Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery promises cures and cautions
The advertisement touts glycerine as enhancing the medicine’s effects and aiding digestion and strength in lingering coughs bronchial and lung conditions. It claims cures in early consumption and long standing coughs, offers a free book, and notes no alcohol or habit forming drugs. It invites letters to Buffalo New York and offers free medical adviser with mailed copies for stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
BR. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
How to darn stockings and clean furniture
The article outlines mending thin places in stockings with wrong side darns and leaving loops, plus using strong net for holes and a crochet needle. It then advises petroleum or kerosene to remove furniture stains, rub with a muslin rag, and polish antique oak to avoid odor.
Practical household tips on foods and cleaning methods
A collection of kitchen and home care instructions. Baked Apple Sauce uses an earthen pot with sweet and sour apples, molasses and water baked for five hours to deepen color and flavor. Smoked Beef uses a salt cure and bran coat, then three weeks of smoking over hardwood to finish. White glove cleaning with magnesia and fuller's earth, plus kettle care tips and a tooth powder recipe. Linen washing with pipe clay and remedies for rheumatism and bilousness briefly noted.
Oxen Run Wild Over Farm Fight Ends With Lesson
In Lansing area a farmer trades for oxen and tries plowing a five acre field. The oxen bolt repeatedly, prompting the farmer to strike and shout. A widow from the same church intervenes, prompting the minister to confront temper and attempt a gentler approach that initially fails before trying again with the same result. The tale ends as the minister reflects on restraint and Christian conduct.
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McClure, Phillips & Co
Farmer Johnson
Lansing
Johnson
Bunker Hill
Barnes
Johnsons
Samuel Johnson
Peter
Paul
Johnson Farm
Brother Johnson
Barnea
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