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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
6
A city hair dresser recounts customers buying hair dye for friends rather than themselves. A young woman worries about brain injury, but the seller reassures and remarks many buy for friends with no complaints. The piece shifts to observations on water usage and maple sugar notes in prior columns.
A colossal chestnut tree near Mount Etna is described with a trunk circumference of 212 feet at sixty feet above ground. In New York a report claims spirits summoned in a seance showed John Sherman alive, contradicting newspaper reports of his death.
An aggressive advertisement promotes Dr. Miles' Special Treatment for headaches, neuralgia, sleeplessness, and nervous prostration as a superior, scientific cure. It cites testimonials from Buck, Zent, Young and others, invites letters for free treatment, and offers a clubbing deal with multiple newspapers. Also touts Grain-O as coffee substitute and Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy option.
An old advertisement text touts Foley's Honey and Tar for sore throat and chest cold relief with a catchy claim It also mentions aluminum or leather business cards bound with name impressions and offers pricing per hundred. The notice requests the person who disturbed the congregation last Sunday to call for a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar.
An OCR fragment advertises Grain-O as a coffee substitute for all ages. It claims a rich brown tone like mocha or java, made from pure grains, gentle on delicate stomachs, and priced equal to coffee per package. Sold by all grocers.
An advertisement proclaims a salve made from a world renowned special lot prescription as the most healing remedy for piles burns ulcers running sores and all skin diseases. The copy emphasizes universal effectiveness and quick relief.
Benj Ingerton of Hutton Indiana says hoarseness left him after months of whispering, and a single bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar restored his voice. The remedy is widely used by speakers and singers.
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