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Newspaper
Washington Press
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1902
Page
2
A jumble of remarks cites winter and spring illness risks like La Grippe and pneumonia with calls for Dr Kay remedies and Renovator. Practical notes cover inn life, travel comfort, and small time business chatter, mentioning paper windows, lodging costs, and a sly caution about pickpockets.
A letter from C O Kinne of Alma Kansas dated December 22 1960 praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as superior to other laxatives and stomach remedies. It notes both the writer and his wife use it and request retailers to stock Stewart's Pharmacy. The ad copy also promotes Dr Nay's Renovator and pays spot cash for missed cigars on the first of each month.
A 1900 Mound City item shows a druggist Dr J. M. Hawsins praising Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable laxative and stomach remedy after many customers reported satisfaction. Advertisements urge purchase at Stewart's Pharmacy and promote Encaline Toilet Powder and Allen's Foot-Ease for various ailments. The piece includes brief notes on Kipling and One Minute Cough Cure offerings.
A vintage advertisement extols Kadol as a stomach aid and general tonic citing a Verona Missouri testimony about a 76 year old benefiting from the product. The copy claims Kadol aids digestion and strengthens the body, alongside unrelated quips about thirst and health remedies.
An old time ad page touts Russ Bleaching Blue for white clothes and warns it is sold by grocers for 10 cents. The same column touts De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve for cuts burns and wounds and Dr Kay’s Renovator for dyspepsia and constipation. It ends with a quip on accepting fate and a plug for Dr Kay’s Lung Balm for coughs and colds.
A disjointed historical snippet describes an unusual room with mud walls, a small table, and paper lighting. It mentions a traveler and a parley, though details are obscured by garbled text and missing context. The passage hints at a doorway and a seizing action, but specifics remain unclear.
A historical notice extols microbes as humanity’s true foe, not fantastical beasts. It links disease to impure blood and touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure, with testimonials of recovery from skin eruptions, rheumatism, and scrofula, emphasizing blood purification and an alcohol free formula.
A hodgepodge of phrases from an old advertisement page includes claims about SUCALINGE antiseptic products Encaline Tooth Powder and Encaline Toilet Powder, a candy cathartic Cascarety with a promise of curing constipation, a quip about laughter when telling jokes, and a remark on girls aging toward money.
Fragmentary OCR mentions DeWitts Little Early Risers pills and One Minute Couch Cure and Witch Hazel Save Cures Piles Burns. Scattered phrases reference a butcher, kissing and a man, plus Dr Kay’s medicine and druggists.
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