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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1884
Page
7
Washington Letter profiles Col. Seth Ingersoll and Judge Merrick, notes Bob Ingersoll’s fame and philanthropy, and contrasts Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague’s late fame with Mrs. McElroy and Mrs. Haynesworth. It recalls the White House social balance, Merrick’s stance, and Kate Chase’s faded Washington ties. SYDNEY.
A brief note presents Piso’s Remedy as a cure for catarrh, described as a remedy for the troublesome disease with emphasis on its efficacy.
Warren of Boston sought a Lincoln interview and, aided by Tad Lincoln, secured a brief sitting on the White House balcony. The improvised studio faced a windy dusk, yielding one negative. Six weeks later Lincoln was assassinated, making it likely the last photograph of him.
A Georgia farmer and a city man swap con artist banter until the farmer exposes a torn sleeve showing a concealed stashed sum. He then asks where to find a real blowhard to eject him from town. The anecdote plays on gullibility and disguise in a rural setting.
The April 12 issue of The Critic prints a list of forty Immortals chosen by its readers. Credulity is warned as a danger to honest character in the brief note.
A Cortland New York father Clinton Rindge kills himself after learning his son William is dying from Bright's disease. William recovers after his sister administers Warner's Safe Cure, with doctors and townsfolk noting the miraculous apparent revival. The piece then warns of liver and kidney diseases and promotes Warner's Safe Cure as essential.
A May Century feature by Julian Hawthorne promises a personal view into Nathaniel Hawthorne’s daily life and romances. It sheds light on the father’s character and ties to real places and people, with Harry Fenn providing several pictures. A Georgia man in Laurens county, age seventy four, is noted as father of forty seven children.
Two Icelandic boys visiting an auctioneer in Winnipeg offend him by guessing his nationality. After a hesitant exchange they finally say they think the auctioneer’s father was an Irishman and his mother a squaw. The anecdote ends with the auctioneer still puzzled about his true nationality.
A collage of old advertisements touts Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tea claiming full nutrient properties for debility and lung ailments, BUCHU-PAIBA for kidney and bladder diseases, Garboline hair growth testimonials, Brown's Bronchial Troches for coughs, Talmage on smoking and drinking, and Mercury quarantine quips.
An assorted page of patent medicines and remedies is advertised with claims for Carter’s Little Liver Pills, Dr Sanford’s Liver Invigorator, Ely’s Cream Balm, Uncle Sam’s Nerve and Bone Liniment, and other tonics. Featured items include Worm Cakes, Daylight Liver Pills, Harness Oil, Tar and Wild Cherry extract, and Teething Syrup with prices noted and domestic travel and lodging references interwoven.
An old advertisement touts the Grand Union Hotel and Grand Central apartments with rooms from one dollar per day, elevator access, elevated streetcars, and comparisons to other hotels. It also notes the Metropolitan Hotel in Omaha and claims the best value in the west with tables rivaling higher priced houses. Additionally a product claim for Rough on Corns and eye water by Dr Isaac is mentioned.
The notice argues that overesting or drinking becomes harmless with Hop Bitters used freely. It promises elegant appetite and enjoyment before meals and relief from ness pains and distress afterward. It claims head remains clear nerves steady and feelings buoyant and proclaims lasting pleasant aftereffects.
A New York witness testifies on August 15 1660 that Hop Bitters contain hops leaves and tinctures making it a medicinal preparation not a beverage. He notes each wine glass full equals a full adult dose and argues it should be taxed as a medicinal bitter.
J W Moxey of Buffalo reports five years of kidney and liver trouble with rheumatism and edema. After seven bottles of Hop Bitters the liver hardness and limb swelling disappeared, a miracle in his view, saved from grave illness.
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