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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1880
Page
7
The daughter of Farmer Hawes of Clayton in Contra Costa County California, who lost her voice three years ago to diphtheria, prayed fervently at a prayer meeting and reportedly regained speech, per the San Francisco Post.
The notice offers Gilt-Edge Butter Maker powder promising a 20 percent quality rise and higher market value for dairy products. Twenty five cents buys powder that could boost output and value of 500 units. Sold by grocers druggists and general storekeepers. Send a stamp for Hints to Butter Makers address Butta lo N. P.
A masked figure entered a sick woman's room in Grand Rapids and gave her medicine described as boss medicine. The dose proved poisonous and the woman nearly died but survived. The poisoner remains at large.
A collage of 19th century notices tout cures for rheumatism with St. Jacobs Oil and Hop Bitters, alongside sensational anecdotes of crime and a case of a cat freeing itself from a cellar. Other items promote Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry and Guysett's Yellow Rock and Sareaparilla as health tonics, plus a Philadelphia vault heist tale and general warning about blood purification products.
A reflective verse fragment contrasts a woman’s fatigue from household tasks with a resolve to seek personal time. The speaker notes the burden of mending stockings and domestic labor, longing for rest and quiet reading, while condemning perpetual duty. The piece references the Inter Ocean and a domestic context.
A crowd at Leadville listens as Faro Bill portrays the Prodigal Son tale in a Sunday hall turned theater. The sermon ends in a gunfight, many wounded, followed by a grim note on monopolies and political rings shaping England Ireland and California.
A bold health claim promotes a cough syrup as a cure for liver complaints. The advertisement-style notice asserts strong efficacy and urges readers to use the product as a trusted remedy.
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