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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1899
Page
4
A dubious claim proclaims 2000 feet up the Swisa mountains there are no microbes. The notice urges caution against germ scare and promotes varied Cotton Belt travel deals for commemorations in Richmond and other events, listing rates and ticket details for multiple conventions and routes.
A reader note reflects on an obituary sentiment for the “old lady” and a discussion on how to phrase the death with providence. The fragment includes mixed editorial tone and stray historic references to Baltimore and Ohio railroad earnings from 1899 to 1893.
Mrs. Clara Makemer of Chicago praises Peruna as the best general tonic and cure for liver trouble and dyspepsia. She claims it remedies female irregularities and weak nerves linked to pelvic catarrh, and offers free Woman's Health and Beauty information from The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
A Nebraska Farmer excerpt criticizes the patent grafting scheme sold by traveling nursery agents and recounts fruitless payments for bogus stock. It also offers a method to exterminate quack grass using staged grazing, disc harrowing, and careful timing to restore productive fields.
An American agricultural column discusses 190 pounds of clover meal feeding 17 percent dozen eggs for Rays Indiana farmer, praising clover as a protein rich, balanced fowl feed. It warns wasteful farming habits and extols self-sufficiency, fairs, and reading papers to raise livestock. It also cites George W. Hell on Australia's arid years, noting New South Wales once led world wool output but has fallen in sheep numbers and income due to droughts and imports.
A varied mix of quotations and ads appears including charitable sentiments, praise for friendship, and musings on progress from candle to electricity. It features health remedies such as stomach bitters and tonics, testimonials for Hall’s Catarrh Cure, and a promotion of Jao M Smyth Co. with remarks on honesty and business success.
Letters from women describe nervous disorders and uterine issues improved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Hall of Milldale and Mrs Flanagan of Philadelphia report relief from nervousness back pains and related ailments after use. The product is promoted as a solution for female health troubles.
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