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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
4
An old advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous prostration irritability and related ailments in women. It quotes a Brooklyn patient who reports relief after long illness, sleeplessness, and multiple doctors with no improvement.
An advertisement for Mull’s Anti Belch Wafers claims instant relief from belching bad breath and nausea by purifying the stomach. It promises curing headaches indigestion and heartburn and even tobacco onion or whisky breath. The offer includes a sample certificate and price details for mail order with address and stamps.
An advertorial claims Sloth is sorrow and promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a free medicine sample. It asserts the remedy kills blood poison, relieves aching joints and back pain, improves digestion, and offers a home cure with instructions. It cites thirty years tested and addresses readers to Atlanta Georgia for samples.
A historical ad claims catarrh is constitutional and only cured by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure supposedly acts on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and a Toledo company listing. Sold by druggists for 75 cents, urging Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A revivalist questions perfection in men and women prompting a sharp exchange. A tall woman replies she has heard much about a perfect woman, but admits she has seen her husband’s first wife, finishing with a pointed laugh.
The piece cites a New York Tribune quote offering a six step handkerchief cure for gout involving a spinster and a physician with dubious ethics. It also notes a German tempest cure for paralysis and praises Gen Mindil as America’s top diamond expert in New York, noting his role in the appraiser’s jewel room.
E. E. Pitts of Skowhegan Maine credits Dean's Kidney Pills with a dramatic recovery after a four month illness and years of relapse. He claims night sweats fainting spells and bloodlike urine vanished and insists he has been well three years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A fragmentary ad page notes Formosa’s Japanese population at 50 000 and promotes Dr Kline’s nerve restorer and Woolford’s lotion with instant itch relief. It also mentions Dr R H Krixe of Philadelphia and mail order options, plus a boast about the Kaiser’s adoption of modern improvements.
Customer Claude N. Johnson of Maple Grove Farm Walnut Kan shares a testimonial from 1905 about cure of a two year eruption and relentless itching after using Cuticura Soap ointment and pills. He reports relief after applying the products and thanks the makers.
Piute Pete laments his inadequacy when facing Three-Finger Sam whose talk in Crimson Gulch outshines others. Bronco Bob notes Sam’s unfair advantage, saying he reads every cowboy novel from New York publishers.
W. W. Converse of Palmer Massachusetts reports he raises rhubarb in a cellar warmed by a furnace. He planted roots in a tub of earth near the furnace last fall and cut 22 inch stalks on Wednesday. The stalks are said to have good flavor.
A Pike county man with many children arrived in Milford, Pennsylvania in a wagon hitched to a buggy behind it, the extra passengers toaded in the rear.
Practical kitchen tips cover vinegar for boiling fish and salt on a candle to emit a steady night light. Baking soda prevents curdling in milk and tomato cream soups, while onion juice offers an alternative seasoning. Dr Heber Jones faces a Memphian gift tied to quarantine care amid a lighthearted kiss incident.
The presiding head of the W C T U in a Northwest state recounts quitting coffee and adopting Postum Food Coffee. She describes relief from headaches and nervous tension after switching, praises the product’s strong boil method and the booklet The Road to Weillville, and notes her husband now promotes Postum. Battle Creek, Mich. company name given.
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