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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1883
Page
4
A vivid verse describes swift travel through woodlands and over bridges on a bicycle. The rider glides past fields and orchards with polished steel gleaming, while onlookers like pretty maidens wave kerchiefs from the grass.
A young man recalls his eighteen year old Boston mishap when he aided a tipsy Charley Dibbin on a street bench. The watch and wallet vanished after a police arrest, leading to a dock trial where a mistaken identity nearly doomed him until a stranger named Charles Merritt and other relatives revealed the error and saved him.
Percy W. Hastings of Leominster Massachusetts learned to write with a penholder in his teeth after a 1880 trapeze accident left him paralyzed below the neck. He advanced to sketching and watercolor, painting flowers with a brush held in his teeth, aided by an attendant who mixes paints. No card has ever been ruined by a mistake since he began.
A Buffalo-born man duped a Detroit couple at Niagara Falls by posing as a hotel host and forbidding any public display of affection. The couple, who registered under the misbelief of being married, endured two days before realizing they were tricked. The Newark Club offers a pigeon prize of 230 miles in 288 minutes with 51 birds competing.
A vignette on epiphytic plants feeding on air and dust rather than living trees, noting their striking forms and the enchantment of their high perches. The piece ends with a brief excerpt about a Kirmess and a Dutch cheese reference from Delmonico’s.
The notice urges readers to mail two stamps for a pamphlet on consumption and related affections from the Buffalo dispensary medical association. It touts cures by Dr. Pierce and notes physicians once deemed hopeless cases. An Omaha paper allegedly advertises marriage toilets for gentlemen.
A collage of advertisements touts Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer as a safe hair regenerator, Brown's Iron Bitters praised for vertigo and general vitality, Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women, Ely's Cream Balm for hay fever, and Scovil's Sarsaparilla and Stillingia for blood diseases. Includes prompts to order pamphlets and patent medicines with claims of cures and benefits.
A Rochester man recalls six years of illness from Bright's disease and kidney failure. After trial of Warner's Life Cure recommended by Rev Dr Foote, his condition improved dramatically, he gained 26 pounds, and credits survival to the remedy. He urges readers to heed early kidney symptoms and warns of misdiagnosis.
Travel demand in the Northwest prompts the Famous Albert Lea Route to introduce dining cars with meals rivaling first class hotels at seventy five cents. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway backs this upgrade to meet tourist traffic and provide quality service on the line. A Glasgow boy appears as a witness in Municipal Court after a mother’s careful coaching ends with a humorous miscue during the courtroom exchange.
An old column lists various patent medicines and tonics. It promotes German Hop Bitters branded with German labeling, Ess Jamaica Ginger by N.K. Brown, Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water, Wells Health Renewer for dyspepsia, Russia Salve, and Buchu-Paiba for kidney bladder issues.
An antique ad claims Colden’s Liquid Beef Tonic cures indigestion dyspepsia and loss of appetite. It also promotes Curattnion Collars and Cuffs as cheapest in the long run for durability. The piece mentions St Patrick’s Salve and Wells’ Rough on Corns as remedies and asserts a claim for a complete permanent cure for corns and bunions.
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