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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1901
Page
3
Salt Rheum you may call it eczema tetter or milk crust. No matter what you call it this skin disease which comes in patches that burn itch discharge a watery matter dry and scale owes its existence to the presence of humors in the system. It will continue to exist annoy and perhaps agonize as long as these humors remain. It is always radically and permanently cured by which dispels all humors and is positively unequaled for all cutaneous eruptions.
A dialogue describes a quarrel where one man accuses another of icy conduct in town. The other retorts it was the fault of the accuser for wearing a pink tie while his own lavender tie signals a disagreement about manners. The exchange captures a bygone street mood.
In Tartary, onions, leeks and garlic are treated as perfumes. A Tartarian woman rubs fresh onion on her hands and face to make herself agreeable.
A plain man from the country visits a London music shop and asks to see a famed choir tunes volume. He slowly plays two tunes per page, wryly noting he has only finished half the book, and the clerks amusedly await his decision.
Religious exhortation urging personal reform and steadfast faith. It warns against sin and glow of comfort while promoting Christlike living and charitable hospitality. It links personal virtue to communal salvation and cautions against hypocrisy in prayer and wealth.
An advertisement proclaims Cascarets Candy Cathartic fully cure chronic constipation with a money back guarantee. Druggists offer 10c 25c and 50c sizes.
Cartoonish exchange notes Mr Woggs hearing of a wife’s 900 pies baked this year. He jokes about feeling left out while another character boasts the baking feat, highlighting domestic humor and a playful boast.
An ad promotes Grove's Tasteless ChilTon ic as a tasteless iron and quinine remedy for malaria with a no cure no pay offer and a price of 50 cents.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch quips that Dewey and De Wet are identical except for the last letter of each name, highlighting a playful linguistic observation.
Hoitt's School for boys in Menlo Park California reports more students and improved facilities. Spring term starts January 7 1901. Catalogue available. Ira G Hoitt Ph D principal.
Mrs Thomas Robbins of Maple Street Norwich New York endorses Piso’s Cure for Consumption and praises Garfield Tea for clearing complexion and purifying blood. The dialogue mentions Nobbs and Dobbs discussing champagne and dryness.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with a printed formula claiming it is iron and quinine in a tasteless form. Offers cure or pay and lists a 50 cent price.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady once drew Denver’s attention when choir ladies shortened skirts for a comic opera fundraiser. He left the theater after seeing the display, amid threats and newspaper uproar, but stood by his stance without retreat.
A brief notice reports a theft incident involving a customer who left an umbrella on a counter and departed without it. The event is described as a deceptive act by an observed culprit, with emphasis on dishonest behavior.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications because the disease lies in the blood. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Marketed as a non quack medicine prescribed by leading physicians, with tonics and blood purifiers. Pricing is 75 cents. testimonials offered.
Advertisements feature Mr Jinks engaged to Georgiana. The New York World quotes Emerson praising Garfield Tea, claimed to aid stomach liver kidney and bowel disorders and promote healthy organ action.
A western town lawyer seeks the best horse to reach a county convention. The livery stable owner, backing a rival, saddles a slow horse that breaks down before destination. The lawyer quips that the horse is trained for a hearse, noting it will be too slow to reach the cemetery before resurrection.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claimed to cure a cold in one day. It notes a money-back guarantee if the remedy fails and lists E. W. Grove as the signatory on each box, pricing the product at 26 cents.
Paris reports rising rumors about the Russie wreck near Faraman. Passengers say sailors behaved contemptibly with the first mate enforcing orders at gunpoint and with a loaded pistol at night. Two female vaudeville artists and others allegedly caused further discord in the smoking room amid peril.
Charles W. Tippett of Tippecanoe Indiana an old 73d Indiana Regiment veteran describes a stroke and paralysis recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He reports improved use of his arm and leg a cured heart palpitation and overall health gain after taking multiple boxes. He endorses the pills and notes cost of 50 cents per box or six boxes for 2.50.
In a Palm shaded bower a man serenades a woman as he holds her hand beneath a tablecloth. He suggests three lumps of sugar to signal love or two to say no while she hides her confession under whipped cream. Her mother reveals disdain at the “sugar heavy” drinks and the scene ends with a sharp judgment of the items served.
A Boston Traveler anecdote recalls a suffrage orator asking where man would be without woman and a gallery reply suggests Eden garden strawberries. The quip captures flippant humor amid a suffrage discussion.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promise a cure for a cold within a day with no cure no pay. The ad lists a price of 25 cents and claims to relieve coughing and cold symptoms quickly.
Sitka Native groups including the Eagle Crow and Frog clans end a long conference by setting aside disputes over totems and emblems and agreeing to adopt the American fig as their symbol.
The tale says Harry’s father was a proud author whose wife mocked his works. When she rebuked Harry, she read from the Bible as "the Good Book" and asked why it bears that name. Harry replied, “because pa didn’t write it.”
A recent Algiers census shows the youngest Arab man 12, with many boys wed at 13 or 14 and some 15 year olds with several wives. A 15 year old widower and a divorced husband are noted. girls marry as young as 11, though 12 is common. There are 189 widows and 1,176 divorcees all aged 15.
Berlin enforces silence with rules on train whistles and noisy wagon gear. A piano may not be played before a set hour and after a later hour, with fines for banging the keys even during permitted hours.
Forewarned forearmed text extols S S S as a safe mineral free blood purifier and tonic for old people and children. It cites patient testimonials from E E Kelly Urbana Ohio and Mrs Roney Siegfried Cape May New Jersey claiming cures from eczema and cancer with two bottles or more. Offers free medical advice and a free book from The Swift Specific Co Atlanta GA.
Dr. Llewellyn Jordan, Medical Examiner of the U S Treasury, praises Peruna as a cure for catarrh after a month of treatment. The ad claims catarrh is systemic and Peruna directly revitalizes nerve centers to heal mucous membranes. It asserts Peruna is a certain cure with no substitutes and offers a free book from The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
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