17 Jun 1880
Page 4
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1880
Page
4
The page mixes subscription rates and classified ad notes with a string of stray anecdotes. It includes pricing lines for ads, scattered typography, and a long, garbled tale about a Cleveland clerk and a young woman in a drug store. The text is fragmentary and appears to be OCR garble from a historical issue.
A fragmented critique extols a show for unparalleled claims of scope and integrity. The piece cites widespread press endorsements across thirteen states and promises unprecedented exhibits, asserting transparency and influence beyond rival exhibitions while acknowledging the constraints of space and censorship.
A garbled OCR page fragment lists historical drug remedies and period references. It mentions opiate tonics, Baby Mend products, Sells Brothers displays, circus menagerie ties, and a variety of 17th to 19th century medical and advertising cues alongside scattered names and places such as Worcester New York Chicago Cincinnati and Syracuse. The text reads as an old newspaper collage of notices, product pitches, and anecdotes without a clear single story.
Readers praise the Sells Brothers Great Railroad Show for delivering on promises with a grand parade and impressive performances. Newspapers from Lincoln to Lafayette lauded the exhibition for lack of gambling schemes and strong personal presence, while readers offered witty observations on daily life and social manners.
A 160 reward offers compensation to anyone proving any value quoted forgeries or misstatements of the original abaya Hotlees note. The advertiser asserts the newspaper’s notes prove authenticity and invites editors and lawyers to judge the claim, promising legal binding action and denouncing rival forgeries.
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