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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1882
Page
4
The speaker recalls a dreamlike Christmas scene with a tree heavy with gifts for all. A ragged girl stands in the snowy street outside, eyes wide with wonder, reminding the family to remember the less fortunate and share blessings beyond their own joy.
In a December tale from the Chicago Standard, Aunt Helen guides four children to repair forgotten toys and prepare clothing and books for the poor. The family delivers generous bundles on Christmas Eve, brightening Widow Lee's life and inspiring missed-gift acts toward others during the season.
The Lancet warns travelers that lengthy stays in American or Canadian hotels risk exposure to defective plumbing and sewer gas. A New York article notes many U S hotels lack traps, or have unsafe patterns, and a single night could threaten health. The piece urges reform and notes British and European hotels also show poor sanitary conditions.
Two brothers in law James Roberts and William Capps started a deer hunt near their Chunchula home. After a missed shot and a deer sighting, Roberts wounded Capps with a gun. Capps collapsed dead after uttering a statement. The Mobile Register reports the fatal incident.
A government employee in Brunn encountered a young lady who, while passing in a secluded park area, kissed him and fled. She explained she sought a remedy for facial freckles after consulting a wise woman who advised kissing the first man met to make freckles disappear. The couple walked on, unsure if the plan succeeded. A Harrisburg romance anecdote unrelated followed.
A Fall River paper cites Mr. Ernest King endorsing St Jacobs Oil after a half dollar trial, claiming relief from screw-wrench pains. The note mentions Drummer editor details, a travel date, and andere motley squibs about cures, paper uses, and a riddle about New York and Brooklyn.
An old column blends medical theory on poverty causing distress with a patent medicine claim. It extols Dr Pierse’s Gold Metal Discovery as a nutritive cure for debility throat disease and consumption. The piece also jokes about postage errors and a Missouri woman shipping herself and daughter as livestock after a lecture.
Fragmentary old newspaper fragment advertising scams and cures. References to Sup Bitter medicine, Lydia E. Finkham's Compound, Wells' Raven on Conss, Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription, Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water, Lyon's Patent Heel Ruffeners, Redding's Russia Salve, and Wise's Axle Grease. Mentions Mrs Fogg and a circus act, with satirical quips on frauds. Contains scattered product endorsements and circulars.
A promotional notice from the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway advertises an Almanac and Hand Book of Useful Information for free by mail. It touts content on Western lands, land offices, rates, postage, and practical guides plus a Christmas Book for Children and sheet music, with early requests to E St John for prompt delivery.
Edouard Reintard of New York reports a single box of Senry's Cathol ic Salve cured his year long piles. The note cites ease of cure and urges readers to try the product. A separate market blurb mentions Browns Bronchial Traches and diamond dye samples. A Boston Post item notes a diamond robbery theft of the ace.
A garbled page of ads touts Dr Dye electro belts and trial offers, Cragin Co piano music, Hales Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike’s Toothache cure, Alvin Crank telescope to Russia, Prune Pills, Autumn leaves misfortune symbol, Wish’s Axle Grease as top grease.
The notice lists the Nov E accommodation train from Denni son daily except Sunday at 5.35 am with stops at Worston Cadiz Junction Steubenville and Pittsburgh arriving around 7.20 am. P W K Division trains depart Steubenville for Wheeling at 3.15 am 7.25 am 2.15 pm and 5.50 pm returning from Wheeling at 6.00 am 8.45 am 1.16 pm 4.10 pm 5.35 pm with Steubenville arrivals around 7.35 am and 2.30 pm 5.20 pm 8.10 pm.
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