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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1890
Page
4
Lethargic liver needs milder help than rugged laxatives. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claims to restore biliary function digestion and regular bowels with gentle non painful action. It also touts malaria nervousness debility kidney trouble and neuralgia relief and notes salesmen and distribution details.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup touted as a longtime teething aid for children. It claims to relieve pain quickly, promote quiet sleep, soothe gums, ease wind, regulate bowels, and prevent diarrhea from teething or other causes. Sold at twenty five cents per bottle.
Arrangements for the coming year preserve the Review as a leading periodical with broad appeal in America. The new volume will cover topics of high public interest discussed by eminent writers and will include a notable controversy on Free Trade and Production between England and America, featuring prominent statesmen.
A Washington correspondent recalls Allen Mississippi farmer Bill Brown who bought a bull from a sharp lawyer. The lawyer trumpeted the animal's value at 250 dollars, while Brown later sues the railroad for its loss after the bull is run over, exposing a comic clash between landholding pride and legal boasting.
A Savannah tale recalls a young drummer posing as survived in a Georgia hurricane. With lines down and trains halted, he stayed in town and improvised a hoax to trigger a shipment of cigars and tobacco samples from his firm. He earned praise and gifts for the ruse.
A New York Tribune concern notes the shrinking job market for boys as men replace traditional youth roles. Elevator boys cash boys bootblacks newsboys and peddlers face competition from men women and immigrants while newsagents and train vendors grow. If trends persist boys risk remaining boys longer.
An advertisement claims immense itching and stinging from piles worsen at night, producing tumors that bleed. It promotes Swayne's Ointment as stopping itching and bleeding, healing ulcers, and removing tumors, available from druggists or by mail for 50 cents from Swayne & Son in Philadelphia.
A New York Sun feature profiles the Bowery black-eye artist who paints and disguises facial disfigurements including red noses. He recalls how accidents and domestic mishaps feed demand, notes most customers are respectable workers seeking discreet covers, and explains rival services from cures to fresh disguises.
A North Side wife shadows her husband after he claims a lodge meeting. In a cab she follows to the hall and back home, hoping to trap him. He leaves with other members, declines a drink, and walks briskly home, mistaken as a return to “old times” by his wife.
A St Louis Republic tale recalls wartime Charleston under martial law when bakers hid light-weight bread to dodge scarce flour. A provost marshal confiscated the contraband after weighing shops daily. A betrayed baker's parrot signals the fraud, the baker kills his parrot, then Polly survives and quips about the bread.
A trio of compact notes from a historic page covers teen sleep needs in schools a street-sweeper tale of a tramp posing as a Christian and a tiny engraving of a needle carried by Queen Victoria The school girls piece urges teens to sleep early and get air and exercise while teachers should assign reasonable homework and parents support healthful routines The tramp story lampoons clever hustling while the Queen Victoria needle note describes a miniature Trajan column and delicate engravings Shine on a magnifying glass.
Location notices and mining bonds and deeds blanks are offered for sale at this office. Freeh buttermill at the Can Can.
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