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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1885
Page
6
A council of hy ists debates many hobbies with each claiming superiority. A speaker cites Brown's Iron Bitters for senility and dyspepsia, praising its practical cure over guesses. Thousands of convalescents reportedly glad for the tonic's rise.
A bookseller's catalogue lists Memoirs of Charles the First with a note on his beheading. The listing preserves historical curiosity and signals interest in royal martyrdom literature.
Crimsonbeak enters his apartment at 2 AM surprised to find his wife waiting. He quips that the stairs almost take his breath away. She retorts that she wishes they would, remarking on the odor of his evening drink.
The wife of a railroad millionaire is described in a sharp exchange over diamond earrings. She visits the broker’s wife and admires the stones as “brilliants of the first water” while the other woman suggests she should have “second water” too, implying a claim of unfair treatment by her husband.
In a terse dialogue from the era a character named Agnes scolds Sally for visiting Bessy’s house. Sally admits temptation by Satan and that she tried to resist but claims Satan pushed her, illustrating a moral struggle highlighted in the piece.
A sunlighted city note contrasts thunder storms with lightning strikes noting lightning can be more deadly. The quip implies storms raise caution though individual strokes are the chief danger.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a remedy that banishes rheumatism and neuralgia pain. It also promotes Red Star Cough Cure as a safe pleasant and sure remedy for coughs and colds.
A San Francisco Chronicle snippet records two men discussing a woman named Miss Jones seen on Kearney street. They speculate on her appearance and hair color, noting she looked blonde last night and may be a brunette today.
Clara debates her feelings for George as Bobby bursts in and she calls him a “little brat” before resuming her romantic contemplation. The scene hints at a complex love triangle with a sisterly bond challenged by passion.
A doctor proclaims he has saved a patient after a critical case while his wife laments how her first husband Thomas might have been saved if she had known him five years earlier. The dialogue reveals remorse and satisfaction in a domestic medical scene.
Miss Lulu Hirsuit and Miss Grace are in a lighthearted exchange at a bath house. Lulu worries about wet hair taking long to dry while Grace reassures there is no danger of theft. The dialogue reflects a social scene and period tone from the Boston Transcript.
In a Boston Manuscript fragment, Mrs. Fogg comments on Mrs. Brown’s dress noting its beauty and color. Fogg questions the neckline as he glances over the gown mentioning it bears on the shoulders.
The fashion editor laments resurgent whoops after an Indian scare, pondering if a clock peddler can be deemed self-ticking in origin.
An advertiser claims Morley’s T X Stonic Cordial cures women’s ailments including weakness debility melancholy whites and womb issues. The pitch emphasizes powerful effects with a single bottle proving its truth.
German Corn Remover kills corns and bunions as advertised. The advertisement touts fast relief and simple application for foot discomfort.
The ad touts Wells Richardson Co butter color as non rancid and brightest in color with low cost. It also features a testimonial from Ornament Clark of Lee Massachusetts claiming Ely's Cream Balm cured hay fever in 15 minutes and materially improved health in two weeks. A separate note mocks quack doctors and notes etiquette about pouring hot tea into a saucer to cool it.
A Goodwater Alabama man reports his wife used Pied Female Regulator after doctors failed to help and she began improving. The notice claims the medicine aids health and offers a free treatise on the health and happiness of woman, with the company address in Atlanta.
The piece argues habitual acantinetion harms health and warns against frequent purgatives. It claims purgatives only offer temporary relief and worsen the system. It promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as a remedy that both relieves bowels and acts as a tonic to restore health.
An advertisement promises a free recipe to cure nervous weakness and early decay. It claims the remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America and asks readers to send a self addressed envelope to Bay Jossin U. Way Station D New York.
An 1884 Bastrop Texas notice touts Morley Bros remedy Morley’s Blackberry Balsam for flux with testimonials from Morris Mitchell and others praising cures in children. The ad notes patent rights by Louis B. & Co. and offers free advice through Morley’s product.
A collection of humorous observations features quips about women described as poems, spinster jokes, and courting banter. Anecdotes touch on weddings, church life, manners, and oddities from Windsor to Vermont, with playful jabs at priests, choirs, and social norms.
A collection of anecdotes about capital child wit and vanity. A champagne party child orders lobster salad with trifle, a family slug joke spurs a boast, and a religious youngster questions souls with clever quips. A five year old repeats quotable lines, and Wallace Ross trains on the Harlem River for a forthcoming race with Beach of England.
Greenbacks fetch a premium in Cuba while gold and silver struggle for value. Polish expulsion by Prussia displaces about 30 000. Lorenzo Snow hosts a vast family reunion with eight wives and many children. San Francisco sees a net Chinese influx of 1 080 over four months. Southern tanning claims 250 000 hides in a year with no holes found. Pension rolls show 3 898 surviving veterans and 19 512 widows from 1812 era. Dumfries peat yields prehistoric plant seeds. Illinois mother and daughter bear twins born together and misidentify each other in cradle.
Internal Revenue records show total receipts for the period ending June 30 1885 at 10 589 164 dollars, down 8 62 413 from the previous year. The main drop stems from decreased splits receipts, falling by 1 456 909 dollars.
A beaver colony has settled a bog protected island in Hinse bend, Muckalee Swamp near Magnolia Dell Georgia. Nearby a fish trap was demolished by the animals as the article notes extensive forest and railroad tie production demands raise forest area needs. Professor John M Klein of Hartford Kentucky predicts a bright comet appearance late July or August, based on a streak in the sky and gas in the comet’s tail. The forecasted comet is expected to rise above the horizon in early evening, matching his prior successful predictions.
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