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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1894
Page
7
A bizarre 19th century column describes a woman kissing passersby on New York streets, provoking mixed reactions as crowds react. The piece alternates with notes on sleep position studies, snail bait toxicity, Hall's Catarrh Cure ads, Brown's Iron Bitters health claims, a woman’s supposed grievance, and a Texas anecdotes line, reflecting a collage of human-interest vignettes and patent medicine promotions.
Letter from Tanks, Collie Co., Teas Dr. R V. Pierce of Buffalo N Y praises Favorite Prescription for pregnancy. The writer credits the remedy with easing labor and confinement, preventing morning sickness and nervous distress, and promoting nourishment for the child after confinement.
Mrs Baker of South Bend under Pacific County Washington reports using Parot ite Prescription from the first month of pregnancy through confinement. She says nausea and ailments were avoided, labor was brief and smoother, and leucorrhea improved, attributing much relief to the remedy. She provides Buffalo New Me as the addressee and includes her husband’s initials.
The 16 year old Frances Stehl confronted Speck McCall, once a feared dry dock gang member, after he terrorized pedestrians and challenged her on a New York street. She fought back, leaving him battered and shirtless, with police detaining him overnight and Essex Market court sentencing him to ten days in jail or a $10 fine.
Massachusetts tax assessors struggle to tax bicycles under a new law. They have only half the wheels in use, aided by wheel man directories. Many wheels are owned by miners whose property up to 1000 can be exempt. The article also notes related European and other oddities and advertisements in the issue.
A German temperance circular queried seventy prominent physicians about giving beer and wine to very young children. All but two condemned the practice as injurious, underscoring concerns over child health. Members of the United Richard Wagner society have declined from about 900 in 1891 to roughly 4100 this year, with dissolution urged as the society’s original work nears completion. A new floor scrubbing machine works like a lawn mower, washing and drying boards in few passes. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is touted as a bodily tonic restoring vigor and health, claimed to aid digestion, appetite, and rest while defending against fatigue and disease.
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative for family use and Brow’s Iron Bitters as a tonic curing dyspepsia malaria biliousness and fatigue. It claims benefits for nursing mothers weak women and children, and suggests household necessity.
A 23 year old Milan area heir provokes laborers with a speech claiming grain is their natural right, prompting police action to reclaim the harvest. The father’s return ends in forceful removal. the son then leaves the country. The piece frames an anarchist episode amid rural arrears.
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