19 May 1880
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Newspaper
Chester Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1880
Page
1
Announcing the opening of twenty four cases of the latest Paris novelties in millinery. Bonnets and round hats for ladies, misses, and children in French chip, English dunstables, Tuscan, and more. Including Paris flowers, ostrich plumes, fancy ribbons, silks, and matching shades, offered at popular prices.
News notes extensive woodland blazes in Brookhaven Long Island and Catskills Woodstock township with Mead's Mountain House and Overlook Mountain threatened. Atlantic County fires devastate 76,000 woodland and 10,000 vineland acres, with many farm lands burned and about 100 houses lost. Reports also mention the Republican conventions in Minnesota and Illinois, a Pittsburg public building bill, and a Havana leprosy hospital visit with stark patient scenes.
A Paris obit notes Joseph Adrien Gastambide dies at 72. Jesuits may head to America if decrees bite. New South Wales Exhibition closes with 14000 exhibits, 7070 awards, 1020000 admissions and £45000 receipts. Wigtown burghs election returns Mark Stewart Conservative over J McLaren Liberal. Dispatches report Sultan hesitates on a Russian assassin. South Sea Trading Company seeks state aid. train wreck culprits court martialed, thirteen executed and thirteen jailed.
A prominent Pittaburg physician joked to a lady patient about trying Hop Bitters for her persistent illness. She took it seriously and recovered. She now laughs at the joke, while the doctor regrets losing a good patient.
Beware of alcoholte bitters that ruin lives by causing intoxication. Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy contains no alcohol and cools and purifies the blood. It has cured many craving appetites for drink and is sold by all druggists, Dr David Kennedy proprietor, Rondout, N.Y.
A fragmentary report from the Binghampton Republican notes an old stone fence recently uncovered near Rome. The find appears largely intact, shedding light on historical construction and local past. Additional details remain unclear from current text.
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