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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
3
Readers are urged to write to Lydia E. Pinkham for advice on female ailments. The text touts the Vegetable Compound as curative, citing multiple letters from women praising relief from menstrual irregularities, ovarian pain, and related conditions, with addresses and dates from 1897 to 1899.
Two readers report relief from falling of the womb after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Mars J. P. Troutman of Hamilton Ohio says six bottles and four boxes of Liver Pills ended her bandage use and cured headaches and backache. Mrs Pryxnam claims recovery after five bottles and a return to work following long illness.
A mosaic of wry exchanges and quips from various papers. Parodies touch on counterfeit money, boardinghouse life, fashion and manners, jokes about professors and hosts, and light social satire across cities like Brooklyn Philadelphia Detroit Chicago and Washington.
A Washington Democrat summary notes Swiss authority claims 200 Russians spend more in a month than 1,000 English visitors. The remark highlights Russian travelers profiting hotels and shops in host lands. A hunting anecdote ends with a boy forcing everyone to rise to see if they sit on the last item.
A curious note likens night dust on sailing decks to indigestion and states Hos tettters Stomach Bitters cures dyspepsia. It is said to prevent malaria fever and ague and is recommended as the remedy.
A humorous exchange on the morning paper mocks an English honor claim with the line English give Boers a bad check highlighting a feigned dispute over the English honor.
An advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for a one day cure for colds. It notes that all druggists refund the money if it fails and carries E. W. Grove's signature on each box. Price is 25 cents.
A period-appropriate notice promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best remedy for mothers to use during their children's teething period.
An 1895 ad page touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure and offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. The notice urges readers to send for testimonials and lists other products including Hall's Family Pills and Adams Sarsaparilla Pills. It also promotes a coffee advertisement and Dr Kline's tonic with testimonials.
An article notes corn wheat can out yield corn and produce similar meals with superior fattening qualities. It suggests sowing it like wheat, with yields up to 100 bushels per acre. The husk remains oily post thrashing, nearly hay quality. Prices listed at 10 cents per hundredweight. Address M J Shields Co Moscow Idaho. Also reports raisin growers and fruit growers mass meetings in San José and a rich gold assay ledge found by F W Carter in Grapevine district with assays up to 137.60 gold per ton.
A nostalgic piece recalls childhood in a farmyard with cousins and grandparents. The narrator describes attic beams, hay, auctions, and a horsehair coach, then shifts to fond memories of a baked mince pie aroma and meals with family. The Minneapolis Journal notes Egypt’s ancient almanac and red versus black lucky days.
A brief humorous item notes apples stay costly due to scarcity and wasted crop. A market man explains price is up even as papers claim a huge harvest, rotting on trees. Ida-Cholly is described as a lighthearted character. May jokes about a high collar preventing a look down.
A brief update notes that the situation ends well despite nuisance from wasps and hornets. No injuries reported and steps to manage stinging insects are mentioned.
A Peruvian artilleryman was ordered flogged but no scourge existed. The officer delayed until a weapon arrived, about a year later, by which time the soldier had already died. The tale underscores how suspicion and excessive sensitivity harm a small soul.
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