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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1891
Page
3
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting, quick acting remedy for kidneys bowels colds headaches fevers and habitual constipation. It claims uniqueness pleasing to the stomach prepared from healthy substances and widely sold by druggists in 50 cent and 81 cent bottles with prompt procurement if not in stock.
An old medical claim describes consumption as caused by tiny lung germs. It asserts German Syrup kills and loosens these bacilli, expelling damaged tissue and soothing the system to restore health. The piece presents the narrative as medical belief of the time.
In a Brooklyn and New York sermon, a prominent preacher denounces infidelity as a societal plague. He argues the Bible upholds moral order, while infidelity corrupts faith, family, and culture, citing Adams, Jefferson, and Carlyle to defend scriptural truth. He portrays Christianity as the humane force shaping hospitals, asylums, and missions, contrasting it with infidelity’s alleged emptiness and danger.
A fragment notes a patent remedy for throat diseases and coughs with a price of 29 dbs. The text hints at religious warfare imagery and a claim that devilish strategies influence battles by directing forces to fire at each other.
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