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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1899
Page
8
A jumble of odd anecdotes and an old patent medicine ad. The text recounts a converted Englishman who fixates on the Bible and questions by a doctor using a needle and tests, then pivots to an advertise for Hall’s Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials, druggist claims, and a comic exchange about a London restaurant cashier.
In a period ad style, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is hailed as the cure for female ailments. Anecdotes from Emely F Haas of Greenpoint and Jessie Sigistax of Fremont praise relief from hysteria, painful menses, and stomach distress after using the remedy and Liver Pills.
A party of young men and women on a country road encounters a decorative, surprising sight. A gardener explains the plants are onions gone to seed as chatter turns to an authorial photographer with a faraway look and a book in hand.
A Mississippi senator writes from Oxford praising Peruna as a cure for catarrh and a tonic, claiming no substitutes or rivals and urging readers to request a free book on catarrh from The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio. Also features a humorous anecdote about Bobby and irony from Harper's Bazaar.
The article surveys fringe, polonaise and overskirt styling in period costume, noting how fringed trims, slashed skirts, and matched fabrics elevate the silhouette. It highlights lower calf garments, belts, and contrasting yokes while stressing the fashion timing and wearable versatility of these ornate details. It also references specific fabrics and color contrasts in mannequins and garments.
The article discusses fashion trends with lace and fringe detailing, velvet yokes and four-in-hand neckties, and the use of fringe on fabrics. It notes velvet yokes, neck fittings, and ornate passementerie, plus painted silk designs and boleros as features of elaborate gowns.
The article describes expensive carth costumes with bodice drapery and short overdress in embroidered cloth or crepe with fringe. Lace edged with fringe appears beautiful and oil used in various wars. The frieged dress shows nine long poinnaise over-soft pink cloth, a pink silk and gray underlayment, with a short pulonaise in crepe to match.
An old style advertisement touts Cascarets as the only effective laxative, claiming quick cleansing of the bowels and health benefits. It promotes a candy-like tablet, urges readers to check for the genuine CCE mark, and offers a booklet and free sample from Sterling Tremedy Co.
German claim that most people are right handed and right sighted notes unconscious preference for the right eye. Some are left-eyed, using the left eye more. Includes a medical ad for Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh with a spray option and pricing. Also a garbled dialogue fragment about a date and paper.
A garbled late 19th or early 20th century ad fragment touts cures for colds and stomach issues with laxatives and tonics, claims refunds if ineffective, and features mock letters and names like E. W Grove. It mixes ad copy with clipped dialogue and quotes from Sidney Smith about politeness and good nature.
Chicago retailer John M. Smyth Co. at 150 to 166 near Madison St. showcases the Melbe sewing machine for $34.25 in a vast illustrated catalogue claiming to have served over half a million Chicago homes for a third of a century. The note praises reliability, fair dealing, and the catalogue’s breadth of household items.
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