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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1878
Page
3
The Scientific American reports Edison’s talking phonograph astonishes observers as it speaks in human intonation from a simple metal device. The feature hints at voices of the dead and future uses in courts and stage illusions, raising questions about authenticity and perception of reality.
The piece notes that Russian battle songs are mournful reflecting the ever present threat of death. It recalls a sergeant praying for the emperor Peter the First as he laments, and comments on the army’s scant musical bands and soldiers composing their own words. A quip from an American ends with the idea that a Russian melody makes one want to fight.
In Berryhill township North Carolina Benjamin Price about twenty and his brother Robert Price about eighteen wrestled. Benjamin threw his brother and fell on him. The younger man later lost use of his arm grew weaker and died. An examination showed he ruptured an artery in the lower neck and bled to death internally.
In Vermont and beyond, Kendall's Spavin Cure is promoted as a humane alternative to blistering for spavin in horses. Dr. B J Kendall of Enosburgh Falls developed it after finding blistering harsh and ineffective. Reports claim rapid relief in five to six weeks with no sores or scars, and testimonials from clergy, animal advocates, and officials across Massachusetts, Vermont, and Louisiana support its use.
A promotional medical ad discusses consumption as a leading killer and argues for a cure via stronger tonics. It advocates Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Hostetter's Bitters as remedies, denouncing certain tonics as dangerous, and promotes free medical consultation with Dr A Greene in Boston. It also touts Peruvian Syrup as an iron supplement and notes patent and inventor advertising.
Cautions buyers to obtain Dooley & Brother Yeast Powder strictly in labeled cans and not loose or bulk. Warns grocers against selling other brands loose. Mentions a Boston diphtheria case cured by Johnson's Anodyne Liniment and advocates every family keeping a bottle ready for instant use.
A historic advertisement touts Dr Tobias Venetian Horse Liniment as a universal remedy for diarrhea dysentery colic and spasms taken internally and various afflictions externally. It claims high efficacy with a no pay offer and lists Park Place New York as depot. Also promotes Schenck s Pulmonic Syrup as a cough remedy that eases soreness loosens phlegm and expels it.
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