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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1899
Page
3
A widespread health notice urges women to seek normal monthly cycles and cautions against pain and derangement. It cites Mrs Lydia E Pinkham and Miss Gertrude Sixes endorsing her remedies for painful menstruation and leucorrhea, inviting letters to Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
At a town council meeting in North Lincolnshire a discussion arose on consecrating a new cemetery section. A member proposed the move citing personal precedent and noting it would be well.
An old remedy claim describes St Jacobs Oil as absorbing pain like a sponge and leaving a cure after rubbing in. The passage emphasizes fast relief from aches through topical application.
A dialogue questions whether trained nurses should be attractive. Hillebrand replies that beauty does not matter if nurses adhere to their calling and professional duties.
W H Racaps of Windham Vermont describes severe rheumatism that left him unable to move. After failing with prescriptions he took Hood's Sarsaparilla, used three bottles, and regained strength to walk without crutches and resume farm work.
In April 1863 Carlyle wrote of Dickens readings, praising the performance at Hanover Rooms and noting Dickens’ varied talents. The account mentions Dickens earning fifty to sixty pounds per reading and compares him favorably to actor Macready.
An advertisement for Dr Foote and staff at 161 Adams St Chicago claims exclusive men’s specialization with confidential, mailed remedies. It touts treatments for genito urinary and nervous system issues plus cures for syphilis, rheumatism, and general debility with products named Syphala and Vigoral. Prices are listed as $1 per bottle or six for $5 with discounts.
A collage of humorous exchanges from multiple papers features quips about politics, romance, finance, and social scenes. Highlights include a printer’s chase of a stone walking gag, a brick building remark, and playful skits on manners and manners of speech across newspapers.
The text notes cost estimates from 115000 to 150000000 for constructing the Nicaragua Canal. It praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestion and related ailments and mentions St Jacobs Oil as a remedy for winter aches. It includes a witty exchange about photographs and a remark on frost pains.
A Boston Transcript excerpt notes the rarity of self made women and contrasts it with male self makers in the industry. The piece comments on gender roles and ends by endorsing Jesse Moore Whiskey as a physician recommended household staple.
The dealer warns against recommending a foul-mouthed parrot while Mrs. Ferry lights up with comic nautical chatter. She repeats sea shanties and roguish exclamations, enjoying the saucy bird’s speech.
An 19th or early 20th century ad promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease powder to shake in shoes. It claims relief for swollen feet, nervousness, tight shoes, smarting, blisters, corns, bunions, sweating, and chilblains. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free trial package. Address Allen A Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The Newly Made Benedict reports a tied result after a clash described as a battle with a coquette, leaving the outcome unresolved.
A vintage ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising cure for a cold in one day. It claims all druggists refund money if it fails, priced at 25 cents.
An Indianapolis Journal quoted quip on ideals and fashion. The note promotes San Francisco travel to the Brooklyn Hotel at Bush Street with room rates from 50 cents to 1.50 per day and meals for 25 cents. It mentions a free coach and signs Chas Montgomery.
A light exchange about foreign travel broadening the mind and shortening a husband’s bank account appears in the Chicago Tribune style dialogue. An advertisement asserts permanent cure of fits or nervousness with Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, offering a free trial bottle and treatise from Dr. R H King Ltd. Philadelphia.
Ohio toledo Toledo county record promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a sworn affidavit by Frank J Cheney of F J Cheney & Co offering one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured. Testimonials claim effectiveness, with notices of testimonials from D A Albright and others dated 1895.
Hundreds of loads of stable manure are hauled from Chino and other ranches to Pomona and Ontario for orchard fertilizer this winter. The piece argues soil grass must be fed back to the land to prevent impoverishment and loss to farming. It also promotes Dr Foote and Staff Chicago remedies for urinary and blood diseases.
The article extols St. Jacobs Oil as a soothing cure for neuralgia. It states the remedy reduces pain while strengthening weak nerves and restoring natural condition, promising prompt and certain relief.
An old man, calling himself Smith Jones or similar, visits Attorney Oscar Kahn and complains of a sheriff attaching his wife’s sewing machine for taxes. After learning the tax due is $1.28, the lawyer refuses to charge for advice. The man insists on paying and drops a half dollar before departing.
Public Opinion recounts how Major Lawrie found an energetic spider in his helmet before Atbara and kept it through battles at Atbara and Omdurman. After the fighting he packed the helmet with the spider inside, later discovering two young spiders upon opening the helmet in London.
A woman tormented by a corns turns to phosphorus. At midnight the husband wakes to a sparkling toe, mistakes a firefly for a ghost and strikes with a slipper. He shatters the light, collapsing the bedcovers. The wife moans but the corn remains unseen and untreated.
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