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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1898
Page
2
Pipkin and Hanes advertise a quick acting cough remedy claimed to cure colds croup throat tickling and obstinate coughs. The ad stresses safety for children even in large quantities and asserts superior reputation among modern preparations.
The New York Journal reports Wallsend on the Lyne building a 10,000 horsepower boat aiming for 43 mph and a Atlantic crossing in 40 hours. A giant transportation company and a Galway Bay to Ireland tunnel are planned with Hall's Bay Newfoundland harbor. Fast trains and a six hour sea leg would link London and New York in roughly three days, breakfast in New York and dinner in London by year’s end. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is advertised as a remedy for skin ailments.
An evening paper mocks municipal golf at Van Cortlandt Park praising it as well kept with public funds. The piece argues that free music baths tennis gardens and museums show why cities should expand public services. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are endorsed for quick relief.
In September 1864 Colonel Alger and his regiment served in the Shenandoah Valley as part of Sheridan's campaign. The brief item notes Alger's early wartime actions with his unit and their engagement in the valley operations.
A report recalls Col Russell A Alger being dismissed in 1864 after absence without leave amid Civil War operations. The letter notes his later brevet ranks and cites a family illness in which Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured a 15 month old child, with seller F C Savage offering the product.
A Tennessee source reports Admiral Dewey enjoys strong support from ex Confederates for his Civil War service. He recalls the Port Hudson bombardment and notes the Johnny Rebs at Clarksville sent compliments. Dewey replied that war's lasting impact is healing old wounds and uniting the nation with no North or South.
An advertisement reports John Biathias a Pulaski Kentucky stock dealer credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with curing his flux after a week of suffering and failing physician treatment. I Savage sells the remedy. The piece also notes an American traveler’s view on Russia predicting delays in peace proposals affecting the army and detailing rations and customs during holidays.
An advertisement urges readers to pick DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve the great pile cure and warns against substitutes for piles sores and burns, urging shoppers not to accept any other product.
An advertisement urges individuals to join The Post-Dispatch distribution team across villages and cities. It promises a profitable, zero-cost opportunity with support from local leaders and notes the paper's demand and AP affiliation. It highlights wartime dispatches and offers mail-only subscription at 60 cents monthly, asking readers to write promptly to The Post-Dispatch, St Louis.
A list of watch bargains includes No 1 a red ruby jeweled B W Raymon movement in a gold setting offered for 15 dollars. No 2 a Hampden railway watch with full jeweled gold case at 10 dollars. No 3 a Elgin nickel eleven jewel stem wind in a four ounce silver case for 7. No 4 a finely jeweled Hampden movement in a 14K gold filled case, guaranteed for 1y years at 15. Repairs offered at The Jewelry Store Janssenay.
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