The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-04

of the city are suffering from the pre-
vailing malady. Concern has recently
been felt on account of the condition
of one Of the we'll known ministers Of
the city who suffered for days without
being able to find relief. The hiccough
epidemic is no respecter OF persons
they have treated hundreds of cases in
the past few weeks.
It's interesting to know that rene
dies are coming in now. From grand
mother to happer, editors, actors and
authors are joining in offering pana-
ceas for the disagreeable disease.
Here's One Remedy.
Here, for instance, is one letter, sent
in excellent faith by. plumber in
Cisco, Texas:
"My remedy is so simple it could
hurt nothing nor no one, even il it did
not cure all cases. l am not physi-
clan, as you will doubtless note from
my letterhead, but / am often taken
for q local doctor and on one occasion
where a doctor was called and arrived
too late and had to act, my services
were satisfactory and / only made the
customary plumbers charge, which
was also satisfactory.
"We had citizen here two or three
years ago who had the hiccoughs for
some ten days and the doctors We're
unable to give him any relief and it
looked as though he would die. A Wis
iting soldier in the town heard of the
ha ~ 10 fhn al
gentleman and told him that they gave
sugar for such cases when he was in
the army overseas. The patient was
given About half teacup and in very
short time he was relieved and in q
day or so he was up and about home
again cured. I also know that in my
own home we used the same remedy
for just such an ordinary case and
without exception a little on a tea
spoon has always proved successful, so
if this is worth anything to your peo~
pie, broadcast it for all it is worth"
This One from the West.
From Pasadena, Calf, comes this
mixture: "Chloral sodium bromide,
chloroform and anise." The elderly
lady who sends it adds solicitously she
hopes it will help, that it's been good
for her and all the friends for whom
she's prescribed it.
A lumberjack at Superior, Wis,
sends a remedy that, he says, cured
his 40-year-old brother in five minutes
from a four-day hiccough attack:
"Three tablespoons of cider vinegar
and /sweeten with two or three tea
spoons of sugar. Drink ALL" he adds,
"this is no old woman's say-so, it is
positive cure"
Chicago heard of Milwaukee's hic-
cough dilemma and kindly neighbor
sends this, TO her an infallible cure:
Drink chicken gizzard tea; take the
gizzard and wash it thoroughly; dry
the gizzard and make the tea; drink
until relieved" DIR. Thompson passes
it on.
Hark to the Grocer.
A grocer at Seattle has also learned
of Milwaukee's plight and he hastens
along his certain remedy, or remedies,
for he submits two: "Take a drop of
in glass of water; the
other he calls a Greek remedy and
this is it: 'Cut fresh loaf of bread in
two, fold back and put cheesecloth over
cut ends and irhale through the CLOTH"
A doctor at Garrison, Iowa, solicits
hiccough business, for he
writes that he has a certain cure, pro-
vided the patient comes to him before
he is stricken by death. II cured a
man after doctor gave him up" he
wrote, and added, "Let me know at
once if lives are in danger"
At Inglewoodu CAL, lives Samari-
tan who offers this TO the hiccough
cure cause: 1.-TWO drops Of amyl nj
trate pearls on a handkerchief and in
hale the fumes" He-cured a person
after seven doctors told him he was
doomed to perpetual hics.
Sent by Wire.
Seattle is progressive, therefore one
Of her good citizens uses the wires to
get his hiccough cure to Milwaukee:
"Have patient take fingers Of each
hand, press firmly against little lobe
alongside teeth extending over inside
Of eapc, firmly closing auditory canal
Of ears, firmly closing auditory canal
lips of patient; have patient take two
swallows Of water; repeat If neces-
sary." The telegraph toll was prepaid,
for which DR.. Thompson was thankful.
An altruist at Lewiston. L., admits
his cure sounds foolish, yet he insists
that it's worth trying and here it is,
per telegraph: freeze cream just
like ice cream without sugar or flavor
ing. Give patient one teaspoonful D
minute for ten minutes, if possible.
Slowly increase interval to five min
utes. Notify doctors"
"This helps every time," writes an
other good man from Pasadena, CAL:
Stand on your head; it cured man
who had 'em for three days and three
nights"
An employee of Detroit patent
medicine house sent a remedy which
be generously stated can be obtained
only in their factory. DR.. Thompson
never heard of It, therefore he does
not recommend this nostrum.
Old Lady Prescribes.
A lady Of 70 years sends a remedy
from Atlanta, Ca, that comprises fex-
seed with pure vinegar, strained honey
and the whites Of eggs. The dose isfa
big glass the first time and table,
spoon every 10 or Is minutes there
after. She makes no charge for her
medicine, she says, but would like to
know results.
In Tacoma, Wash, lives a man who
suffered long from hics and finally OBJ
,ained relief from inhaling the fumes
Of hot bread It's simple. he admits,
and easily applied.