Local notes on politics crops and residents in Chester township
Boehmer reports good health and a strong corn harvest as farmers rush to gather before cold weather. Republican leaders circulate among townsfolk amid election talk. Mrs. Emily Carl buys the Jackson Robert farm and will move to Chester township. Local personalities include Professor Merriman, Rev. Sam Jones, Will Carpenter buying MATTack property, and James Lieurance recovering from paralysis.
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Emily Carl
Hocking County
Ohio
Jackson Robert
Chester Township
Merriman
Sam Jones
Fusstown
Will Carpenter
Mattack
N. Main Street
James Lieurance
Abs
G. O. OP
Craigville Notes Include School Change and Election Talk
The Craigville column reports new school teacher Esick filling Miss Vale’s lower grade position while Miss Vale takes vacation until after the election. It notes roads worsened by recent rains and mentions local visitors and church services. It asks which political party will win and hopes for justice, with updates on residents and church preaching schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Esick
Miss Vale
J. W. Drum
Allen County
Hiram Drum
Curryville
Anna Beach
West Bluffton
Craigville
Oakland
Bethel Chapel
Cr. L. Payne
The
Christian Union
Rev. Roberts
United Brethera
Party
Mary Shaffer
Muncie
Packersville Pickups Health and Wheat Outlook
Linley Colins of Ft Wayne visits friends in the neighborhood. Wheat looks well for this time of year and should store for winter in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linley Colins
Ft. Wayne
Ashbaucher Brothers Farm News and Local Events
Farmers gather corn of good quality though turnout is light. Win Colbert John Baker and Carl son Cloud elected Peasant Hill church trustees. Protracted meeting by Rev. Lewis Huffman at Sugar Grove. Charles Brown dies at John Leonards. funeral at Union Chapel with burial at Jones Cemetery. Eli Hayward and Della Huffman wed by Rev Vopejoy. Community notes praise tariff and tax changes lowering clothing sugar and book costs.
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Win
Colbert
John Baker
Carlson Cloud
Peasant Hill Church
Sugar Grove
Lewis Huffman
Charles
Susan Brown
John Leonards
Union Chapel
Jones Cemetery
Vopejoy
Eli W. Hayward
Della M. Huffman
Kreps Kinks and Local Tales in East Salem
A Illinois man sold a drove of horses at the Wm Higgins farm. A protracted meeting runs at East Salem. The corn crop is excellent due to favorable weather. King lost and recovered harness in a Halloween incident. Abe Shedeg er and family attended a wedding at Berne. John Romey visited Ft Wayne on October 25. Mrs Gentis moved to the Isenhart property. Veter Romey and family spent Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Wm. Higgins
East Salem
King
Abe Shedeger
Berne
John Romey
Ft. Wayne
Gentis
Isenhart
Veter Romey
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills Advertisement Curbs Suffering
An ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for nervousness indigestion and misery claiming stomach relief appetite improvement and pure blood. It also touts Hood's Pills as a favored cathartic priced at 25 cents. In Braddock Pennsylvania a crusade against profanity on public streets is reported.
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Hood
Braddock
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Advertises Quick Skin Relief
An 19th century advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles or no pay required with a money back guarantee and a price of 28 cents per box, available via Charles C. Deam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Charles C. Deam
French families show low birth rates and high single child counts
Demographic notes report one fifth of France’s 10,000,000 families have no children and many have only one. It adds that 230,000 people have seven children. The text also promotes animal feed claims and a sugar beet substitute from cotton seed meal, mentioning prices and a seller J. E. Sturgis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Four Patent Remedies for Sale Promoted by Local Dealer
Local ads tout Wing's New Discovery for coughs and colds, Electric Bitters for liver and kidneys, Bachlen's Arnica Salve, and King's New Life Pills as guaranteed remedies. Dealer Charles C. Death's Drug Store offers details. The piece notes the first use of coal oil in 1826 and 1883 consumption of 38,820,306 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hevinn Che
Tiemit
Charles C.death
Dr Wells New Cough Cure Endorsed for Children
A notice recommends Dr Wells New Cough Cure as a safe pleasant remedy for sudden cold cough and croup. It claims effectiveness and urges households to keep a bottle on hand. priced at 25 cents and sold by J E Sturgis. The page also notes a hail storm in Prussia with many peogs etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wells
J. E. Sturgis
New Discovery Cough Medicine Promises Quick Cure
Advertises a Great Cough Medicine with trial bottles free at Charles C. Dams Young Store and guaranteed money back if it fails. Promotes large bottles 50 cents and 1 dollar with claims of curing chest and lung ailments. Also notes a veterinary liniment from England and a women’s orchestra in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C.dams Young
New Orleans
Closing Out Specials and Pharmacy Services Ad
Our weights and measures have been examined and declared exact. This is a notice for prescriptions and medicines with careful dosing. If sickness comes at night our bell will wake us quickly to fill prescriptions with speed and care. Fall novelties for the toilet and a special sale of pocket books and purses. Closing out on white leaf at 54 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cts
Various Patent Medicines and Remedies Advertisements
An assortment of 19th century drug ads tout cures for distemper in horses, rheumatism, scrofula, and blood impurities. Claims include safe distemper cure from Crafts Distemper and Cough Cure, Drummond’s Lightning Remedy for pain relief, Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a universal blood purifier, and incentives for orders and agents.
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Hale & Markley
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Bluffton
Ind
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Foxy
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Keno
Happy Home
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Kersy
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Prussia
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United States
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England
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Deam’s Drug Store
China
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Oklahoma City
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Express
Maiden Lane
New York
Zurich
Switzerland
Wendepin Conguere
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