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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1899
Page
3
An advertisement extols Hair Vigor claiming users are highly pleased and share it with friends. It promises to restore color and fullness for hair that is short thin split or falling out, asserting it can bring back the hair’s dark color from years past.
A sinking voyage narrative follows a sick, shipwrecked youth clinging to a broken schooner. He endures thirst hunger and exposure amid a gale before being rescued by a brig commanded by Captain Samuel Weston. The young seaman who saved him, a marine apprentice, is revealed as the rescuer.
The narrator, rescued on the Eugenie a 250 ton brig, receives hot brandy punch and dry clothing before sleeping. Samuel Weston, the master, explains the crew of twelve plus the mate and Tattooed Tom. The brig is noted for its notorious habit of heading out from London.
A Virginian near Mechanicsville during McClellan’s 1802 summer battle helps a thirsty wounded youth. The boy asks for hospital care and pledges to return to fight the Virginian if healed. The Virginian recalls his prisoner’s steadfast resolve and grants care, admiring the lad’s pluck.
The piece recalls a Dublin archbishop at a Lord Lieutenant’s dinner who announces a stroke of paralysis after mispinching his leg, only to be corrected by the hostess. It also relays in brief fashion two other comical misstatements from a Scottish minister and Lord Elphinstone, followed by a string of cartoonish quips and sketches.
A jumble of a police misquote about an assault and a dated medical quack promotion. It cites a fake testimonial offer from F. J. Cheney & Co about a cure, followed by a cartoonish note urging readers to try Allen’s Foot Powder for foot problems with price and address.
A Chicago health advertisement touts a new line “C line” drawing vast patronage for claimed health benefits. The piece extols quick relief from chronic illness and impure conditions, urging readers to try a product named Cat carnets to achieve happiness and health.
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