Alton Daily Telegraph Transcription Note
Local Alton notice fragment appears to be a heading or header line about newspaper entry and city filing in Illinois. No clear event, date, or named entities beyond city and newspaper title.
08 Feb 1882
Page 1
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Newspaper
Alton Daily Telegraph
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1882
Page
1
Local Alton notice fragment appears to be a heading or header line about newspaper entry and city filing in Illinois. No clear event, date, or named entities beyond city and newspaper title.
The text describes Thsia pss maneeleabee Vanderbilt and Samuel Carr's wife as sisters. It notes Vanderbilt’s poverty after a failed attempt to help and a move to a farm, followed by Carr’s deteriorating finances. Catehaul was sent to the Richmond County Poor House, where he remained twenty years. William K. Vanderbilt intervened, and now Carr, age 70, is at St. Luke's Hospital.
The report states that the prospect now is for Dakota and Washington Territories to be admitted into the Union as States. This reflects a pending change in territorial status and potential statehood for both areas.
The London Field recounts a hunter's perilous inland trek in pursuit of hippos. Native guides lead to a lagoon, where the hunter fires two shots, killing a big head first and a second in the brain, with the carcasses and skulls distributed among the party. The account notes dangerous wildlife and tribal reactions as boats and assets are prepared.
A schoolmaster asks a student what a promise means. The boy responds with a plan to “call around the next day” to pay a bill, then the other child declares that would be a lie as he resolves to begin the New Year by telling the truth.
In Baltimore on February 14, 1885, W J V Howser reports relief after using Brown's Iron Bitters for indigestion. He says three leading physicians failed to help and describes habitual post‑meal fullness, chest pressure, headaches, irregular bowels, and fatigue before taking the medicine, then improvement.
It is claimed the worst of the Howgate frauds is yet to be revealed as the investigation was halted to avoid exposing the Signal Service Department. The House has urged three times for a detailed statement of accounts, but none has been sent.
A crack counts on pests mentions Rough on Rats clearing out druggists with 450 boxes affected by insect control campaign.
A jumble of patent medicine pitches and health tonics fills this fragmentary page. Wells Health Renewer promises impotence cure while Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription targets feminine weaknesses. Advertisements tout Kidney-Wort for kidney issues and Crown’s Iron Bitters for strength.
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