Overwork and Nervous Collapse Highlight Clergy Woes
The piece ties the deaths and near breakdowns of ministers to overwork. It cites Bishop Phillips Brooks’ death from exhaustion and recalls Rev Henry Langford of Weston Weaton who narrowly recovered after prostration. Langford credits Dr Greene’s Nervura remedy for his recovery. It notes two other men, Virginia and Beardstown residents, adjudged insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
Henry Langford
Weston, Weaton
R. S. Ogden
Bardia
W.a
Kr. Greene
Langard
Greene
West 11Th Street
New York
Journey to Sacramento City in Search of Gold
Narrator recounts crossing the Sierra Nevada on a trail of overland travelers aided by California communities. They hunt deer for venison, face dwindling provisions, then reach Lawson's ranch and Sacramento Valley with Indian villages, acorn storage, and a grand mining camp awakening as gold discoveries spur traders and miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Deer Creek
California
Thompson
Ford
Sacramento City
Stone
Tom Arrowsmith
Sacramento Valley
Lawson
Feather River
San Francisco
Minea
George C Pitcher
Dry Creek
Wise Young Woman and Catarrh Remedy Tale
A comic tale tells how a wise young woman cures her catarrh to win a groom. She seeks Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy from a store, bets on its fame, and succeeds with Adolphus at the altar last week. The piece ends with advice for girls to remove catarrh to find a lover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphus Fitzwilliam
Adolphus
Dr. Sage
Jane
Deafness Cure Claim and Political Observation
An 1890s advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure for deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh with a money back offer. A political note questions Democrats about Governor Altgeld and pardons before Chicago elections. Cold or croup remedies from Ried’s German Cough and Kidney Care are advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
O. Sald
Altgeld
Chicago
Ried
Wisconsin printing graft scandal and civic mischief
The article cites a Wisconsin graft scheme over a state printing contract with an estimated 100000 dollars at stake and alleged crooked ties to Governor Peck. It also notes local mischief in Beardstown with youths blocking streets, and various minor public misdeeds and political commentary across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Peck
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D. F. Zimmerman
East Exchange St
Geneseo
Illinois
MR. Fred. C, Zimmerman
Berner
Anib
Rod Howe
NEW Firm
Guneleo
TLL
Henry County
General Hardware
R. C. Whith
A. White
State Street
Harboard
Geneseo Il
J. J. Bloom
Atkinsor
Llinoi
Hincy Langford
Virginia
William J. Cryswell
Cass County
Robert McNew
Beardstown
Louis D. Vandervere
Great
Bradstrad Co
Miles Seeran
Hallowe'en
Arpondale
United States
Tut
Jim Botts
Gale
Elize Cherington
Davenport
DeWitt
Clouse & Stamm’s
Clouse & Stam de A
Moline
Pos Bhut
Chamberlain
J . Wright
Cleveland
r.Cleveland
Gary
Libois
Bucklen
J. E. Wright
F. Merwin & Co
Gresham
Hawaii
Harrison
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Oscoon
Lowell
Mast
H. A. Anengi
M. D
Peekatt, Y
Children’s Department
Castoris
Astren Hospital and DisrEsant
Boston
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