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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
5
Advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea by Madison Medicine Co claiming it is the greatest beautifier for American women. It promises to restore vigor, mental and physical happiness, with a rosy glow and improved hair health, offered at 35 cents and sold by druggists.
An advertisement from Banner alves sparks curiosity about a medicine salve that supposedly cures ulcers sores tetter eczema and piles. The copy notes the manufacturer’s belief in limited cures and offers refunds for unsatisfied customers. It also contains a quirky aside about burns and optimism.
A Hillsboro reader touts Bucklin’s Arnica Salve as curing corns and other skin troubles with “magic” effect. Ads promote Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as appetite aids and Burns drugstore samples. A London anarchists’ dance marked the assassin’s death as papers note American prowess.
A testimonial claims Gooch's Mexican Syrup cured asthma after four years of illness. The letter from Rev Thos B Warwick praises the remedy and urges others to try it to prevent death. Also advertised are a cough remedy priced at 23 cents and Mother's Worm Syrup for children.
A historical remedy claim notes a torpid liver and irregular bowels cause pimples and eruptions. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are described as world famous pills that stimulate the bowels without ripping or cramps, claimed as safe for improving complexion and removing poisons.
Beekeepers chase a new bee strain with longer tongues to reach the nectar of red clover blossoms. Tongue lengths range from 0.15 to 0.23 inches, with some exceeding 0.25 inches. Breeders eagerly advertise tongue measurements, hoping to improve both honey yield and clover seed production as foreseen by A. H. Duff in Kansas Farmer.
A short piece on raising capons to rear broods of young chickens. It notes capons provide abundant food and help in feeding and caring for the brood, though text ends abruptly.
Capons can brood broods of 20 chicks, feed and cover them day and night, and transport them as they grow. They excel with chicks hatched by artificial incubation, reducing heat and crowding issues. For meat, use large breeds. for carrying chicks, smaller industrious breeds like Leghorn and Game are best. O. M. Watson of South Carolina notes these benefits.
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