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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1900
Page
3
J L Campbell of Sycamore Illinois testifies that Hood's Sarsaparilla cured his long standing backache and weakness. He describes severe pain that once left him bedridden and says he is now well and strong, crediting the medicine with his recovery and freedom from pain.
Hood's Sarsaparilla claims to cure ailments by initiating treatment today. The advertisement urges readers to begin Hood's therapy to experience promised health benefits.
A Confederate veteran recalls a 1860s Tennessee struggle with a conscript who escaped. In a house confrontation the conscript drew a revolver, they fought, a bullet struck the veteran’s head but did not injure the skull, and the conscript escaped that night as the Confederacy’s fortunes waned. The tale appears in the Tonnsville Courier Journal.
A collage of light verse and banter from various papers through clever gibes. Jokes range from politics to domestic life with quick exchanges about electricity cats dogs and canaries. Notable gags include a woman with advice on kleptomania and a misfired warning about a gas stove.
An advertisement claims skin diseases stem from poisons in the blood and promotes S S S as a guaranteed vegetable blood purifier. It cites a testimonial from H. T. Shobe of St. Louis praising a daughter’s cure after using multiple bottles, and offers a free consult and a book on Blood and Skin Diseases from Swift Specific Company in Atlanta.
Four leading officials of Pao Ting Fu including Ting ang acting viceroy Pe Chi Li and General Ku Si Hing were executed on November 5 under sentences from the allied tribunal.
Promote Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for a cold with a money back guarantee. Includes E. W. Grove signature on every box and a 25 cent price.
Somerset Kentucky reports George W. Wait president and R G Hail cashier of the Somerset Banking Company were arrested. Hail is charged with embezzling 16000 dollars and Wait with false swearing in the bank statement. Both posted bail. The item includes an advertisement for Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic.
Neove Vremya reports two steamers and about twenty sailing vessels wrecked in the Black sea during recent storms with several foundering and entire crews lost. In Harmony Indiana burglars blew a co op mercantile store safe with dynamite and looted five thousand dollars in currency.
A Mount Pleasant Iowa woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing her St Vitus Dance after two boxes. She describes years of poor results from doctors and eight years of stability since treatment. The ad touts pills as a blood builder and nerve restorer available at 50 cents a box or six for 2 50 from Dr Williams Medicine Company.
An old advertisement notes Cas carets Candy Cathartic claiming to repair digestion liver and bowels while you sleep. It promotes druggists selling 10c 25c and 50c sizes alongside a humorous Chicago News cartoon caption about a financier and his son.
The ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy for swollen and uncomfortable feet, foot pains, blisters, and corns with over 30 000 testimonials. It claims benefits for chilblains and damp or frosted feet and offers trial packages free, sold for 26 cents. Also mentions Carter's Ink as superior and Sacramento grain shipments to San Francisco.
A brief Indianapolis minded exchange cites a professor and Miss Paul discussing history and its influence on culture. The fragment hints at fascination with the past and its creative resonance.
The column lists patent medicines promising quick cures for colds and teething remedies for children. It includes an Oklahoma style claim for HaLLs Catarrh Cure with a testimonial and payment promise. A police shooting in Muskogee, I T is noted with Thomas Owens claiming self defense after fatally wounding Noah Watts.
A two year old child died after swallowing carbolic acid found in a sewing machine drawer on Romano avenue in San Jose. The incident is reported with a note on the dangers of the substance and a local advertisement for Piso’s Cure for Consumption and Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic.
Classified notice seeks trustworthy men and women to represent an established house on salary. Opportunity advertised through P. O. Box 587, Portland Oregon.
The annual report by Paymaster-General Kenney details last year’s navy outlays including 10.659 million for ship construction and purchase, 3.393 million for repairs, 11.715 million for keeping ships in commission, 1.589 million for the Marine Corps, and 56,983 for naval militia. It notes Cavite's storehouse as a valuable supply base and aims to meet fleet needs with in-station purchases. Refrigerator ships are praised as highly beneficial to sailors.
A New York Times reflection notes gamblers relish the ungrammatical present tense, saying I win or I lose as they speak of winnings and losses. The author cites Charles Fox on pleasure in losing, traces the habit to about 15 years ago, and observes its spread among sporting men as a tense defiance of grammar.
Ex New Mexico governor Myron H. McCord writes from Washington recommending Peruna for catarrh after a friend's suggestion. He says one bottle improved cold symptoms and sore throat and urges others afflicted to try the remedy. McCord notes thousands were cured last winter and invites readers to request a free catarrh book from Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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