Prince Eschoff involved Mrs Leslie, a parasol, and a police court reveal that the Marquis was not French and Eschoff a known forger.
A Boston Medical Society view notes salt is vital to the diet, supporting blood and bodily functions. Excess salt harms the stomach and intestines, while constipated individuals may benefit from increased water intake. Recommend at least two quarts daily, with one to two glasses before breakfast, and sipping water slowly to avoid dyspepsia.
Archibald Forbes recounts a German officer and his bride who wed before battle near Saarbrucken. As French forces stormed the town, the groom rushed to the front while shells rained. He was found dead days later, shot through the throat, amid battlefield wreckage and rescue work.
A garbled source discusses laxatives and self care for constipation. It references purging, griping pain, gas, and evacuations impacting regularity, mentioning the Swent Isxative and Ditt?r style remedies and malarial, kidney, rheumatic treatments. The text is unclear but centers on bowel relief methods.
A Newburyport Herald item tells of a city gentleman placing a ladder to clear snow from his roof when a boy, aged around ten, climbed to the top and perched there. The father ascended carefully and urged the child not to fall while rescuing him.
An odd ad notes a weekly feature from The Dr Harter Medicine Co promising a single word puzzle. It urges readers to spot the Crescent mark on their ads and mail the word found to receive a prize such as BOK BEAUTIFUL LITUOGIAPOS or BAMPLES FUEE.
A Boston area church society staged an entertainment for charity. At the end a treasurer counted favors owed the volunteers and asked Willie the organ blower how much he should be paid. The boy replied he was surprised, wondering why the rest of the talent did not offer their services free.
A fragmented note lists a mix of dubious cures and facts: Dr. White's Pulhnonarta claimed as the universe's best cough remedy. a joke about boarding houses. a claim about milk souring during storms. Professor Tolemai of Italian origin on ink coagulation. Hall's Catarri Cora praised for cataract relief. and a London bridge span claim. The text blends medical quackery, curiosities, and odd geography with sporadic attributions to doctors and merchants.
A Philadelphia North American reader recalls a Rhine boat trip with 300 aboard and over 1000 Americans on board. Despite morning rain, the voyage grew delightful as they passed a cottage flying the American flag, drawing a heartening shout from the crowd.
Commenuanie claims not sonsintent with Byrup of Kiva are avoided by Cal Fig Syrup Company. It acts gently on kidneys liver and bowels, cleaning the system but is not a cure all and may not benefit every bottle. An iron buoy of the U S lighthouse service drifted to Ireland. No Optum cures consumption. female doctors in country about 3,000.
A five month illness described as chronic dyspepsia with fullness after meals wind pains and water brash improved after one bottle of August Flower. The witness, Joan D Cox, cites work at Thomas McHenry druggist in Allegheny City and references his employer G G Green as sole manufacturer.
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