21 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1899
Page
1
A lengthy cautionary tale shows a farmer lured by Chicago store ads. He traveled from Summit HL to Chicago for supposed savings, only to find a net loss once travel and time are counted. The piece mocks flashy discounts from department stores and catalogs.
A physician long ago noted kissing spreads microbes and warned against it. New York doctors now report that handshakes also transmit germs, highlighting risks in everyday greetings.
A medical voice warns that hands carry many bacteria including diphtheria and smallpox risks. The piece advocates extreme precautions from avoiding crowd contact to antiseptic meals and hermetically sealed homes, urging drastic lifestyle change for public health.
Local retailers tout Justice as the best five cent cigar on the market. The appeal rests on value and consistent quality across available brands.
Editor Burns claims a Frankfort man, called the meanest, tested nest tricks with porcelain and goose eggs then a football to produce oversized eggs. A later note extols constant advertising as a sign of trust and urges shoppers to buy from retailers who advertise. The Warsaw Street Fair invites visitors for a week of festivals with farmers urged to attend.
A neighboring pastor jokes during a ceremony with a pledge that the bride will care for a promising husband like a gosling. He mimes duties from providing clothes and stove wood to preventing poverty, laughingly suggesting a $20 guarantee. The spoof ends with the couple entering marriage and the gosling lighted.
County clerks report Indiana divorces at 11.56 percent of marriage licenses, meaning about one in nine marriages ends in divorce. Clergy call for tougher laws to force couples to stay married, igniting nationwide discussion.
The Nickel Plate Road provides one cent per mile round trip for military companies and uniformed bands in parties of 50 plus for the Admiral Dewey arrival in New York City on September 29 and 30. Individual tickets are one and one third fare round trip. Tickets go on sale September 26 to 28 and return by October 2.
E E Turner of Compton Missouri says he was cured of piles after seventeen years and trying over twenty remedies by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Physicians and surgeons endorse it while warnings about dangerous counterfeits appear. Dr. Chas. Rager.
Historical ad copy for DeWitt's Little Early Risers claiming to cure chronic constipation biliousness nervousness and a worn out feeling. Describes pills as small pleasant and not griping or sickening and credits Dr. Chas. Rager.
A dramatic warning advertises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal healer for burns cuts and bruises including old sores boils felons and skin eruptions. It claims rapid pain relief and guaranteed cure for only 25 cents a box sold by Dr. Rager the druggist.
Chester H. Brown of Kalamazoo Michigan reports that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cured his severe indigestion and recommends it to all dyspeptics. The product digests what you eat without aid from the stomach and claims to cure dyspepsia. Dr. Rager is associated with the remedy.
Mr Olivia of Barcelona reports wintering in Aiken South Carolina and credits Electric Bitters with curing back head pains and other ailments. He claims the medicine purifies blood strengthens nerves and revitalizes the body. Also includes a testimonial from a Virginia editor praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a consumer endorsement from O R Moors.
An advertisement invites readers to send names and addresses of three music teachers or performers and twenty five cents in silver or postage to receive full sheet music. The offer includes songs like The Flower that Won My Heart Mamie O Rourke March Manila and Dewey s March Two Step as played by the U S Marine Band and five more pages. Washington D C and Indianapolis are noted.
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