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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1872
Page
4
An essay urges widespread fresh fruit use year round, praising tomatoes and blackberries and arguing diet improves health, reduces doctor costs, and strengthens livestock. It cites the tomato’s sanitative value, calls for universal canning, and links intelligent farming to diet and winter supplies.
A California sheep raiser with about 6000 head sold his entire clip for 26 cents a pound and $500 down to a wool buyer. He later learned market rates were 12 to 15 cents higher, costing him about 3600 dollars. The piece argues a small annual newspaper subscription could have prevented the loss.
The piece discusses Wisconsin's liquor law making intoxication a crime and requiring a person to pay a caregiver two dollars a day. It humorously extols the “good Samaritan” role, noting room costs and the steady stream of bills for caring for intoxicated individuals. It also includes a joke about Ex-Senator Doo little and a farmer who works for his keep.
For sale a 160 acre tract with 50 acres meadow 40 acres cultivated a large orchard and good water. One of the prettiest places in Southwest Missouri with 40 acres timber. 14 miles distant. Terms one fourth down balance in three yearly installments. Near Kansas City and Memphis Railroad two miles from Crossroads depot. Adjoining Judge D Eastin. Inquiries to Josin P. M. Thompson.
Plantation Bitters marketed as a vegetable restorative from 1860 claims to be a sheet anchor for the feeble and debilitated. It is presented as a tonic for the aged and languid and a remedy for nervous weakness affecting women, described as superior to other stimulants. The advertisement asserts broad efficacy across tropical, temperate, and frigid climates and for disorders that undermine bodily strength.
Beautiful woman HAGAN S err sage BALM claims to restore a twenty year old complexion. The Maxnolin Balm supposedly removes redness blotches and pimples without injuring the skin and sells for 75 cents a bottle by druggists and perfumers in major cities.
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