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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1885
Page
2
In New York May 16 1885 Broadbrim laments Lyceum Theatre collapse and Mackaye's failures while detailing theater business unions and star salaries. He mocks police corruption Crowley and praises Brooklyn transit opening with cautious optimism, observes grim weather and roller skating backlash, and ends with a wish for European travel amid high domestic prices.
A Cleveland era essay from May 14 1885 discusses race, contentment and progress among African Americans in the South. It describes home ownership, revival at Antioch Church under a bridge, and a baptism observed by about three thousand. It compares black and white birth rates in Memphis and Chattanooga and notes migration to western cities affecting Illinois rural populations. The piece reflects 19th century attitudes on race and economics.
The sermon argues that the marriage relation is divinely instituted, sacred, and core to human duties. It details four propositions, emphasizes that true love, not convenience or wealth, binds husband and wife, and condemns secularization or misusing marriage for wealth or convenience.
The speaker argues marriage unites two equal partners with shared rights and duties, while outside the relation both may be unequal. He cites scripture and Henry Matthew’s idea of equal standing by a wife beside her husband, then asserts women must gain full civil and political equality in state and church.
The notice attacks Zack Mostcomery of California as a radical loyalist bent on opposing public schools while praising his violent courtroom manner. It notes his Rebel ties and affiliation with California’s chivalry wing and questions his fitness for the Assistant Attorney General post. Also quoted is a Methodist clergyman on church revivals versus skating rinks and a Wisconsin license law loophole allowing unlicensed beer sales in new shops.
An advertisement extols Brown's Iron Bitters as a health tonic that purports to improve heart, liver, and stomach function, cleanse and enrich the blood, and sharpen mental work. It warns against ordinary whiskey bitters and claims physicians approve the product and recommend trial for all.
Mr J Hermus vice president of the City Brewery in Lopisvippe Kentucky was carried home in a wagon after a severe rheumatic attack from the brewery ice vaults. He refused a doctor and sent for St Jacobs Oil, which he credits with a week long cure enabling him to return to work. The note mentions 40009 Indians in British Columbia.
Patient reports chronic nasal and facial inflammation relieved in days by Ely's Cream Basin after failed remedies and one doctor. Also mentions Mishler's Herb Bitters and Ayers Sarsaparilla ads. cites Victoria's fortune, Russian oil region, neuralgia, Salvation Oil, and Woodford's Sanitary Lotion with assorted testimonials.
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