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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1894
Page
7
An old advertisement claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures irregularities painful menstruation digestive issues and nervous complaints. It touts strength and vitality benefits for women and men, promising relief from backache dizziness sleeplessness and hysteria fears. The notice includes a 80 page illustrated booklet offering self care information and ordering details.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system, relieves colds headaches and fevers, and improves health by acting on kidneys and bowels without weakening them. It claims broad medical approval and notes availability in bottles of 50 cents and 1 dollar from the California Fig Syrup Co, warning against substitutes.
Roxbury mass man Donald Kennedy reports a universal remedy with over eleven hundred trials and two hundred certificates from within twenty miles of Boston. He promises relief from scrofula to pimples and asserts a first-bottle benefit with a guaranteed cure after proper dosage. Side effects include shooting pains if lungs, liver, or bowels are affected. the remedy is said to work as ducts clear, and no diet change is required.
A damaged ad from 1802 claims a remedy to stop tobacco spit and contains dubious testimonials. It references Mrs J B Waliruth and others, offers to send a pamphlet, and promotes a so called Eterline Remedy Co product, with strange spelling and personal addresses. The piece reads like a sensational penny-press promotion and includes names, places, and a dramatic plea for money.
Conward April 2u N 8 Berry the oldest ex governor for the United States died Wednesday Bristol aged 93 years.
A compassionate letter from Mrnoch 1. fiatiscam of Marshland, Massachusetts praising helping others. It mentions St Jacobs Oil aiding a 60 year old man with a bad knee and rheumatism, claims of health improvement, and references to a trench officer’s Berlin capture, city thoroughfares, and a county supervisors dispute involving a $2710.000 taxpayer committee in Woodbury County, Iowa.
Advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and constitutional disease, promising internal action to destroy the disease’s foundation and strengthen the patient. Rewards offer up to one hundred dollars for proof of failure. Also reports a man under arrest in Antwerp for plotting to secure life insurance by harming relatives.
A fragmentary OCR page shows garbled mentions of cough cures, a murder near Devil's Lake North Dakota, a double homicide by jealousy in Lebanon Ohio, and terse references to trial outcomes in Birmingham Alabama. Names and phrases are incomplete and context sparse.
A long report explains how counterfeit railroad tickets flood cities, detailing flimsy paper, simple designs, and easy forgery. It describes a proposed solution using safety paper with color seals and watermarks to prevent alterations, restricting sales to authorized railway offices and ending widespread ticket fraud.
A fragmentary ad style note touts muscular strength and bodily vigor through regular exercise and a tonic called Sturmach Bitters. It claims improved digestion, blood flow, and nervous vigor, promising safer vitality without ruptures or venous issues.
The piece surveys rising jewelry wear and fashion details such as long watch chains, jeweled necklaces, and bold combinations in millinery. It cites white pique, velvet vests, pinstripes, and watermarked fabrics as key styles, noting high waists, colored chumbedy fabrics, and new panel designs alongside novel fabrics like Angora skin.
In Alpalfa region the alfalfa harvest is emphasized as a diversified, high quality feed for growing stock. The text notes abundant water at shallow depth, enabling irrigation, and mentions Wallir and Jerusalem croppings aiding the stock market with early insights for shipment to feeders.
An excerpt discusses the iniquities of gossip among women, condemning meddling talk in public and the harm of sensational tales about others. It critiques gossip as a social vice while noting some prefer discreet restraint and moral decorum despite pressure to repeat salacious rumors.
An 1880s notice promotes a visiting housekeeper role described as the cheering up business. It seeks women to mend, wash, iron, and manage home textiles, with options for weekly or hourly work. It emphasizes taste in homemaking and promises steady employment in cities.
Sterling Remedy Co offers No-to-bac a book styled aid for quitting tobacco. It promises nicotine withdrawal relief and vitality gains, with a money-back guarantee. Claims are presented via mail order from Indiana Mineral Springs.
A pair of testimonial letters from neighbors extol Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for chronic ailments. John G. Postar of Chapin Street, Buffalo area writes of relief from otzema and nalt-rhoum after other doctors failed, offering to share details. J A Berton of Jackson, Missouri City credits the remedy with improving a persistent skin disease and weight loss, noting prior doctors offered no help.
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