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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1884
Page
6
A plasterer jokes with a groceryman while discussing building sand and brown sugar. The grocer humorously offers more sugar to keep plasterers busy, and a quip about bees siphoning sweetness adds a playful twist to the scene.
A sharp, humorous exchange unfolds as a woman bids a man watch for a fisherman and his promised clams. She seeks clams for clam soup, confessing hunger and a desire tied to a distant promise. He remains left watching as she departs to chase the unnamed object of longing.
A collection of aphorisms on virtue, temperance, and self-control. It counsels cheerful demeanor, measured speech, and restraint, warns against impatience and discontent, and upholds benevolence as a key virtue. It notes that anger harms the foolish and that self-knowledge comes from recognizing others' faults.
Historic advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a cure for teething pain and related ailments. It claims quick relief for crying infants and promises benefits like eased dysentery, diarrhea, wind colic, and inflammation reduction. The product is described as the favorite of a renowned nurse and physician and sold worldwide at 25 cents per bottle.
Advertises live energetic agents in every county to sell a patent article with claims of high profits and exclusive county rights. Promises 30 day trials with $100 minimum, refunds for unsold goods, and seeks agents and subagents nationwide with incentives and contact via one cent stamps.
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