26 May 1880
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Newspaper
Chester Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1880
Page
1
We announce the opening of twenty four cases of Paris millinery including Bonnets Round Hats Fancy Braids French Chip English Dunstables Tuscan plus Boys and Misses Sailor Hats. Special grand display Paris Flowers Ostrich Feathers Ornaments and a vast assortment of ribbons silks Latins Latin Surah Cashmere and Persian effects at popular prices.
Census Supervisor White of the Philadelphia District is removed and E T Steel named to succeed him. Also reports from Boston on New England suffrage meetings with Lucy Stone presiding and addresses by Mary A Livermore and Wendell Phillips.
General Sir Garnet Wolseley and staff arrived at Plymouth from South Africa. Sir Wm Vernon Harcourt elected for Derby without opposition. Leon Say elected President of the French Senate with 147 votes. Rome reports Italy leading claims to Chile for foreigner compensation. France and England support. Havana reports eight yellow fever deaths in the past week, with cooler rains reducing mortality. Queen Victoria’s birthday celebrated in Quebec with a Plains of Abraham review, a sham fight, and a 400-strong officers’ banquet. business was suspended.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to combat spring sickness with Dr. David Kennedy’s Favorite Kenedy tonic. It promises renewed vigor, brighter eyes, a rosy countenance, and quicker steps, claiming the cleansing of winter impurities and a vital bloodstream. One dollar a bottle, available at every druggist, Rondout New York.
Dear Sir. A personal letter from Plum Creek Nebraska dated May 21 1850 recounts travel from Minnesota to the Platte valley near Coyote. The writer describes land quality along the railroad, a first hotel stay, and settling plans ten miles northwest of Plum Creek with crops, stock, and health improvements after moving from Minnesota.
The article discusses moth-proof storage options from cedar chests to cedar lined trunks. It notes inexpensive packing trunks with cedar lining, suggests linen and tar paper liners, and describes barrel cases of thin wood or paper with tar paper lining as a cheaper alternative despite odor.
A Washington Critic note claims women, using Hop Bitters, keep families well at nominal cost. It sifts through old attitudes with a New Year tone and suggests political figures also seek relief from nerve strain with Warner's Late Nervine.
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