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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1889
Page
8
A compendium on table manners contrasts refined dining with practical tips on using forks spoons and fingers for common foods. It also covers proper salt use bread servings and napkin handling, followed by excerpts on Elizabethan language unity and a cautionary note about centipedes biting in warm climates and their dangerous effects.
Identified by a peculiar back of head test, George Bowron, famed leader of the Columbia orchestra, is caught in a humorous bank verification tale. A cash draft from his English estate leads to bureaucratic doubt before the cashier recognizes him by features and acquires the funds. Also described is a western mail coin device using sealed pasteboard envelopes to ship coins by post, potentially threatening postal orders.
A catalog of medical remedies claims to offer hospital quality preparations from London to Vienna at one dollar each. Each remedy targets a single disease, not a universal cure, with prices rivaling professional prescriptions. Appeals to treat catarrh, lung disease, rheumatism, dyspepsia, liver and kidney issues, fever, neuralgia, female weakness, and nervous debility. Readership is urged to mail stamps for a descriptive catalogue or pay and receive direct shipping from Toronto, Canada.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is promoted as superior for blood diseases claiming no poisonous ingredients. It emphasizes purity, care in preparation, physician prescription, wide sale, and that it is a medicinal extract rather than a disguised beverage. It asserts reliable cures when used as directed and notes economy from high concentration.
The President opens Oklahoma lands for claims and promotes the Albert Lea Route via Minneapolis and St. Louis in association with Chicago Kansas & Nebraska. Travelers reach Pound Creek, St Paul, or Minneapolis with one car change for Ft. Reno and Ft. Sill access, with further connections to interior Oklahoma. Rates and timetables are available from railroad agents or S. Boyd, G T and P Y, A M and ST L RY.
An old physician retired from practice offers a vegetable remedy claimed to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous complaints. He will send the recipe free by mail in German French or English to any reader who requests it, with directions, from W A Noyes Rochester NY. Wright's California Fig Laxative advertised as a cure for consumption blood impurity and liver torpor, sold by S H Scallin.
Want to buy or sell a horse wagon harness or any item of value. Green Bros will buy anything of value and sell items in their line. Visit Green's Feed and Sale Stable Ole on east Second St near Main Mitchell Wakota.
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