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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
2
The text appears as an OCR fragment from a New York Commercial Advertiser item with numerous misspellings and garbled phrases promoting medicines. It references Shichub’s Cure for coughs, claims of curing croup and pneumonia, and mentions other tonics like Steiner Bros druggists and Browa’s Tron Bitters, reflecting 19th century patent medicine advertising and unreliable medical claims. The piece lacks coherent narrative or verifiable facts.
A historic sketch profiles Luke Sharp of the Detroit Free Press, London representative since 1880. The piece notes his tall build Grecian features and self-made cigarette habit, his phonograph-based workflow, Kipling admiration, and his ambivalence between England and America. It also recounts a Pompeii interior photograph moment and a quip about Italian authorities hindering his pictures.
Ex king Tamasese of Samoa died of Brights disease and the throne dispute with Mataafa dates back to 1830s. Germany backed Tamasese, Malietoa restored after peace by Admiral Kimberly and Berlin 1899 accord settled sovereignty among English German and American representatives. Also notes fading Napoleonic relic interest as Bonapartism wanes.
A Chicago woman places a reward for the recovery of a pig’s tusk she misplaced while en route to church. The piece notes a statistic claiming one Japanese physician per 10,000 residents as evidence of health or distrust of doctors.
A woman from Ovid Michigan Mary L Baker reports marked health gains after taking two bottles of Dr Miles Heart Cure with eyesight improving significantly. The testimonial promotes free samples and American Standard Inks as registered products.
A jumble of patent medicine pitches touts Shilohs Consumprice Cure, Kemp’s cough syrup, Shiloh’s Porous Plaster, and Dr Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets. Ads claim cures for coughs, colds, bronchitis, consumption, indigestion, insomnia, and liver issues. Garret & Pearse and Steiner Brothers are named druggists selling these remedies.
Letters from Bergeron in Tauzon Levis Quebec and Barrington in Sydney Australia praise August Flower for dyspepsia. Geo Gates of Corinth Mississippi and G Green of Woodbury New Jersey endorse the remedy as a world best cure and miracle.
Advertisement touts Pearl chimneys from Geo. A. Macbeth & Co. of Pittsburgh. It argues Pittsburgh Rochester duplex or student lamps fail, while Pearl chimneys are the right choice, promising universal satisfaction and durability.
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