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Newspaper
Chariton Democrat
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1887
Page
1
ENGLE CHAPTER NO. SA EASTERN STAR meets Monday on or before the full moon at Masonic Lodge. D. Wormley serves as Worshipful Master and Wills Walker as Secretary.
Publication fragment showing the proprietors and editors of a historic paper with partial legibility. Names listed include CLORY and CO., with 9.S. KING as editor, dated Friday December 8. The visible text hints at a small town newspaper identity with missing context.
Yellowstone Kit, a small, well-known figure, speaks in Atlanta urging mothers to guard their sons against temptation rather to support prohibition. He argues against banning liquor at home and warns that open bars do more harm than closed saloons, while urging mothers to model restraint and integrity. A large crowd gathers as he concludes with a pledge of no medicine sales that night.
A passenger on a railroad trip loses her voice to a draft from an open window just before a planned city performance. A friend offers St Jacob's Oil as a remedy, and the singer performs that night to applause. A dated testimonial from Hartford claims rapid relief and praises the product for nerve neuralgic rheumatism.
A long piece argues that weather changes trigger rheumatic pains and promotes Warner’s safe rheumatic cure as a treatment. It asserts the body as a barometer, cites uric acid in blood, kidney function, and claims Mrs. Swift benefited from the remedies.
In Summerton Clarendon County South Carolina a 17 year old colored girl believed dead was found alive in her coffin during a funeral procession. The newborn baby shared the coffin and both mother and infant recovered with care at a nearby house.
Mr M S Hamlin of Hamlin North Carolina claims personal relief from a long standing hip and knee swelling described as white swelling. He attributes his improvement to taking 8 8 8 Specific Company product each spring after years of medical and surgical treatments and failed tonics.
In Neillsville Wisconsin Daniel Allen once thought dead resurfaces as the prosecution collapses after his escape from jail. The Wrights and Mrs Allen are linked to a murder plot involving arsenic poisoning, with Mrs Wright previously confessing and Allen fleeing with suspected outside help.
An advertisement touts SYRUP OF FIGS as nature's laxative that cleanses the system, relieves headaches, colds, fevers, and indigestion, claiming it cures habitual constipation and piles. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company in San Francisco and sold by D. Q. Storie at 1682.
Stephen Baily, jailed in Columbia South Carolina, admits killing three wives with a club brick and axe. He describes burning one body in a furnace and burying others after a lengthy spree, with seven children cited from the unions. He dies from throat wounds sustained while attempting suicide after arrest.
Professor Richmond M. Smith argues immigration is no longer needed, tracing historical flows from colonial times to today. He notes large foreign born populations, debates over native policy, and the Know Nothing era, while challenging limits on immigration and questioning how to distinguish desirable from undesirable arrivals.
Volney E. Fuller of Hamilton Ontario had cattle imported into the United States under a breeding stock plan. The U S Collector in Suspension Bridge initially taxed them 20 percent ad valorem, but the department later ordered a refund after ruling animals imported for breeding need not be imported solely for sale. The refund totals about $600.
Admonition against fake cures for consumption and lung trouble urges readers to obtain genuine Dr King’s New Discovery. Promises relief for throat chest and lung affections with trial bottles free at Storie’s and large bottles priced at $1. Also notes a £3,000 prize by Mr Filis Lever of England for a miners safety lamp with lecture by Sir Fredrick Abel and Lamp specimens by Swan and Edison Company.
A sound legal opinion from E Braimbridge Munday County Atty claims Electric Bitters saved his brother from malarial fever. D L Wilcoxson of Horse Cave Ky also testifies the remedy aided his life. The product is priced 60c and 1 at Storie's and touted for malaria kidney liver and stomach disorders.
Vintage advertisement touts Castoria for babies children and mothers. The slogan emphasizes Castoria as a trusted remedy for crying and stomach upset across multiple life stages.
An Illinois farmer unearthed a buried tin box containing 965. Michael Donaldson of Hudson Minnesota contracted leprosy alarms neighbors. Keene New Hampshire residents Orren Shelly and his 90 year old wife Reena celebrate 67 years of marriage and near 100 expectations. Calvin Winningham eight suffers fatal neck wound from chopped wood accident. Signor Tamagno signs 140000 fifty performance opera tour in South America. Meissonier thumb story denied. Blind Hughie the singer dies in England. Grandparents of Mr and Mrs Edgar P Johnson four elders aged 96 94 84 and 79. Belmont farmer boasts pig with toes three ears odd cat and three thumbs. New Zealand government battles rabbits by exporting stoats and weasels from England for release on sheep ranges. Six hundred are aboard a cargo destined for the colony with English prices four shillings per weasel six per stoat turning to guineas.
In a provocative line of commentary, an English columnist questions American use of toothpicks at table. The piece defends modest chewing through historical figures like John Randolph and President Arthur, asserting proper use remains a social staple among both elites and common folk.
Dealers and users hail Ely's Cream Balm as the best remedy for catarrh with claims of success in hundreds of cases. J H Montgomery & Co., Decorah Iowa, endorse its efficacy and note continued use never fails to cure. Marketed to address dry cough and nasal irritation with strong testimonials from Eastern users.
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