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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1898
Page
7
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the season’s remedy for impure blood and bodily ills caused by winter. It cites cures of dyspepsia, nerves, and malaria, featuring a testimonial from Mrs. W. Kane of Aledia, Pa, and urges readers to take the medicine this spring.
An anecdote recounts Bob Calhoun a former slave who served Mrs. Skelly’s family at Resaca and later returned wealth and goods after the war. He buried treasures in South Carolina then dug them up and delivered them along with cash wages and wagon gear. The piece honors his loyalty noting such stories fade with time.
Experiments show sixteen cents daily feeds a man at moderate work and thirteen cents for a woman. Emphasizes thrift in cooking: learn to trim meat, bake bread at home, avoid excess water, and prefer round steak for value. Encourages fresh vegetables, sugar for children, beans and peas, and varied meals to maintain appetite. Also notes a Chinese cotton mill in Pootung near Shanghai, with 45 000 spindles and 1600 horsepower engines as part of American trade.
Still there is money in it Carl Vollen sold 350 dollars of Salzer’s Cabbage seed and profits 300 dollars with low costs. Salzer warrants seeds earliest in the world and advertises potatoes at 1.50 per barrel. Catalogue offers free plant and seed catalogue and 10 vegetable seeds for 14 cents stamps to John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wis. plus a political quote exchange.
An old advertisement promotes Kemp's Balsam claiming it stops coughs immediately. It urges readers to visit a druggist and try a free sample bottle, with sales pitched in 25 and 50 cent sizes and warnings against delay.
The gum trees of Victoria are described as the tallest trees in the world with an average height around 300 feet.
A period advice column promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles linked to infertility. Letters praise benefits, urging sufferers to request guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and highlighting rapid, chargeless replies.
The piece traces the history of free mail for Senators and Representatives from its 1660 English origin to abuses in Parliament. It notes 1763 inquiries reporting odd freights and 19th century abuses, urging a committee report that might fuel public sentiment toward abolition.
An advertising notice touts the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co with “Five Drops” as a new remedy for rheumatism neuralgia catarrh asthma la grippe and allied ailments. It claims immediate relief and offers sample bottles by mail prepaid for 25 cents and larger bottles at $1 for 3800 doses, with three bottles for $2.50.
Berlin citizens adopt a summary method to stop carrying sticks and umbrellas horizontally. When a man tucks his umbrella under his arm, he receives a swift blow from behind. Public opinion sanctions the act, reducing the risky practice.
A new preparation named Grain-O made of pure grains is sold in all grocery stores. It is said to suit delicate stomachs and tastes similar to coffee. It costs only a fraction of coffee and is promoted for use by children as well. Packages are priced at 15 or 25 cents.
The subject Quida chooses open buckled shoes year round to prevent distortion of hands and feet from unnatural pressure, avoiding boots in all seasons.
A historic ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for corns bunions chilblains swollen nervous damp feet and excessive sweating. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free sample offer. Address Allen's Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
Dialogue shows Pa debating honesty in wealth with Pa and son. Pa remarks readers believe the poor but not the rich. The exchange highlights skepticism of wealth and integrity with humorous tone.
An ad announcing Lazative Bromo Quinine Tablets promise a cure for colds in one day. It states druggists refund money if it fails and lists a 25 cent price.
The article extols today’s college youth as superior physically and claims stamina can be boosted by Hostaetters Stomach Bitters, which purportedly strengthens the nervous system and cure dyspeptic and bilious trouble.
The article traces the word spinster from an old rule that a woman should spin a full set of linen before marriage. It explains how the practice narrowed the term to unmarried women and how it evolved into a legal term, noting its appearance in Shakespeare and other classics. It discusses general versus specific meanings of spinster.
The advertisement asserts deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian Tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by focal applications. It offers $100 for any catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and asks readers to send for free circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio, price 75 cents.
Reports describe waves in open ocean reaching immense heights with 150 foot lighthouses overwhelmed by cresting seas. Observers note the waves rise in long troughs resembling hills of water, with some estimates suggesting far greater heights up to 300 feet in extreme conditions.
Cure feverishness bad stomach teething disorders move and regulate bowels destroy worms. Over 10 000 testimonials. They never fail. At all druggists 25c Sample free Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
For years Berlin landlords kept a blacklist of undesirable tenants and now tenants respond by compiling a list of unpleasant landlords.
Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement support and liver kidney aid with a 25 and 50 cent price. Piso's Cure for Consumption is advertised as a longstanding family medicine since 1865 by J. R. Madison of Chicago. Nickel Plate Road announces new Van Buren Street Station arrivals and departures with three daily express trains and through sleeping cars to New York and Boston.
An ongoing advertisement notes Winslow’s Soorgtxe Sravur for children teething. It claims gums softening, reduced irritation, pain relief, and wind colic cure. Offered at a price per bottle in cents.
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