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A garbled OCR fragment appears to list sequences of numbers mixed with letters and dates. It reads like a partial diary or ledger scrape with no clear names or events to identify a coherent news item.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment appears to list sequences of numbers mixed with letters and dates. It reads like a partial diary or ledger scrape with no clear names or events to identify a coherent news item.
At bedtime these famous pills cure constipation and bilious liver troubles by gently arousing secretions and moving the bowels. They strengthen stomach and liver glands to remove the cause of the trouble, with continued use preventing return. Sold by all druggists.
A compilation of short items notes J A Guiledge of Verbena Alabama was hospital bound with severe piles yielding 24 tumors before Bucklin’s Arnica Salve cured him. Notices tout Liniment and Family Tea from A B C sponsors and a Davenport Iowa postmaster with piano tuner past links. Also rail line Nickel Plate promotes service between Chicago and the east with through trains and meals.
An advertisement extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy to digest food and rebuild tissues, claiming it cures indigestion dyspepsia and stomach troubles. The copy links digestion to strength and health and notes it is sold by all druggists. The page also includes a humorous Harvard Lampoon gag about a groom and a drink.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a universal cure for lung and throat troubles citing Mrs C B VanMetre of Shepherdstown West Virginia as testimony. It claims usefulness against croup whooping cough grip pneumonia and consumption and offers trial bottles free with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
Dr. T G Merritt of No Mehoopany Pa describes a dramatic test result showing a wonderful cure in a patient with violent stomach hemorrhages from ulceration. He notes the patient improved from the first dose and has had no attack in 14 months. Electric Bitters claimed for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and kidney troubles sold for 50 cents at O H Soetje's.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a fast remedy for burns sores boils and minor injuries and claims it heals without scarring. It also markets it for blind bleeding itching and protruding piles and notes availability from all druggists.
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