New Carpets and Ribbons Offer Bargains at Souths
Retailers advertise extensive stock of carpets and ribbons with reduced prices. The notice touts "new" goods, several popular brands, and a general sale to attract buyers in the area.
14 Jul 1880
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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1880
Page
1
Retailers advertise extensive stock of carpets and ribbons with reduced prices. The notice touts "new" goods, several popular brands, and a general sale to attract buyers in the area.
The item urges mothers to keep Dr Crumpton's Strawberry Balsam for summer use as a gentle fruit remedy. It claims quick relief and even life saving results for dysentery diarrhea griping pains cholera morbus and related bowel ailments.
To first class farmers in suits to suit from one to five years no commissions or agents fees no charge for drawing and recording mortgage Apply to W H Crowder for details Dont mortgage your farm to eastern capitalists and pay large commissions
Advertisement asserts Dr Crumpton's Strawberry Balsam as the best remedy to stop running bowels and summer complaints. It urges intelligent readers to have their druggist obtain it and ignore other medicines. Also promotes L Stewart for insurance and Crowder and Reed for school books.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a cure for dyspepsia, biliousness, fever and ague, and related ailments. It claims freedom from mercury, promotes improved appetite and spirits, and appeals to all ages including infants with medical claims from J. H. Zeilin & Co. Philadelphia, urging hold by all druggists.
An advertisement touts Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as the best safest quickest cure for scrofula syphilitic disorder impure blood liver complaints and urinary troubles. It claims the remedy purifies blood strengthens body and steadies the mind.
In a July 1880 column, Rapix notes a cluster of ship disasters around New York including the Seawanhaka fire and other losses. He muses on fatal waters and suggests life preserver drills, while also addressing street unrest and labor tension affecting public schools and civic life.
Graysville items reference a critique of the Democratic party's shifting positions on tariffs currency reconstruction and civil rights. Local notes report a house fire, a July wedding, sermons, views on political predictions, and community happenings including church and threshing news.
The Farmer's Gazette of Dublin advocates inverting fence posts to double their life. Experiments show oak posts placed top downwards resist decay for years, while those set in the same orientation rot in about twelve years. Capillary tubes in wood are suggested to oppose rising moisture when inverted.
Four eggs and two cups of sugar are beaten together then two cups of flour two teaspoons cream of tartar one teaspoon soda and two thirds cup boiling water added with lemon for flavor. The batter is thin but yields a delicious cake.
The Indiana Farmer voices shock at a Supreme Court decision on constitutional amendments. The writer questions judge quality and salaries and suggests the ruling harms education and women's rights, concluding with a cynical concession. Dated June 28, Gentryville.
Save gristle and bones from cold meat or fresh. Chop small and stew with water to cover. Keep the fat on until using the gravy to extend shelf life.
A brief instruction states to mix common whiting to the consistency of paste, rub the surface with a flannel dipped in the mixture, in warm water, and then wash off with pure cold water.
Boil three or four onions in a pint of water. Brush the solution onto glasses and frames so flies will not alight. The preparation is safe for the frames and will not cause harm to the glass.
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