Question About Brown's Iron Bitters Answered
A miscellaneous note answers a query about Brown's Iron Bitters, clarifying its use and effects for readers.
12 Jun 1885
Page 1
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Newspaper
Reno Evening Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1885
Page
1
A miscellaneous note answers a query about Brown's Iron Bitters, clarifying its use and effects for readers.
A recurring hotel bum in New York tries a lavish meal after pretending to pay but forgets his money. The proprietor sits at the cashier desk with a revolver and demands payment, while the guest feigns fear then jokes it was a stomach pump.
An eyewitness recounts the chaotic fall of New Orleans during the Civil War. He describes rioting crowds at the wharves, the bombardment of Camp Chalmette, the river flood, and the climax as Union ships appeared. Two U S Navy officers walk unguarded through mobs toward city hall amid gunfire and mob shouts.
A coroner's jury declares alcoholism killed a prominent man amid heckling remarks about drinking. A Galveston animal cruelty advocate condemns head restraints for carriage horses while Hostetter McGinnis counters that rich New York horses ride higher, reflecting class tension.
A woman with small feet and red stockings tiptoes across a muddy street. She slips on an icy patch, falls, and is helped to a store for cleaning as onlookers react with mixed sympathy and humor.
The text shows a muddled dialogue about drinking beer and a quarrel with a dismissive response from a speaker, followed by an advertisement for Burdette Buckha’s Arnies Salve claiming cures for skin conditions and rheum. It mentions a table leg taunt and a chaotic scene with scattered names and words.
A witness, using dialect, declares the gentleman is not respectable and laments moral depravity. The Spitkings family faces a row and possible divorce in a Dallas context while discussion turns to marriage, kinfolk, and a fraternal dispute. A man’s killing is labeled justifiable homicide amid tense family dynamics.
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