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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1899
Page
3
Pure Food ads claim Hayden Bros in Omaha ran a large grocery stock with quality guaranteed. They advertise prices a third below regular quotes and offer a free circular and prompt mail orders. Visitors are invited to see harness and horse supplies at the store.
The couple Newton Lord and Jennie Helper were married in an eastern Kentucky town several days ago. The editor of the local paper narrowly escaped injury when the groom attacked after the paper used the heading Lord Helper.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burns Shake into your shoes. Allen's Foot-Ease powder makes tight shoes feel easy and cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet. Sold at druggists and shoe stores 25e. Sample sent free Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York.
A light quip notes that when an actor has a hit, his shirt collar appears an inch higher the next day, signaling rising fame. The remark playfully ties fashion detail to success in show business.
A riddle states an angler worm always tells the truth when describing how many fish another man caught. The claim implies reliable counts in that one relational context, though it does not address other statements.
Swanson Rheumatic Care Company advertises a free thirty day sample of 5 Drops Salve for piles. The offer promises cure regardless of severity and urges readers to request a free box from 160 164 East Lake Street Chicago Illinois with prices 25c and 50c prepaid.
An anecdote recalls a lawyer mockingly quizzing Bishop Williams of Connecticut about railroad passes in heaven. A patent office report shows 413 US patents issued, with 122 partially sold rights. major buyers include Avery Stamping Co Cleveland Open Arc Electric Co New York Bick Hoffman Co Marcedon Blasius Table Slide Co Watertown Stirling Co Chicago Reeves & Co Columbus Bankers Electric Co Hoe Printing Press Co American Graphaphone Co West Virginia Electric Signal Co Universal Loom Co New York and others. For details contact Sues & Co Omaha Neb.
A satirical note suggests the so called blue laws were designed to keep towns quiet and restrict painting the town red, lampooning their purpose as moral oversight.
Mrs J Benson invites Omaha shoppers to inspect cheap mid summer stock at 212 South Sixteenth St including parasols shirt waists dresses and coats. The ad proclaims the largest shirt waist stock in Omaha and notes a piano sale at 118 dollars from Schmol ler Mueller 1313 Farnam St. The clipped text ends with a wry line about marriage prospects for young women.
A local city note invites readers to Hardy's The 99 Cent Store at 1519 and 1521 Douglas Street in Omaha. It markets toys dolls and fancy goods and promotes bargain shopping with a bustling sales tone.
An Outing article highlights the New York Central four track system from Grand Central Station offering year round travel to the Northern Wilderness Niagara Cave of the Winds and Whirlpool. It portrays seasonal allure from frost landscapes to fairyland splendors and urges travel through the century old rail route.
An old newspaper ad promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure for internal use priced at 75 cents. The copy contrasts little men measuring themselves by others with great men by the Golden rule.
A compilation of testimonials and patent medicine claims including Piso's Cure for Consumption praised by John A. Miller of Au Sable Michigan, Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising a free trial bottle, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and other health remedies.
An old advertisement touts Faultless Starch as the best and farthest reaching product for stiffness and elasticity. It promises no sticking, blistering, or breaking and notes it is widely sold by grocers and used by nearly everyone at 10 cents per package.
A concise reflection on judging character based on what a man finds laughable. It contemplates humor as a measure of virtue and the tones of social judgment.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease swollen and burning feet and bunions. Sold in druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free sample requests to Allen S. Olmsted in LeRoy New York. It notes gratitude for those who fight battles and lose.
An old ad urges readers that bowels can be trained like muscles and the brain, promoting Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cleanse and purifier for the body.
A saying notes that the man pursuing wealth always ends exhausted at the finish. It cautions against chasing riches as the sole goal.
Miss N J Lockheart of Extra Beth Pennsylvania writes of long term dropsy kidney trouble and female weakness being cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after five bottles and two Liver Pills. She reports relief from pain and tumor reduction and notes Mrs Pinkham replies promptly to letters from suffering women.
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