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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1887
Page
4
An 1880 Colorado stage journey recounts a brutal siege by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. Sergeant of the Seventh Cavalry describes rifle actions, water scarcity, and losses, including Lt. Barlow, amid a stifling hot dawn to dusk fight before relief arrived.
Word comes that Green Womack, aged about sixty, sleeping on the porch of Jake A. Womack, Esq, County Treasurer, was shot by an unknown party Wednesday evening. No full particulars yet. he was known for nerve and claimed to be justified by the courts. Friends in this and other counties mourn his loss.
The Humane Society Journal notes in a gleaming report that after consultations with horsemen and veterinary sources, a medicine called Bowe zine collarada, produced by Dexter Curtis of Madison Wisconsin, is presented as a superior option for care and prevention of horse ailments.
A Victorian article recalls husbands reacting to their wives kissing them in public with cold wit. An English duke speaking to his wife jokes that his first two spouses never dared similar liberties. A minister, John Calhoon, scolds a wife after she kisses him on a sacramental Sunday, causing her to be barred from communion.
The article notes a new riverboat custom of tolling the bell at Grant's Tomb as the Drew or Drow party passes Mount Vernon and the Potomac, sparked by a passenger letter and a curiosity of an English visitor who asked why the bell isn’t rung. The practice may spread as a future maritime ritual. Also included is a brief debt figure for Mexico, stating 150,009,000 in debt with 12,000,000 inhabitants, equating to about 33 per capita, contrasted with other debts.
A scrambled 19th century page notes eight new yellow fever cases and one death at Key West amid a flood of dubious cures and ads. It blends health warnings with sensational patent medicines, bogus testimonials, and letters seemingly from various places, all in a single chaotic column.
Advertised patent remedy claims to cure cholera, diarrhea, cramps, and stomach pains faster than other seeds. Testimonial by J.D. Bowman praises improved health after using the product and recommends it to mothers, noting it eased a baby’s distress and restored vitality.
In Russia where blinders are not used on bores shying horses unheard of Frightful Waste Consumption carries off to thousands of vie itis every year You thousands of human Usea are being wasted that might be saved for the fact is now established that consump ion in its early stages incurable Dr Pierce s Gallen Medical Discovery will if used in time effect a permanent cure If no equal neuromody for bronchitis consh and collecte eulrary has been proved thousands of cases All druggists The process of Germanising Alsace Lorraine is still going on with unabated vigor Made Specially for Women Yet good for all Lewistown M 200 tons of hate ducts i the last fortnight hatter hag sipped
Fragment from a vintage ad notes free song book and 2 cent postage stamp offer to Morley Ty in St. Louis Missouri. It mentions The National Union Accident Association with Texas ties and potential $5000 death benefits, listing executives J Parrott and Thomas Dugell in Waco Texas.
Relief to immouvate and a cure sure. Piso's Remedy for Catarth 50 cents. Absolutely sure and safe. Patients prefer it to all other oils in the market. Physicians deem it superior. Crarren Hane Face Paintices and rough skin cured by Juniper Tar Soap made by Hazard and Co New York.
Fragmentary medical ad-style text promotes Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites for delicate children nursing mothers and overworked men. It claims health improvements and energy, mentioning use by a lady and improved condition, with several illegible names and stray phrases.
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