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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1888
Page
3
SAM JONES rails against parlor dances and ballrooms urging audiences to resist the ballroom culture. He condemns fraternities of vice, warns of ruin by the theatre and dance, and advocates steadfast purity amid lively applause.
A forenoon scene on Griswold street drew a crowd as residents fixated on the City Hall tower. One man asked about its plumb level, sparking a brief, puzzled exchange before the crowd dispersed in silence.
A nostalgic verse laments a sickroom scene with a worn silver spoon used to take medicine. It contrasts lingering nausea with a promotional claim for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, described as sugar coated, vegetable and effective at 25 cents per vial.
Dialog reveals a daughter plan to leave after claiming unfinished work by a parent. The mother questions the motive, noting she believes she did all the labor to keep a girl. The exchange centers on household responsibilities and personal standards.
Symptoms include moisture intense itching and stinging worsened by scratching. If untreated tumors form bleed ulcerate and become very sore. SWAYNE'S OINTMENT stops itching and bleeding heals ulceration and in many cases removes tumors. Equally effective in curing all skin diseases. Sold by DK Swayne & Son Philadelphia and by druggists by mail for a few cents.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for dyspepsia and related misery. It claims to tone the stomach, relieve sick headaches, heartburn, and low mood, with a testimonial from A. Riker of Utica praising its energizing effects.
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