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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1885
Page
2
A collage of excerpts from newspapers recounts political factions in Crawford township, legal notices, and family riches, while a Coshocton County wool grower advises drastic stock reduction, careful care, and disciplined wool handling to weather tariffs and market changes. The piece blends sensational tone with practical farmer guidance, detailing the fate of estates and local editorial exchanges.
The report lists gas output per ounce for powders like Royal Patapseo Rumford and Sea Foam, warning that alum powders are unhealthy. Royal is favored by experts H A Mott and McMurtrie, who deem it healthful. Wool article urges selective culling and tariff restoration for better markets.
A defense of genuine remedies and warnings about imitative products. The passage notes that some Chinese and American brands are imitated, with liquids designed to resemble authentic items but lacking efficacy. It also cites St Jacob’s Oil as a commonly faked product and urges heedful skepticism toward substitutes. It then reports genealogical data from General Deus via J W Kirkley on Civil War casualties: 9,853 officer deaths and 349,913 enlisted deaths, totaling 359,496 from April 13th.
The article analyzes wartime deaths among Union soldiers, noting about one and a half deaths per ten men and an overall toll surpassing seven hundred thousand when Confederate losses are included. It reflects on the war’s cost, the debt it created, and how Dec oration Day honors soldiers who served and died for their country.
An array of remedies is pitched from castor oil for leather care and children's stomachs to Brown's Iron Bitters, Ely's products, Carter's Little Nerve Pills, Mishler's Herb Bitters, and Reid Star Cough Cure. Testimonials praise cures, safety, and ease, citing a Maine senator's son cured of a chest cold with Reid Star Cough Cure.
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