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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1899
Page
7
A fragmented dialogue references belief in bones and a supernatural sense of foreboding. The piece quotes lines about superstition and doubt, interspersed with an ad for The John M Smyth Company furniture catalogue. The Cleveland Plain Dealer quote adds a biting aside about a peppermint chewing Hagley girl.
A mix of sales pitch for Catarrh Cure and travel impressions dominates the page. It touts Hall Catarrh Cure as a universal cure with a $100 reward for false claims, then shifts to interviews by Clay County farmers praising Western Canada for land, climate, crops, lumber, and cattle values near Edmonton, with plans to move next summer. The remainder is a montage of Ohio state brief items: deaths, accidents, depictions of local industry, and regional notes.
A 25 cent mail offer from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Cay 107 Dearbors Street Chicago promises a simple bottle of "DROPS" claimed to cure rheumatism neuralgia asthma cataracts and col ds with after effects prevented. It touts rapid results, broad suitability, and prepaid express delivery for a dollar bottle, urging every sufferer to act.
Readable fragments show a comic vignette with a stranger in a dim street, a beaming eyelist, and a quirky exchange about an illuminated device. The piece blends gadget chatter with an old time patent medicine pitch for Allen’s Foot Ease and Jacobs Oil advertisements. It references winter wear, medical cures, and literary notes about Ossian and Wendell Holmes.
A fragmentary 19th century ad mix mentions Grain-O a coffee substitute product with claims of being gentle on the stomach and a replacement for coffee. It also references general train routes Queen and Crescent and Southern Railway claims, and notes about newspapers in Spain 1879 and a treaty signing price. The text includes miscellaneous notes on beverages and travel, with several garbled phrases and stray pricing hints.
An odd 19th century note touts Wano's Family Medicine as daily health aid, promises liver and kidney benefits, neuralgia relief, and a soothing effect from St Jacobs OH. includes dubious price details and a garbled soldier quote. Mentions Cuba forest acreage and a Crescent Limited route from Cincinnati to New Orleans via Jacktonville.
The fragment discusses golf origins in Scotland with dates and names, mentions Mrs J L Northcott Windsor Ant Canada, and references a wool to cloth claim. It includes ad-like lines about Ripans and centennials, all in a damaged OCR style.
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