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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1888
Page
4
Reverend Talmage argues that practical religion strengthens health, wards off worry, and extends life. He cites biblical promises of long life, links spiritual duty to bodily care, warns against dissipation, and frames faith as a source of rest and confidence about the afterlife.
A dramatic meditation on future worlds promises orchards with twelve kinds of fruit and life beyond death. The speaker cites oratorios led by biblical figures, imagines reunions with dead loved ones, and portrays a robust religion offering long earthly life and eternal life after.
A new patented device aims to keep rats from boarding ships by placing a metal cone over anchor cables. The cone, connected to the cable and resting above the water, prevents rats from climbing the hawse pipe to the hold. It is shown to prominent yachtsmen as an anti rat protector.
A Second Avenue lager beer saloon caters to Germans who chat of the fatherland while sipping beer. The quaint interior features wall pigeon holes with owner names, engraved silver plates, and a pipe rack. The bar sells no cigars and relies on mug fills for patrons.
A New York Mail and Express reporter notes 80 000 commercial travelers in the United States, each spending about 3000 annually, totaling 210 million dollars, plus salaries, reaching 320 million dollars a year. The old Bohemian traveling style is fading as conduct changes.
A Kansas City Times piece notes Lee Mapano a Japanese man in the city who earns by smelling tea. It argues Japanese beauty centers on the nose as the defining facial feature, with large noses making a woman a belle and most natives having small noses.
A Front Street porter known for bruising shins with his truck offended a pedestrian public. He struck a prominent Olympic Club member who quickly replied with a firm reposte, sending the porter sprawling across the street. The clubman walked on, repeating his apology as he limped away.
The Nova Scotia gold mines produced roughly $500,000 in revenue during the previous year, reflecting a strong year for local mineral production and mining activity.
An Eagle reporter visits rope works in Brooklyn to describe Manila hemp sisal and jute rope production. It details raw materials, fiber preparation, hackling, drawing, spinning, and the underground rope walk where multi strand cordage is formed with intricate twisting machinery.
Mr. Tom Dame recalls Lawrence Hammond a 74 year old Jones County man whose three brothers Jesse Thomas and Ben split years ago to Monroe County and Mississippi The brothers reunited at their 60th birthday and again at 71 February 22 all stout and fit now visiting the State Fair with hopes of attendance at next year’s fair in Macon Georgia.
The three days old infant of Henry Krocker on Martin and Market streets was killed by the family cat that crawled onto the baby and sucked its breath. The mother and grandmother, exhausted from care, slept and woke to find the cat on the child. a doctor said the baby was dead.
At the Washington Kennel Club annual beach show Jack a small black and tan dog owned by R A McMurry amazed spectators by counting and performing arithmetic. The dog stood on command counted three and barked five for two plus three then did subtraction multiplication and division without error.
Mrs Hendricks tells an afternoon caller they have moved and settled but furniture is badly damaged after three removals, echoing the old saying that three moves are as bad as a fire. Mrs Hobson notes the need to factor rent savings into the ordeal.
A poetic ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for skin flaws claiming it purifies blood. It contrasts cosmetics with the doctor’s remedy and encourages buying the product from all druggists. The closing question humorously asks if soup runs with a leek in it.
Marion Harland cites Eve's Daughters endorsing Allcock's Porous Plaster as a comforting treatment for a slow recovering back. The patch is advised to be worn over the seat of uneasiness for days and renewed as it wears off, described as providing sustained warmth and tonic effect.
Fragmentary reflections on faith and virtue with garbled lines about Christians, patience, and worth. The text mixes religious sentiment with cryptic phrases and incomplete words suggesting a meditation on belief and endurance.
The article discusses catarrh as contagious due to living parasites in the upper air membranes and endorses a Dixon remedy claimed to cure with one to three applications every two weeks. It warns against irritant weekly treatments and notes Dixon’s treatment has remained effective for seven years with no relapses. The Toronto address and pamphlet offer are given.
Dr Sage offers Catarrh Remedy with mild soothing healing properties for nasal catarrh and coryza. Claims provide relief for “cold in head” and related headaches. Sold by druggists for 50 cents.
A persuasive notice promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a self treatment for female ailments. It claims the product cures periodical pains mis placement internal inflammation and other functional disorders. The advertisement emphasizes testimonials from women and mentions druggists.
A Victorian quip notes that an elephant has more sense than the average man, unable to name any drink except water and unlikely to be drawn into bad company.
The Monon Route declares its double connections for Pullman travel between Florida winter cities and Northwest summer resorts and touts rapid transit and luxurious dining car service. It advises consulting E O McCormick Gem bass agent for full trip details and requests a Tourist Guide by mail. Also advertises Brown Cotton Gin Co products and Dr Thomas Eye-water.
Mrs. Joseph Lake details four years of liver and digestion illness and drastic weight loss. After using Ayer s Sarsaparilla she reports regained appetite, digestion, strength, and ability to perform household duties, calling the medicine a new lease on life.
Citizens of Brockway Centre Michigan certify that the above statement by Mrs Lake is true in every particular and entitled to full credence.
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