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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1883
Page
4
In a nostalgic Harrisburg style piece from Harper's Bazar, the author contrasts old country schools with modern ones and laments stale air in crowded, overheated rooms. The argument centers on ventilation as a health and learning limiter, urging better fresh air to protect children's vitality and study outcomes.
The narrator describes Cousin Sarah applying a French beauty preparation to Philura Winters, promising youthful skin. The cream reddens and cracks her face. Philura flees to wash, fearing permanent damage, while John comments on her looks.
A humorous New York anecdote about a man who orders a second steak to replace a damaged trunk hinge, aiming to outwit baggage smashers. The piece shifts to farm advice urging timely accounting of expenses and inventories, warning that neglecting small costs ruins profits and detailing methods used by shrewd farmers.
Office statistics for the Troy Steamboat line indicate the Hudson River last winter saw 120 days closed, with historical frost records noting 125 days in 1835-36, 136 days in 1842-43, and 31 days in 1873-74, marking a notably variable century pattern.
A long exposition on the discovery of disease causing germs in air and food, highlighting Pasteur and Tyndall, the spread and survival of germs, and the role of refrigeration. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for chronic diseases linked to blood poisoning by parasites, with endorsements and related remedies.
An advertisement style item touts Dr Benson's Celery and Chamomile Pills as a cure for nervousness headaches and indigestion claiming 5 000 physicians prescribe them It notes a moral quip about apples and world morals and includes a testimonial from C B McDonald Plantersville Ala plus a note on Brown's Bronchial Tradhes as an aid for throat and bronchial issues and a joke about a Broad way omnibus incident.
The Vorrato Bewr Co of Marshall Michigan offers Dr Dye's Celebrated Electro Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on a thirty day trial to men affected by nervous debility vitality loss and related troubles. No risk is incurred as the trial is allowed. The Kansas man blown from his roof by a tornado says he wants no more windfalls.
A fragment lists Henry’s Carbolic Salve for cuts and skin eruptions, claims counterfeits of Henry’s salve, and mentions N. K. Brown Jamaica Ginger, Wise’s Axle Grease, Chrolithian Collars, and Dr. Tanac Thompson’s Eye Water with brief endorsements and prices.
William H. Wilson M D of Springfield Effington County Georgia declares after eight years of dropsy treatment that Hunt's Remedy is the best medicine for dropsy and the kidneys he has ever used.
Anca Coxs of Moorestown New Jersey says her life was saved after drophy around the heart improved within weeks of using Hunt's Remedy. She claims physicians and friends despaired yet the remedy provided great relief and even restored her existence.
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