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Newspaper
Metropolis Weekly Sentinel
Location
Metropolis, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1861
Page
2
A damaged OCR page lists various commodities and weights for Illinois markets. Items include wheat, rye, oats, butter, beans, castor beans, corn, meat, salt, and other staples with scattered prices and measures. The legible fragments indicate a market inventory or price sheet from a public notice or classifieds section.
The ad touts Moffat's Life Pills and Phoenix Bitters as thirty year veteran medicines claiming extraordinary power to cure numerous diseases. It lists ailments from dyspepsia and costiveness to rheumatism and ulcers, asserting permanent cures and universal safety. The text emphasizes purification of the blood and removal of toxins, urging readers to be satisfied and cured.
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