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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1894
Page
7
An aged sufferer recounts long deathly bowels and bleeding piles, selling a farm and enduring ten doctors before Dr. Lighthill cured him in under four weeks. He cites follow up relief, no pain, and belief that Lighthill can cure any piles case.
The physician offers consultations for chronic and complicated human diseases at his office and residence, available daily with Thursday exclusion.
An advert claims successful treatment of deafness catarrh and diseases of head throat and lungs. It states piles are radically cured in weeks with no business interruption and promises equal success for rectal diseases and mental and nervous conditions.
Mrs. Singleton and Elsie host James Harwood who reveals plans to wed. Harwood asks to kiss Mrs. Singleton, who accepts as she realizes his intent is affection for her and a future with Elsie. The scene ends with mutual surprise and budding romance as Harwood seeks a pledge of love.
A narrator follows Buck as he secures a bride through a comically improvised plan. Buck purchases rough jeans, prints a tax list, and endures bad cigars while racing to meet the bride’s father, amid humor about clothes, money, and imminent marriage.
An excerpt discusses using beef tea as daily nourishment for a convalescent. It suggests varying flavors with mace bay leaf clove and celery salt, noting combinations and single flavor use to avoid overdoing it.
A collage of society notes: marriages, deaths, and careers from executives in San Francisco to New York. Mentions include A. R. Head's daughter marriage, Alexander Melville's self-made coffin burial, and various literary and athletic figures across Europe and America. The piece blends gossip with brief biographical tidbits and cultural highlights.
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