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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1898
Page
7
The article strings together scattered OCR fragments about sound money debates and favored remedies such as Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and St Jacobs Oil. It mentions newspapers and street talk with ad-like lines, noting public opinion and consumer products in a cramped, period-voice collage.
A garbled OCR collage shows multiple adverts and quotations from various sources. It mentions Salzer’s German Coffee Berry pricing, seed company mail offers, a 1 cent stamp request, and a call to send 5 cents for a Salzer catalogue. It includes quips about ignorance, postal promotions, and consumer-cure claims. It also cites items from Chicago Daily News and Chicago Record about cures and misprints, plus miscellaneous ad snippets and jokes.
In Greensburg Indiana a veteran from Newpoint recounts relief from rheumatism after using Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He says long illness and heart disease feared incurable were reversed after six boxes, praising the medicine’s effectiveness and noting no bowel side effects.
A fire grenade demonstration at a suburban hotel backfired when the agent’s bottles failed to smother flames. The crowd watched as flames grew taller, until it was revealed the grenades had been doctored with gasoline by the proprietor’s son. The incident ended with calls for the hotel to cover the costs of the costly mischief.
A discussion of artificial indigo development in India and Europe. Chemists seek to replicate indigo from elements, with a German firm near market-ready, threatening East Indian dye dominance. Economic stakes rise as improved methods may widen margins for both natural and synthetic sources.
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that purifies blood and targets mucous surfaces. It presents the product as non quack, backed by a physician, with testimonials and a Toledo address, plus other products and unrelated quotes embedded.
An old-time travel feature touts sleeper cars from St Louis to Denver and Salt Lake via Kansas City and Colorado, praising Northwest travel sensors and a Wakeley G P A. signature. It references past bargain promotions and an Indianapolis note, matching advertisement style of a 20th century paper.
A compact ad promotes a metal paper cutter bookmark combo with a ten cent silver or stamp payment, mailed under seal with delivery to Geo. HL Ga 410 Old Colony Building Chicago. Also various ad lines mention cures and medical notices, including neuralgia relief and a rupture treatment by S J Sherman.
A testimonial from Mary Lingard of Woodstock Ontario praises Dr Ayer s Sarsaparilla for curing her liver tumors and dolorous years. At twenty five she suffered constant misery. after a course she recovered and remains active at sixty one. The ad claims myriad cures and offers the care book from J G Ayer Co Lowell Mass for free.
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