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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1878
Page
2
The article notes Dartford Kent hosted England s first paper mill in 1586 built by a German, with progress hindered by limited advancement until 1713 when Thomas Watkins the stationer introduced broader paper making. It traces pen development from iron stylus to bone and early reed pens.
American exhibitors at the Paris World’s Fair are praised for superior scales by Fairbanks & Co of New York and for cabinet organs by Mason & Hanlin, winners of medals since 1867. The report notes remarkable American craftsmanship and rivalry with other makers, claiming the display surpasses all foreign and domestic competitors.
The advert describes the Adriance Reaper built by Adriance Platt & Co of Poughkeepsie and 165 Greenwich street New York, praising its light draft one driving wheel design and portable folding platform. It also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Dr Pierce medical works, urging readers to beware of diphtheria and Johnson's Allodyng Liniment for household use.
Light and wholesome treats headline a bakery display with white icing cookies and a selection of rolls. Shoppers browse in a bustling market setting as aroma and color draw interest from passersby and local patrons.
A New York firm is ridiculed for offering to place an ad in thirty standard weeklies for a hundred dollars and push it into a thousand more, while insinuations about ignorance are retracted. Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders touted to prevent diseases in horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and fowl, with warning against large, worthless packs.
The greatest discovery of the age in Dr Tobias celebrated Venetian Liniment claims to cure diarrhea dysentery oily and spasms when taken internally and sore throats cuts bruises old sores and pains in limbs back and chest when applied externally. Priced 40 cents for internal use and one dollar for pint bottles with no pay guarantee if not superior. Sold by all druggists with depot in Park Place New York.
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