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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1895
Page
5
A North Side drug store near vacancy edged closer after a drunken visitor demanded poison. The clerk, awakened by fights and calls, kicked the intruder who turned out to be the proprietor, who had forgotten his keys. The joke spared the clerk, but he jokes about his boss limping around the store.
An 1890s marketing snippet touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as best for cuts sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price. The ad sits alongside a Brooklyn Eagle fiction scene where a couple discusses marriage and a mock vow about riding a bicycle in bloomers.
A pair of older and younger women discuss marital habits, noting husbands returning late at night. The older recounts years of persistent objection finally changing her husband, while the younger regrets not starting sooner and shares that her five year marriage still struggles with late arrivals. The dialogue emphasizes a wife’s duty to oppose late arrivals to protect the family.
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