They Tell Me of the Pauper and the Worn and Weary
A historical newspaper card evokes compassion for the pauper the sick and the oppressed the worn and weary workers and the sorrowing souls seeking aid and solace in hard times.
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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1888
Page
4
A historical newspaper card evokes compassion for the pauper the sick and the oppressed the worn and weary workers and the sorrowing souls seeking aid and solace in hard times.
In Paris Vieilleville drama house auditions a crude tenor from Rio, Jacques Durand, whose ugly appearance clashes with a golden voice. A bold bet explains his brief Rio career and a plot twist forces his dramatic exit, leaving manager Lartigues to face a bitter lesson on appearances and patrons.
A police report warns of a confident, well-dressed swindler class on Fifth Avenue and Broadway who target business men with a beggar ruse. The piece contrasts this with a Massachusetts Medical Society stance urging systematic school physical training as essential for city children and condemning unfounded fears of degeneracy.
The piece argues physical reflexes under heavy fire do not measure courage. It cites a gallant general killed at Bull Run and notes many soldiers involuntarily dodge or bob, with only two exceptions in persistent musketry who stayed still. General Grant is mentioned as another unmoved figure.
Near Egypt in Chatham County North Carolina James Gilmour’s cotton gin suddenly stopped He found a black laborer beneath the overshot wheel his head wedged between wheel and rock He pulled him free the man was unconscious then walked about later the skull protected him from fatal injury
At the joining of three paths to Bethany the garden of Gethsemane sits behind a whitewashed wall with shrines facing inward. A monk guards the grounds, a well with a pulley, and a marble Canova relief marks the site. Pictures on the walls recount events of Jesus last night, with wormwood and passion vines along the stones. It is a lovely, carefully kept spot.
Tested for over twenty five years worldwide these Allcock’s products claim endorsements from medical authorities and millions of cured patients. The porous plasters are described as vegetable mild yet effective and harmless while Stomach Bitters is promoted as a laxative anti bilious remedy to prevent kidney trouble fever and ague. Beware of imitations and substitutes.
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