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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1884
Page
4
The AV Journal notes a striking portrait where the subject wears false teeth and penciled lashes, eyes bright with belladonna, giving a sparkling illusion. It compares her to nature mockingly, asserting she shocks reality while brushing nature’s likeness.
Chief Engineer Melville recounts encounters with Nihilist exiles in Verkeransk Yakutia during 1881. He describes their lives in a foul hut, their poverty guarded by Cossacks, their hopes for constitutional rights, and plans to escape by sea and river.
A Detroit winter visitor befriended a Colonel and a Judge who later quarreled over politics. They challenged each other to a duel, planned to involve the Sheriff, but no official attended. With the Sheriff absent, the two men withdrew the duel and never spoke again to the Detroiter.
An Austin Israelite, whose dwelling and business share a small house, has a temper flare when his wife calls him to dinner. He seizes her by the arm and scolds her in a harsh, obsessive tone about his shop’s reputation and the need to be seen as "cheap Schon" to preserve customer confidence.
A exhausted wife burdened by housework and a sick child contemplates death but finds relief through Warner's Tippecanoe and Warner's Safe Cure. Rev William Watson of Watertown recounts how these tonics revived his wife and inspired him to advise others to seek similar remedies. The piece argues many women face similar trials and deserve help.
The piece traces Chinese agricultural history from early lessons in farming to the revered figure Shun. It highlights legendary devotion to tilling and the Emperor’s annual spring ceremony near Peking, with a focus on agrarian virtue, state rites, and vast cultivated lands as a national vocation.
The passage catalogs Sheffield products from blades to rails to silverware, noting the city’s vast industrial reach and global presence. It cites examples like armor plates, scissors, bicycles, farm tools, mortars, and silverware, and ends with a brief tale from the Indianapolis Journal about a man posing as a doctor, marrying six wives in six Western cities.
Advertisement notes products for public use including a cough remedy labeled Rough on Coughs and a sulfur soap for skin beautification. It also promotes Hill's hair and whisker dye for women, with various drugstore mentions.
An 1884 testimonial advertising Brandreth's Pills as cures for rheumatism and related ailments. The narrator, a Fulton Market provision dealer, claims decades of relief and urges others to use the pills. Additional endorsements mention blood purification and liver regulation, with notices of other patent medicines and promotional lines from newspapers.
A college magazine paragraph chief and a father clash over Falstaff described as corpulent. The father threatens legal action claiming the college dwarfed his son's mind in a witty quarrel from Arkansaw Traveller.
A Burlington Free Press writer argues bicycles are largely practical and comfortable, noting drawbacks such as losing control over the handlebars, slow stopping, inability to stay stationary or reverse, and learning difficulties. The piece contends minor discomforts should not hinder progress.
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