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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1878
Page
2
An account from the Chicago Inter Ocean describes a condemned man’s confession made public after resigning his living and retiring to England. Names are fictitious in this narration, and the informant vouches for truth though all parties remain alive.
Fashion notes describe silk button trends with gold braid fading from dresses, French ginghams woven into bonnette effects, linen collars embroidered, and mantelets and dolmans shrinking sacques. It also highlights Paris opera ushers, suffrage progress in Iowa, travel dress fabrics like cashmere vigogne, and new matelasse parasols.
A two headed snake, about 22 inches long, was found along the San Jose to Santa Clara narrow gauge railroad in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County. The creature has two necks, mirrored heads with full mobility, and a dingy white ground color with chestnut square spots. Each head obsesses two eyes and forked tongues, and moves easily in unison. The article also includes a humorous misfit exchange involving a moire antique bill and a young lady.
The column compiles odd items from a period issue: Morgan’s case in England for three months hard labor over skinning, a report on Gen Jackson’s marriage rites across three states, and an appeal to mothers about Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. It also features a bereaved portrait of a consumptive girl, praise for Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, notes on restoring strong nerves with Hostetter's Bitters, and a kitchen endorsement for Dooley's Yenat Powder after fifteen years of use.
An 1870s style advertisement lists Sheridan's Cavalry Powders promised to boost egg production by over a dollar per hen in thirty days, while Johnson's Anodyne Liniment is claimed to cure bronchitis sore throat and other lung ailments. the piece cites Sheridan's Powder from Pioszzr Tozacco Company with locations in New York Boston and Chicago, and Johnson's Liniment priced at thirty-five cents.
The advertisement touts Tobias Venetian Liniment with a two year pre-public claim. It purports cures for disorders from diarrhoea to rheumatism and colic, both internal and external applications. Priced at 40 cents and one dollar, sold by druggists with a no pay guarantee if not superior. Capet-10 Park.
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