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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1899
Page
4
An ad extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion claiming it shields against evil influences. It notes a private Revenue Stamp on the bottle neck and references Crass and Queen Dagar in the fragment.
A fragmented page notes dubious cures and cheap tonics. It cites Hall's Catarrh Cure and Allen’s Feet Ease among patent medicines, urging readers to buy with testimonials and price cues. The piece mocks fashion follies and hints at social satire within a garbled, ad laden column.
Stonewall and Starr counties report good range and water. walnut peach yields exceed expectations in Lindale. over 100 cars of wheat shipped from Garland. Cattle deal near $180,000 involves Littlefield and Mann Bevins. broom corn trial yields promising in Sterling. Brishin Bros ship peaches. large mule shipments to Tampico. Grayson unsettled grain threshing. goat purchase by Weatherford clerk. fair grounds prepare for trotting and sprint contests.
Letters from Susan Wymar and Margaretha Danben hail Peruna as a cure for female ailments. The ad urges readers to request a free women’s health booklet from Dr. Hartman in Columbus and claims Peruna treats summer catarrh and related bowel illnesses.
A collage of vintage claims touts foot powders for corns and sweaty feet, a cure for consumption by Anna M. Russ, and notices praising Piso’s Cure and Glover’s TASTELYTSA. The jumbled copy presents patent medicine pitches and humorous asides from era advertisements.
A roundup of Texas items reports killings by falling limbs near Center and a mad dog in Waxahachie. Galveston police enforce the Sunday law while Mineral Wells suffers a hotel fire. New recruits flow to the thirty third regiment in Galveston as Grayson County doctors meet in Sherman. Henry Wilson is jailed in Marshall for murder. Waxahachie merchants honor old soldiers. Wood county old settlers meet and adjourn. Gainesville closes a recruiting office. Gatesville to Hamilton telegraph line completed. Baylor appoints Oscar H Cooper to math and pedagogy. Burglars hit Rock Hill store in Collin county. Gov Sayers misses New York Dewey festivities. Mexican guards with artillery pass El Paso. Forney hay warehouse fire. $2500 logs. Clemmie Lewis killed by freight train. A Washburne dies in Austin lunatic asylum. A Ennis child scalded by boiling water. Texas rail tax paid to comptroller. Bonham mad dog shot after tearing pants. Kaufman lodge charter filed. L O O F officers named. Corsicana I O O F to build three story brick at Tilton third avenue cost $10,200. Army worm appears in Travis county. A Gunn child burned in Lake Sherman yard. State board buys Wharton Nueces and Fort Bend bonds for $21k, $23k, $22k at 4 percent. compress contract to Overton by Oct 10, 1859. War Raven sees Maxer hanged in Arkansas after trial. Gainesville hosts old settlers reunion Aug 10–11. judges Lindsay and Pate are named. Freeman’s Aid and Southern Educational society to fund $20k brick three story Wiley university building in Marshall.
Antique ad items claim Lydia E Pinkham remedies cure sore eyes and female ailments. Testimonials praise vegetables and liver pills for relief after multiple doctors, with claims of insanity reversal and wide mail order availability via druggists and 28 cent per box pricing.
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