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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1890
Page
6
A visitor reviews Buenos Aires hotels noting most are inadequate, poorly furnished, and badly managed, except the Grand Hotel which compares to European third or fourth class. Despite dirt and discomfort, profits rise as prices range from $2.50 to $12 per person daily and occupancy remains high. The piece ends with a remark about a child dreaming of marble halls.
A long firm, large and prosperous in patent medicines promotes Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription totaling $1.00 per bottle. The ad asserts a bold guarantee: if the medicines do not help, the money is refunded. It argues the promotion funds inform readers of the firm’s “faith.”
Pacing bold claims for Shilohs Cure, a free sample offer to every home in the United States and Canada. Advertises relief for coughs sore throats bronchitis and even consumption with quick results and varying prices, plus Shilohs Porous Plaster at 25 cents.
A San Francisco physician argues hydrophobia is not present in humans or animals in the local climate. He discusses the germ, routes of infection, and misdiagnosis, contrasting rabies symptoms with hysteria and other convulsions, and recalls related cases and debates.
A San Francisco Chronicle quip about presence of mind during danger follows a tale of a poker player Bigley who, while tailed by two suspicious men, feigns ignorance and asks where a bank clerk suicided. The pursuers flee after the bluff, then the piece shifts to ads and short anecdotes, including Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and a moral about a credit-demanding boy in a Michigan avenue candy shop.
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Wart & Truax and Walding, Kinsnaw & Marvis, Toledo wholesalers vouch for Cheney. Cure taken internally, cleanses bleed and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
A Philadelphia Times item recalls a nuisance who removes buttons from the coats of famous men, with a statesman remarking on the odd practice and men noting similar experiences. The piece pivots to colorful ads for Dr. White's Dandelion, Dobbins' Aletric Soap, and Piso's Cure, then offers medical cures from Dr Kline and Beecham's Pills.
The text touts Syrup of Figs as a safe and pleasant liquid laxative for ladies and claims kidney and liver benefits. It also contains a demographic claim about global population, a note on colds, Brown's Baromachs Tracers offer relief, and a remark about torpid wasps and a boy.
No matter how hard any druggist pushes his cough medicine Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs offers purer faster relief for influenza throat soreness and tickling cough. Large bottles 50c and 1. At all druggists. Also mentions German bed peculiarities and Sapolio cleaning soap as a household tip.
A patient reports a generally dull head ache with occasional excruciating pain and violent hiccoughing after meals. The text cites August Flower the Remedy as a treatment option and notes bitter tasting matter from the stomach.
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