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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1885
Page
7
A colonial era health note explains bolls and carbuncles as volcanoes of the human system due to impure blood and digestive imbalance. It urges toning the body with Brown's Iron Bitters and quotes Handy & Bullman of Annapolis who report customer satisfaction with the product.
A compilation of quirky facts and reports ranging from eyeless poultry exhibitions in New Orleans to a one mile long tunneling project in Pennsylvania. Other items cover global mail volumes, fishing feats, mining progress, spring harbingers, and shifting ground around Virginia City plus a Florida tarpon weigh in.
A stitched list cites inventions and milestones from 635 B C to 1740, including quills, paper money in America, and lenses, ending with an advertisement for Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy from Buffalo New York offering a pamphlet to readers who send a stamp.
A man in Philadelphia asks for vitriol and broken glass in a drink claiming Dead Man's Gulch origins. The bartender and patron clash over understanding the grim order revealing harsh Western notoriety and local danger in a brief street exchange.
The piece notes the value of swift arrest in crime and disease alike, praising Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for tuberculosis symptoms and urging readers to seek cure via dispensary addresses. It also recounts social mishaps about Royal invitations and a marriage rumor involving Miss Fortescue with a note on medical cures.
A member of the Primitive Baptists in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, known for enforcing church discipline, used his influence to gain credit at an Athens merchant’s store. The trader offered to sell the entire establishment on credit, secured only by the member’s church membership, after a farmer sought credit while planning to sell cotton. The ruse exposed a reputable Northeast Georgia farmer who proved to be a reliable buyer.
An assortment of health claims tout Wells Health Renewer for heart trouble digestion and sleeplessness. It promotes Kidney-Wort as a gentle cathartic benefiting liver kidneys and bowels. Also mentions insurance benefits and various travel and hotel ads with rough on rats and Edward Wiggins lecturing on antique cooking.
Henry Clews argues that dinners are the highest and only rational form of entertainment, framing social meals as essential cultural activity.
A Buckner Missouri resident, J. O. Walker, cites relief after using Hop Bitters recommended by pharmacist T. J. Anderson. Walker reports losing two bottles but says he was wholly cured and endorses the remedy to others.
An old notice warns that counterfeiting harms health and life and promotes Hop Bitters as a well known remedy. It urges buyers to trust the green labeled bottles with a white label cluster, warning that many fakes circulate globally including Australia England France Germany India Canada.
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