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Newspaper
Salem Press
Location
Salem, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1886
Page
5
Fragments recount a dramatic boat transfer from the Monitor to the Rhode Island. Waves slam craft against ships, lines fail to help climbers, and a surgeon loses fingers in a collision. Amid chaos, men struggle to reach safety as the sea surges between vessels.
A large man in a Grand Avenue saloon provokes a fight claiming an inherited weakness. After a chaotic scene, the barkeeper collects damages, ejects the offender, and the crowd notes the fighter’s confession that his sand gives out when tackled, prompting a visit to a doctor. The Detroit Free Press reports the incident.
An assortment of old advertisements touts Scotts Emulsion of Pure Liver Oil with phosphates for lung and digestive troubles, Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Athlophoros claims for debility, rheumatism, and blood purification, plus praise for Hunt’s Remedy for dropsy and kidney disease. The text also notes political jabs about the administration and reform while mocking the silver dollar era in holiday times.
An old promotional text claims cures for various ailments and offers a 16 page catalog titled Fashion Magazine with images and articles for cultivated readers. It advertises a magazine subscription for one year free in exchange for stamps and lists a Buffalo New York address.
A broadside advertises a free cure for male and female ailments supposedly from a South American missionary. It urges readers to send stamped self addressed envelopes to Rev Jossin T. Inman in New York for the remedy and instructions. It also promotes George Stinson & Co as expanding agent opportunities with promises of easy home work and high success rates.
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