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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1885
Page
3
The Boston Saturday Evening Gazette urges harsh action against late night beggars saying they haunt streets, refuse punishment, and have grown bold. It cites a knife attack on a man who refused money, noting a severe turn toward custodial sentences would curb the danger to those out after dark.
The divorced wife of a Bonanza millionaire died after taking chloral which unsettled her mind and weakened her health. She had been ill and sought a remedy to drown sorrow and gain stamina. The piece suggests Brown's Iron Bitters as a cure for general debility, nerves, muscles, and digestion.
Ex governor Seymour marked his 75th birthday while in town for his golden wedding anniversary with Mrs Seymour. The dinner was presided over by the Hon Roscoe Conkling as friends wished them many more years of happiness.
A fragmentary note discusses spring hazards as grass blades and flowers irritate, leaves shoot and bull rushes emerge. It mentions a woman shaking a doormat drawing public attention and an incident involving a man named Smithy and a girl with a sack. The passage alludes to a seal being covered at one point.
Mr J Helmus vice president of the City Brewery in Louisville was driven home by wagon after a rheumatic attack from the ice vaults. He refused a doctor and sent for St Jacobs Oil. Within a week he was entirely cured and back at his desk.
Yesterday Reverend Jacob Hood and his wife of Lynnfield marked their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary. He is 93, she 88, and four generations gathered at their home, including twenty grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. The article notes a mix of local reminiscences and advertisements, praising legitimate farming journals and promoting mail-order Tonics and remedies, with brief product mentions such as Morley’s TXS Tonic Cordial and Carter’s Little Liver Pills.
An essay-like critique argues that several blood remedies and a Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir from Caswell Hazard Co are promoted as superior, with claims of merit and healing power. It defends B. B. B. as a fast-acting non-poisonous option and warns against imitators in the medicinal market.
An English veterinary surgeon outlines healing by first and second intentions for incised wounds in farm animals, notes on preventing inflammation, and guidance on sutures and treatments. The article also discusses acorn propagation, oak plantings with quick-growing trees, and practical farm topics including beekeeping, saliva from breweries as fertilizer, and a dairy creamery trend.
The report notes numerous wild animal killings in Montana with a bounty cost of 12000 dollars in 1884. Bears 547, mountain lions 143, wolves 540, and coyotes 1621 were slain that year. It also mentions berry growers in Kansas, English hop vines in poor health, and other rural incidents including a man stung to death by bees in Georgia.
A comic exchange unfolds in Pretzel's Weekly as a publisher praises labor and wealth while the editor laments missed subscriptions. A gentleman remarks on two dollar annual rates and then offers five cents for the next issue, prompting a sharp rebuke and a skeptical reaction from the editor.
A Rural New Yorker article urges farmers to plant fruit orchards to improve health and save on medical bills. It argues farm families often rely on grease laden diets of bread butter and pork while neglecting fruit which nourishes and cleanses the body, recommending immediate spring planting of fruit yards.
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