Syrup of Figs Proves Pleasant Remedy Success in Market
The favorable impression from the initial appearance of Syrup of Figs has been confirmed by widespread use and the success of the California Fig Syrup Company.
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1891
Page
3
The favorable impression from the initial appearance of Syrup of Figs has been confirmed by widespread use and the success of the California Fig Syrup Company.
A New York Sixth Avenue Line conductor, daydreaming in love with a Milesian girl, miscalled stations while riding uptown. Approaching Seventy-second Street he yelled Mary Wash, then corrected himself with I bed pardon, I meant Seventy-second as passengers laughed at the error.
A fragile system of chronic indigestion and nervous weakness is described. It outlines symptoms such as irritability anxiety hypochondria hysteria and sleeplessness and promotes Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a restorative tonic strengthening digestion and nerves.
A lively conversation touches on cigars as a birthday gift and love, while the page blends quotes about health and virtue from doctors and ministers. The fragment includes promotional lines for Lydia E Pinkham, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, and Hall’s Catarrh Cure, reflecting a mixed 19th century newspaper page.
A domestic scene unfolds with Miss Kate confronting Penney over a missing custard and eggs from a nest. Penney admits to cooking more than her share, driven by a sinking feeling and family advice, while the narrator recalls other small misdeeds and the balm tea remedy. The piece then shifts to a travel note on Damascus, detailing its ancient history, rulers, and striking interior wealth contrasted with shabby exteriors.
Descriptive scene captures costumes of people and arrivals and departures of caravans with wild Moslems riding beautiful Arabian horses, crafting a striking image to be remembered for years.
A workingman sues a cigar shop owner for damaging his ten year old son with cigarettes. The piece argues minors should not smoke, cites Pennsylvania laws criminalizing sales to youths, and warns of lifelong health risks and cognitive harm from tobacco. It then shifts to anecdotes about wealth, waste, and a cautionary youth lesson before unrelated notes on nosebleed care and cowboy lore.
A New York widow’s humorous story about a big slipper gift and a romance with an Indian servant is paired with a Bombay dragonfly scene as a cricket is hunted, plus a Scottish botch-potch recipe and a travel memory of Acapulco’s dime-diving boys. Also a quip on a tax farmer’s poultry.
The ad proclaims Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for periodical pains, prolapsus, bearing down sensations, and other female disorders. It claims to restore strength to the whole system and uterine organs, promises anti-aging effects, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
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