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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1883
Page
7
A Jersey City housewife seeks ginger with her husband as local grocers fail to supply. The couple learns of scarcity due to Jamaica workers and freight costs, prompting a perilous search through New York markets until a bargain is found at 10 cents for a half-pound.
The Hon. Oden Bowie ex governor of Maryland and president of local rail and racing bodies testifies that he and his family have used St Jacobs Oil for years with satisfactory results. His public endorsement aims to persuade readers of the paper.
At Grand Central a train inquiry reveals a brakeman unable to speak to a patron properly. President Rutter identifies the mistake, warns of dismissal, and says he will overlook the error for the sake of the man’s mother if it does not repeat.
The fragment cites Miss Penn rejecting Mr Hogg avoiding a marriage announcement headlined Hogg Penn. It also advertises tonics including Samarian Nervine Hale’s Honey, Pike’s Toothache Drops, Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Gallus, and Army and Navy Lintment for injuries, with aphorisms and quotes from various papers.
A long editorial uses a mine fire analogy to describe inflammatory rheumatism and the fire in the blood. It promotes Warner's Safe Cure from Rochester New York as the remedy to extinguish the poison acids in the liver and kidneys. The piece cites Dr Robert A Gunn endorsement and promises ninety five percent relief. It also includes hotel ads and patent medicines like Allen's Iron Tonic and Brown's Bronchial Traches in a period advertising broadcast.
Testimonies from E. L. Clickener of New Brunswick New Jersey and E. R. Ravucu editor of Carbon Co Democrat claim hay fever relief after using Ely's Dream Balm. Advert mentions price 50 cents and asserts no attacks since use. Suffering is cited as a motivator for honesty.
An 19th century advertisement touts Williams Indian Pile Ointment as a cure for piles promising instant relief and tumor absorption. It claims the product works within minutes and is sold by Frazier Scine Co in Cleveland Ohio. The notice also includes various proverbs and other short testimonials about medicine and virtue.
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