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Newspaper
Mora Tribune
Location
Mora, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1896
Page
7
Dr T A Slocum of 183 Pearl Street New York offers to send two free bottles of his claimed remedy for consumption and lung troubles to any reader who mails address details, promising no charge beyond delivery. The pitch stresses his confidence and calls it a religious duty to help humanity.
The editor urges readers to grow the earliest vegetables and Salzer's Seeds advertise earliness with radishes cabbage peas beets cucumbers lettuce corn and more. Send 10c postage to John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis for a sample Early Bird Radish and catalogue. catalogue by 5c postage. We do not always have the most reason for sorrowing when we are sorrowing most.
Seed Premiums promote a 50 cent yearly subscription to the American Home and Garden of St. Paul Minnesota, including 50 cents worth of staple garden and flower seeds. Circulars and paper sample tops available on request.
Mrs J Nichols of Princeton Indiana reports two bottles cured a bad lung trouble. The notice dates March 26 1895. A separate item notes Egyptian figures on obelisks mounted on two wheeled vehicles suggesting pharaohs knew of the velocipede.
An advertisement argues that Native remedies prove superior to chemical medicines for babies and adults. It promotes Kickapoo Indian remedies as safe, nonpoisonous, and effective for rheumatism digestion kidneys liver heart nerves and related ailments, urging readers to consult doctors and order six bottles. It asserts widespread life-saving results and offers free medical advice.
A young boy named Wilbur, obsessed with eating, sneaks into Aunt Sarahs home while she is away. He finds a roach poison bread in the goody closet and eats it, nearly dying before a doctor saves him. The incident prompts a warning about his habit and its dire consequences.
Pearson's Weekly reports a station event called the Victoria Cross race where riders jump hurdles to a field of dummy figures, dismount fire blank rounds, collect dummies, and race back. Birds examine the figures before flying away, seeming to rely on sight to find the "yummies."
The notice urges farmers to contact fertilizer manufacturers now to secure supplies for spring crops. It notes manufacturers are located in eastern countries and can ship by carload, with the lowest prices available to buyers, and that most makers will sell to farmers.
A Gazette interview with Mr. Tabor of Burlington describes a severe bout of sciatic and inflammatory rheumatism. After eight boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People his health improved markedly, with the pills praised by a local pharmacist and advertised at 59 cents per box.
A visitor asks Freddie how many brothers he has. Freddie replies one brother while his sister Stella has two. The visitor presses for details about who they are, prompting a lighthearted exchange.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease. The notice offers a 100 dollar reward for a case it cannot cure and lists F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as providers with price details for tablets and balms.
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