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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1893
Page
3
An advertisement touts Syrup of Fig as a refreshing laxative that cleanses the system, relieves cold fevers and headaches, and promotes healthy liver and bowels. It claims universal satisfaction and endorsement by doctors, urging buyers to trust the California Fig Syrup and avoid substitutes.
Post Master E. A. Bond of Pavilion Centre promotes August Flower for sale as a medicine. He claims it helps the stomach, liver, kidneys, lungs, heart, nerves and blood, urging people to fix stomach first for better appetite and digestion.
An advertisement scribed in a period tone touts cures for deafness and catarrh, offers free trials and a money back promise, and promotes travel on the Katy Vestibuled Flyer to the World's Fair via a Chicago route. It highlights dramatic testimonials, medical claims, and travel packages aboard the Katy line, urging readers to request circulars for more details.
Visitors flock to the Children’s Building at the fair to view babies and nurseries. A writer notes the spectacle includes a nursery, kindergarten and world’s fair displays, with mothers nearby and many curious spectators, highlighting the era’s fascination with infant welfare and early education.
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