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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1883
Page
4
A nostalgic verse recalls youth among maidens and breezy flirtations. The speaker laments costly letters and bouquets fueling a sentimental affair that drained his finances and left him with a guilty conscience about the extravagant expenditures.
A night mail on the Cumberland Valley Railroad under upgrade evades Confederate fire in a daring engine run. Captain John, engineer, and fireman fend off pursuit with grit and clever tricks, oiling tracks and using tallow to outpace and trap the enemy, securing Stockton's relief of Thomas.
The article surveys Japanese fan making as a millennium old industry employing about 100000 in Osaka Kyoto and Nagoya with bone ivory wood and lacquered sticks and tops of paper parchment silk or cotton. It notes French and Viennese dress fans and American cheap grades and highlights the Somerville Ladies Club in London which, since 1880, moves to larger premises at 405 Oxford Street to host debates and lectures on politics and society.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat correspondent from Spain extols Spanish women as “matchless” and “dark glancing” maidens. The piece contrasts national charm with a call to bring the writer home. The note mentions large sugar import spending and future sugar from sorghum possibly reducing outlays.
A collage of promotional blurbs and quips from 19th century newspapers mention Brown's Lion Bitters for age weakness and indigestion, Swift's Specific for blood problems, and Pierce's Favorite Prescription as remedies. The notes include epigrams, stray quotes, and references to public notices and humor items from Cleveland and elsewhere.
In a quiet library a husband and wife discuss germ theory from an encyclopedia. The wife reads about bacteria, Pasteur and Koch, and the dangers of disease, then promotes Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy, as a Boston Star notice labels the piece.
A vintage advertisement extols a “Vegetable Hair Restorer” that claims to banish dandruff, restore gray hair to its natural color, and grow new hair without harming health. It praises rapid darkening to glossy brown and notes warrants, with Brenton Myers & Co. and C. N. Crittenton as agents. Included are testimonials and unrelated quotes from newspapers.
An 19th century advertisement extols Mexican Mustang Liniment as a universal remedy for external pains, sores, wounds, and lameness in man or beast. It claims deep penetration to the bone, expelling inflammation and healing diseased parts, based on two generations of users.
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