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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1899
Page
3
In Albany lawmakers argue over abolishing the death penalty while praising the reformer who succeeds. The piece notes the benefit to the breaker of man’s laws, and then pivots to a promotion for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion and constipation.
The Chicago News quotes Blimbus and Hamby discussing readiness for worst cases in a tense office environment. They warn about a reckless office boy who could permit a collector to intrude.
A brief note promotes St Jacobs Oil as a cure for bruises and soreness from minor blows. It claims the oil makes the bruised spot vanish and heals the tenderness.
A playful exchange features Handout Harry and Tiepass Teddy debating time and money with a lawyerly twist. The fellow notes time is money while Teddy quips that judges say ten dollars or ten days, reflecting local street wisdom about value and consequence.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a modern scientific laxative, claiming it is harmless and effective. It highlights pricing at 10c 25c and 50c and targets general consumers with a healthful tone.
He asks how stores profit when selling below cost and she suggests they buy even cheaper supplies to offset losses. The dialogue highlights a debated strategy of deep discounting and procurement leverage.
A young Lenore man goes to war but falls ill from the beef. He recovers after using Jesse Moore remedies, highlighting a patriotic effort and old time medicine.
Visitors wonder if the trolley line reaches the cemetery. A citizen warns caution is needed. An ad promises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure cold in one day with money back if it fails. A humorous exchange about waking a husband ends in a quip about intent.
The ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for painful feet, bunions, chiblains, sweating, dampness, callouses, and tired feet. It claims 10,000 testimonials, offers a 25 cent mail option, trial package free, and lists Allens S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York as the contact.
The passage notes deadly infectious diseases in Russia with children as primary victims, listing diphtheria measles scarlatina and smallpox as decimating villages and towns. It also contains various old advertisements for farming land irrigation seeds and patent medicines.
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease needing constitutional treatment. It offers 100 dollars to any case it cannot cure and invites testimonials, noting the product is sold for 75 cents with Hall's Family Pills also promoted.
A maid returning from a servants' ball in tears tells her mistress she was insulted by a young man who asked her to supper and then asked if her programme was full, a remark reported by the London Chronicle.
A mosaic of jokes and quips from various papers. Pithy lines lampoon marriage money law fashion and small anecdotes. The items feature misheard lines, playful exchanges, and punchy one liners from 19th and early 20th century humor pages.
A discussion on how maternal neglect or ignorance harms young women and the remedy of seeking medical guidance. A letter from Marie F Johnson of Centralia, Pa describes suffering from fatigue, pains, and irregular menses, and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with recovery and regained strength.
The article recalls Dinah Craik's practice of leaving completed manuscripts at her bank for six months to observe their impact before publishing or rewriting. It also lists Jacobs Oil as a cure-all for numerous ailments and includes a quip from Charles Lamb about poverty and easy circumstances.
George Melville the veteran English actor performs Hamlet in Bristol when a new servant girl misreads stage directions and approaches mid soliloquy with a bowl of gruel drawing amused glares from the audience and cast.
Anecdotes recount a Penn medical professor surprised by a toy bounty from 350 students after news of his fatherhood. They staged lectures interrupted by infant furnishings on tables and a missing paregoric quip, ending with a playful sing along as the class cheered a newborn welcome. A Bilkins viewing quip and a Redhill dog reunion round out this collage of humorous vignettes.
The rose appears on ancient Egyptian bas-reliefs dating 8000 to 8500 B C and is cited by Homer in the Triad and in the Proverbs of Solomon. Wild roses grow on every continent except Australia, suggesting the flower’s ancient, global spread and cultural prominence.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt a tense exchange unfolds about encouragement and proof. A speaker retorts that “the best of proof” is the claim a father borrowed money from them, challenging the hearer’s assertion.
A claim extols St Jacobs Oil as deeply penetrating and coclous, capable of reaching the sciatic nerve and curing pain, presenting strong evidence of its curative powers.
A brief exchange from Pearson's Weekly features Bortin Lan Guidly calling himself stupid while Miss Cutting impulsively agrees. He admits the remark was thoughtless and she notes her prior endorsement of it. The playful back and forth ends with a revealing twist in motive.
Numerous testimonials describe Hood's Sarsaparilla as a miracle cure for blood disorders stomach upset rheumatism and catarrh. Susie Brown N B Seeley and Mrs J S McMath praise restored health and vitality after taking the remedy with claims of lasting improvement and daily use for family members.
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