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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1894
Page
3
A jumbled fragment from a Philadelphia area notice discusses cough remedies and medical claims. It appears to reference Mrs 8K Mune Carton and mentions age and concerns about wrong treatments. The readable text is fragmented and lacks clear events or outcomes.
J H Boras a Druggist and Postmaster of Mofat Texas cites Boschee’s German Syrup as a trusted cough remedy for years. He claims it strengthens the body and urges readers to avoid substitutes. The ad-style testimonial emphasizes personal experience and brand reliability.
A fragmented transcript shows Speaker Crisp defending majority rule and contrasting American and British parliaments. Remarks reference public agitation in England, the role of the speaker, and the balance between control and neutrality during legislative proceedings.
A long readable fragment recounts Mrs Arthur Leather of Fowherry Tower Northumberland raising a pet otter. The animal, named Felix, shows humanlike behavior living with the staff, following her maid about rooms and awaiting admittance at the door. A blend of dialogue and reminiscence appears, including old local newspaper chatter and a digression into a sheriff prickings custom and a misread during a public event. The piece meanders through anecdotes, with the otter’s intelligence and affection noted, and ends with a reflection on life and longevity of unusual creatures.
Two Danbury area hunters report seeing a shaggy manlike figure in a wide wooded area. They describe a bearded, hairily robed figure who caused paralysis and fled toward a river. Authorities will pursue the possible abductor thought to be a missing local named Owen Burgess.
Fragmentary 19th century ad style text touts Lane's Medicine as a remedy for constipation kidney and liver trouble, urging purchase for $1.00 at all dealers amid scattered lines about courtship, graves, and a prohibited entry to a cemetery in Germantown Virginia with odd archaic spellings and garbled phrases.
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