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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1882
Page
8
A brief claim markets a product named Dr Sykes Sure Cure for catarrh asserting certainty of cure. The item also notes religious tax exemptions for Chinese Christians and Roman Catholics in China, citing about 15 000 Chinese Christians relieved from taxation for festivals.
A vivid, non factual note laments Flores tan Cologne and a general claim about tax officials tiring of universal business. The speaker predicts next year lecturers will be expelled from four-story windows and asserts a year of no lecturing.
A fragment mentions Parker's Hair Halism advertised as restoring gray hair with purity and elegance. It also notes heavy quinine short interest in New York led by a London Amsterdam syndicate and cites Trask's Magnetic Ointment as an instant relief for piles from St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. A writer praises Noah Webster for rapid dictionary creation.
Inventor Tig son of a former Cincinnati journalist unveils a clay pigeon to replace glass balls and live birds in shooting matches. Capt Bogardus plans to shoot four matches with them on April 5. A 15¢ box of rough on rate promises to keep houses free from flies rats and mice all season.
A large brick house next to Beecher's Church in Brooklyn is cited as a nuisance as authorities respond to citizens appeals. The piece notes use of "Rough on Rats" insecticide and mentions widespread pest deaths including rats mice cats bed bugs and roaches sold in 15 cent boxes by druggists.
A collision near Anapolis after a train overturned caused several penton coaches to leave the track. The incident left multiple people badly hurt but no fatalities were reported.
An editorial note extols fruit and vegetable diets for long life and health, praising Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a vegetable remedy. It cites benefits for digestion and general strength, and mentions other components like Yellow Dock, Sarsaparilla, Jon, Buchu, Celery, and Calisaya bark.
An ad touts Well's Health Renewer as a cure for liver and kidney troubles and debility. Separately, Levy of New Orleans, previously acquitted of arson, sues underwriters for 100000 alleging damage from the incident.
Thirty day trial offer by Dr Dye's Celebrated Electric Belts for nervous debility vigor and manhood restoration. Also claims relief for rheumatism neuralgia paralysis liver kidney issues and ruptures with free pamphlet by Voltaic Belt Co Marshall Michigan. Garfield memorial window noted at St James Episcopal Long Branch.
A patient from Arlington, Georgia writes to Dr. R V Pierce in Buffalo praising his Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription after six years of illness. She describes shortness of breath chest and stomach pain palpitations internal burning sensations smothering spells and severe weight loss. She reports substantial improvement and signs of healing after using the remedies.
A chaotic struggle unfolds among Hook Island North Western and Milwaukee and St Paul roads over business distribution across the northwest. The Island fights back hard as rivals claim market share amid tariff disputes and contested barge claims. Caswell Hazard & Co advertise Pere Cod Liter as a pure remedy while a European parrot from 1888 dies in Philadelphia at age sixty after a multilingual farewell.
A Baltimore bound schooner departing with a crew of thirteen is seized by a mysterious skin disease causing large ulcers that incapacitate the men. The vessel returns to port and the crew is hospitalized. A moral asserts Swayne's Ointment could have cured them in hours. In Omaha the grand jury indicts leaders of a riotous railroad strike on malicious conspiracy charges.
An 25 cent salve from Richards & Lohrbeck promises perfect results for cuts burns and skin conditions. New York matron proposal seeks police station coverage with women nightly charged. Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery billed as a remedy for weak lungs and lingering coughs from druggists.
In these times of elt medicine advertisement everywhere it is gratifying to find one remedy worthy of praise and which really does as recommended. They cure stomach and liver complaints kidney diseases and urinary difficulties. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Richards and Sohberbeck. The smallpox is spreading in South Bethlehem Pesan. Eighty five houses are quarantined.
A note compares France requiring physician endorsement for patent medicines with American practice. The piece cites a National committee promoting Swayne's Sistas or allate ig as a sole remedy, comment on moral rule and hypocrisy, and mentions a New York minister criticizing a congregant.
An eastern paper playfully notes a Wisconsin man hugging his girl received a telegram claiming he had fallen heir to a fortune. The gag underscores a comic twist linking affection and sudden wealth without detailing further facts.
Fragmentary notice describes a medical association pamphlet offer and a fire at The Pen's Extract Company works in Williamsburg New York with stock and building losses. It mentions burn timing and pricing, and urges sending a stamp for pamphlet.
Rush for a trial bottle at Richards and Sobrbeck's for Dr King’s New Discovery addressing consumption coughs colds asthma bronchitis hoarseness and severe coughs. Advertisers offer free trials through the store with connections to Chapix and Gore in Chicago and bonds for compounding or ratifying the offer.
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