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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
3
A desperate patient describes chronic flow and failing health after doctors. After stopping treatment and using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the symptoms abate and the patient regains strength to work. She urges others to seek the medicine and advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A young Allman asked pharmacist Thomas Elliot for sixpence worth of patience after his mother worried how to use a silver bit. Elliot directed him to sit and wait, turning the boy’s curiosity into a lifelong trait that aided his later success as a eminent botanist.
Mis steps may worsen sprains but St Jacobs Oil claims to strengthen and soothe to conquer pain. The ad warns that every hour of delay makes recovery harder and urges prompt use for relief.
Some birds like humans enjoy play. in Australia and New Guinea the bower bird constructs regular playhouses separate from its nest. These arches of sticks two to three feet long and eighteen inches high serve as clubhouses for games, decorated with bright shells and feathers.
The tale recounts the late George Augustus Sala and P. T. Barnum during Barnum's final visit to England. Sala presided at a public dinner where Barnum entered smiling and exclaimed it was a surprise to him. Sala whispered that Barnum had arranged the dinner himself.
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a health booster for diverse problems. Testimonials claim cures for scrofula erysipelas eczema neuralgia and general weakness. Examples include Mrs David Larro Ottawa Kansas son cured after sixteen months of doctors and three months of Hood's Sarsaparilla and Mrs M A Waters Washington DC who gained weight and strength after use.
A collage of jokes and quips from various periodicals. Lines range from classroom banter to romantic misunderstandings, with punchlines about umbrellas, heirlooms, marriage, and office life. Names of papers and humorous exchanges appear throughout.
A strong man attributes his power to perfect digestion and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion biliousness liver and kidney issues. The tonic is praised as marvelous and beneficial for everyone this season.
A brief cafe moment shows a customer complimenting a waitress who retorts she remembers fresh faces, not past ones, highlighting a lighthearted exchange in a service setting.
A fragment lists Cascarets Candy Cathartic and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with prices and refund offers. It includes a brief quoted interaction about information and a bystander’s reply. The notice reflects early 20th century ad style and drug solicitations.
A worried speaker brushes off Lofton with humor claiming to suffer every known disease and more while Graven pretends to diagnose. The exchange hints at a playful chat where illness fears meet mock medical flair.
Advertisement asserts neglect makes rheumatism chronic and claims St Jacob's Oil quickly conquers pain urging every sufferer to use it.
In Yonkers Statesman a quip about a songwriter friend quips that the pal never sings his own songs. The joke centers on a social exchange between Jill and Bill with the line about popularity.
An old advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and several wholesale druggists endorsing the remedy. The pitch notes internal use, affordable price, and testimonials, with Hall's Family Pills also promoted.
A newspaper fragment notes a quip on age by a gentleman of old school and a Lenore youth who goes to war. It also mentions Jesse Moore aiding recovery and cites the Institute of Civil Engineers awarding a gold Telford medal in 1869 for Bessemer's steel process paper.
An old newspaper fragment lists Allen's Foot-Ease foot powder with claims of curing painful feet and bunions and marketing details. It also cites Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Piso's Cure for Consumption, Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, and a Dr. John Girdner commentary praising medical science for mental health care and humane treatment.
A historical anecdote from the Presbyterian Sunday school in Warsaw Illinois recounts young John Hay enduring jealousy over his apron worn while washing dishes and churning. He faced teasing until a bold dishpan toss showered his tormentors, after which he was no longer bothered.
The piece portrays kissing as a ubiquitous Russian custom from public affairs to private life. It describes officials, cadets, regiments, and households exchanging kisses as a routine greeting and sign of affection, noting repeated salutes within social and marital contexts.
The article traces Ireland’s various ancient names from Scotia under Ptolemy to Irini and Ogygia in classical sources. It notes Latin and Greek authors naming the island as Irinis, Hibernia, Juverna, and Juferna, with native Celtic terms Ir or Eri. It questions when the modern name Ireland came into general use, as scholars differ.
Helen Irving, pursued by Bell and Fleeming Bell, warned by fear for Fleeming. She crossed a river bank to shield him as Fleeming fired and killed her. Fleeming then killed the rival, fled, returned to lie on her grave and died beside her in the churchyard.
An experienced New York physician cautions that alcohol stimulates the heart and circulation like exercise and that using alcohol while cycling produces rapid, far reaching effects. He also advises against long rides after a plentiful meal to avoid interfering with heart action and respiration.
The Birmingham Post notes Swiss parliamentarians freely use French German or Italian in debates. The president speaks in German with near by secretary translating. All laws and resolutions are drafted in three languages and official reports issued in French German and Italian.
Cold and heat aggravate neuralgia as nerves feel temperature. treatment with St Jacob's Oil offers prompt relief. The passage emphasizes nerve sensitivity and the product’s curative claim for the ailment.
The text explains how a butterfly wing movement makes no sound at slow rates, but rapid vibrations produce noise. It notes house flies vibrating 21,120 times a minute or 885 times a second and bees making sound of A at up to 26,400 times or 440 times a second, with a tired bee humming on B and vibrating at about 830 per second.
The well known Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co offers a pleasant latex like laxative designed to cleanse the system, aid the kidneys liver and bowels, and relieve constipation. It emphasizes fig content for taste while obtaining medicinal laxative effects from senna and other aromatics. Available at druggists for 50 cents per bottle in San Francisco Louisville and New York.
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