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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1889
Page
4
A poem praises a lovers hands as more precious than jewels or royalty. It contrasts simple, God made hands with worldly wealth and imagines a final kiss when life ends, ending with a farewell image of the kiss on the hands.
A Detroit Free Press piece recounts a mountaineer tale where Betty Bailey weighs two suitors Jim Burton and Bill Stovin. The narrator helps resolve the love triangle at Bailey’s, urging Betty to choose and noting the family’s fussing ends with a blessing at breakfast.
A physician explains that financial realities push him toward medical work with steady pay rather than risky high fees from rare operations. He cites a neckline case in New York where two operations cost up to 100 000 dollars for the chief surgeon and 50 000 for an assistant, yet the real cost is the training. The piece also notes American triumphs in international medicine and a Philadelphia alienist praised abroad. It closes with notes on Mount Morgan mine value and a matchboy selling lights, and ends with a remark on Swiss governance and US comparisons.
The Uhlands Wecher schrift estimates per person tobacco use across Europe with averages from 7 pounds in the Netherlands to 1.2 pounds in Russia. The United States exceeds most European nations with about 4 pounds per inhabitant. The excerpt also notes etymology for “EryMoocy,” linking “lady” and “Lord” to loaf kneading and loaf keeping.
A newspaper ad promotes Kemp's Balsam for coughs and lung troubles with free sample bottles offered by druggists. Separately, Miss Evizannin Morris was elected president of the Morris Refugee Association for Homeless and Suffering Animals at its Philadelphia annual meeting. The group logged 2,549 dogs and 2,784 cats last year.
An assorted column of medical tips and product pitches notes Hos tetter’s Stomach Bitters for digestion and bladder support, Browne’s Bronchial Tradhes for throat ailments, Carter’s Little Liver Pills, Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pixe’s Toothache Drops, and Dr Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water. It also jokes about a California coinage diffrequibble and quips on Liberty Kentucky’s population and a stale food tip about fresh fruit.
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