24 Jun 1880
Page 4
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1880
Page
4
The notice outlines advertising rates and terms for a local publication. It lists subscription costs, display rates, and penalties for nonpayment, with references to annual and special notices and potential extra charges.
A long fragmentary page discusses the dangers of prosperity for young men, urging steady virtue and prudent finance. It contrasts adversity with those who rise through honest effort, cites lessons from 1875 onward, and notes social observations amid scattered OCR noise.
Reprinted excerpts note Sells Brothers Circus overpromised and delivered mixed results. Newspapers from Binghamton and Cleveland report inflated advertising, grandiose claims, and mixed audience response. Details reference earnings, legal notices, and a house of correction sentence tied to related figures.
A long set of reader notices extols the Sella Brothers traveling show as the best ever seen in Lincoln and other cities. Critics praise its refinement, avoid gambling schemes, and promise it as a grand display of moral and natural instruction. A hefty paid-for defense vows truth and bills the act as the best on Earth despite skeptics.
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