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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1891
Page
2
An old newspaper fragment advertises patent medicines and remedies from firms like Cemor & Pearre and Gerom & Pare. It touts nerve pills, liver pills, tonics, and remedies for biliousness, headaches, indigestion, and consumption warnings. It mentions trial bottles and claims general cures, with various names and addresses appearing as sponsors.
The Sonay South reports a band trip from Washington to Frederick Missouri for the Greenwood Fair. The group toured Bridgitown Middletown and Antietam battlefields, saw a wild west exhibit, and visited Harpers Ferry and Antietam National Battlefield. The journey concluded in Cincinnati with warm hospitality and no accidents or illnesses.
A long ad touts Alcock’s Porous Plasters as a non disruptive cure that works while you labor, claiming thirty years of use and medical endorsement. It warns against imitations and urges buyers to demand Allcock’s. The batch of notes also promotes various tonics and patent medicines with claims of cures, free samples, and guaranteed results.
A garbled report describes Hon Robert T. Lincoln visiting northern Wisconsin with references to diplomacy, age details of an Italian girl, a Boston bound voyage on a steamer from Glasgow, a whale incident near Newfoundland, and medical elixirs promoted by patent medicine sellers. The text is mired in misspellings and incoherent segments, offering few verifiable details beyond scattered names and places.
A fragmentary ad style excerpt describes August Flower as a remedy for various appetitive states. It depicts crankiness from dieting, constant experimentation with meals, and periods of voracious, unexplainable hunger followed by aversion to food and abnormal bowel symptoms. The text repeats questions about how he feels and notes loathing of food after intense appetite.
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