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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1891
Page
6
An 1880s style ad targets women with menstrual irregularities claiming impurities in blood are cured by Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potassium P P. The copy blends health claims with quips about deception and daily life, ending with a corn paint recommendation and ancestral joke.
A humorous exchange features Miss Cropper and Jack Cropper debating how to age a horse. The antics touch on whether teeth reveal age and joke about artificial replacements.
A fragment shows old patent medicine claims for malaria cures with Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potassium. Includes quips about energy, fortune, and a joke about a contractor’s daughter plus a cartoonish exchange on a doctor's morning text.
Has no superior in the South. High est Scholarship in Ancient and Modern Languages, Sciences, Music, and Art. Hand Drawing, Calisthenics and Elo cution free. Terms very moderate. Thirty-third Annual Session Opens September 2nd. Send for catalogue. J.T. AVERETT, President. J.C. DUNFORD, Ass't Pres
A New York physician and hospital director reports P. P. P. effective in several cases. A Savannah railway superintendent crippled by rheumatism and malaria recovered after a course of P. P. P. Physicians in the South note its reputation as a great purifier and its widespread use.
An old advertisement touts P. P. P. Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potassium as a cure for primary secondary and tertiary syphilis and various blood and skin diseases. It claims relief from inflammatory gout sciatic pains and asserts certificates attest cures where other medicines fail.
Our Fall Stock in all departments is the best and cheapest yet and should be inspected before buying elsewhere. We sell for cash only at our store from September 1 to December 1 at 7 o'clock except Saturday. Proceeds support our employees. We carry the city’s only wholesale stock, helping merchants save money.
An advertisement highlights free burning Wilkesbarre white ash and various coal types. It mentions Schuylkill Shamokin Lorberry Schuylkill Kensington Kanawha West Virginia Splint and New River Splint Pocahontas Soft coal described as best for grates and open fires.
A fragmented railway schedule mentions Cape Fear and Yapary lines with limited readable stops. It lists Greensbor and Rams as routes, with partial departure or arrival cues and unclear times.
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