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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1880
Page
3
A fragment notes that a person cannot work well or write effectively when miserable dull and nervous and that relief can be easily found with Hop sitters. In another item a man in Augusta Pa refused to pay for doctor visits after receiving a bill for medicine and visits.
In a 19th century style note readers are urged to favor nature’s remedies over expensive doctors and cure-alls. The piece promotes Hop Bitters as the greatest remedy and hints at caution against costly medical practices. A separate item mentions a voodoo conjurer in Anderson F. C. selling charms claimed to send a snake to an enemy’s body.
Nelson Fairchild, after sixteen years of prostration from spinal disease and severe costiveness, reports relief from rectal paralysis and piles through Kidney-Wort. He began three weeks ago and now takes one to two spoons weekly, needing no injections for evacuation. He praises its value and urges dissemination of its virtues.
A Philadelphia Fourth of July toy pistol caused injuries to 157 boys and 14 deaths. Cardboard cartridges broke apart and debris entered wounds, risking lockjaw.
During hot weather a fever of sickness spreads in communities especially among females and children due to miasma from decaying vegetation. Speer's Port Grape Wine of New Jersey is said to check fermentation, restore vigor, and act as a strong tonic with few intoxicating effects. The wine sells for $1 per bottle from druggists. bottles are four years old before sealing. Gazette: For sale at Alien's Drug Store.
Protestant clergymen in St Paul urge simpler funerals with minimal display. They recommend holding services at home with postponed undertaker involvement and cemetery transfer later, in the afternoon if possible and not on the Sabbath, to spare labor and rest.
The author surveys Genoa’s profusion of statues and carvings found on palaces hotels banks and public buildings. Elaborate interiors feature colossal lions guarding grand entrances while streets display saints over doorways and shop niches. The marble wealth and refined sculpture justify Genoa’s nickname.
A timid man asks the Alameda baths superintendent for a long pole to locate his mother-in-law who disappeared in the deep end. The official refuses, the man says he did his duty, then leaves with plans to tag the old lady’s address.
A discussion on how dull days affect mood and perception, noting that external conditions influence mental energy and sensibilities. It links weather to temperament, cites slang origins, and mentions Josh Billings as a successful humorist whose earnings reflect American appetite for amusement.
Unknown author contrasts hope with material riches and comfort. The speaker favors a life with purpose and affection over wealth abundance. The verses celebrate a hopeful, humble life as superior to cynical worldly security.
The London Mayfair notes early curiosities about talking machines and a Louis XIV era toy. It cites 1783 M de Kempelin’s device that speaks clearly though lisps on r and repeats mysteries, a toy chariot with a lady’s petition enacting a court scene with moving figures and a journey off the table.
Hon. H C Burchard, Director of the Mint, projects 1879 production by state. California leads in gold with 17.6 million dollars and silver at 2.4 million. Nevada gold nine million and silver 13.56 million. Colorado gold 3.225 million and silver 11.7 million. Grand totals show gold 38 million and silver 40.812 million.
Saturday Review discusses traditional superstitions still strong in parts of the United States such as luck from white specks on nails and warnings about reading epitaphs. It notes folk omens from cradle rocking to four leaf clovers and warns of misfortune for children and unborn dangers when exposed to certain acts.
A gray-haired suspect was arrested in Philadelphia on stealing 375 in bank notes. She tried swallowing the notes to hide evidence. after refusal to allow a search, she claimed her tongue and teeth hid the theft. An emetic forced up a roll of notes in good condition, confirming the crime.
Fifty years past F G Tibbetts and J B Martin vied for the same girl. Martin won and prospered in Milwaukee, leaving his widow $2,000,000. His dying wish urged the widow to marry Tibbetts, now a 70 year old Philadelphia banker, with the wedding set for September. Plus an advertisement for Dr Bulls Baby Syrup at 25 cents.
Blanche Hayter, affianced to Herbert A. Barton, hoped for a home in Colorado but he died on his grave site and she killed herself. The note says nothing is left to live for. The story appears amid a mix of ads and notices including medical claims and a circus event.
A Green Castle Indiana undertaker advertises four specialists in undertaking and guarantees satisfaction. The firm keeps a full line of coffins casters and burial robes of all sizes and styles at No 22 East Washington Street Green Castle Indiana.
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