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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1889
Page
4
Rev Dr Talmage urges a modern bonfire of bad books and vile pictures. He warns that newspapers and novels corrupt youth, calling for disciplined reading and avoidance of impure literature. He praises elevating works and urges parents and publishers to resist harmful publications.
A speaker warns of the dangers of unbelief recounting a college comrade who abandoned faith after reading an infidel book. The man renounced God, the Bible, church, and morals, later becoming a drunkard and an insane patient. The narrator urges cleaning homes of material that tests Christian principles and burning harmful contents to prevent spiritual ruin.
Advice from Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle cautions a young man to be generous without lending money to chronically free spenders. Do not lend a cent to a friend who cannot value his own funds, even if he is in need. Offer help only if you can spare it, and insist on repayment when possible.
Mr. M. W. Harrington reviews the Chinook winds in the American Meteorological Journal. He explains warm dry winds originating on eastern slopes of northwest mountains and how they form when air is forced over ranges during cyclone or anticyclone passages. Similar winds occur in Switzerland, Caucasus, Elburz, Trebizond, Pyrenees, Bay of Biscay, West Greenland, South Africa, parts of Australia, Canterbury Plains, and beyond, with a World-wide analogy to the John and the Hoffmeyer findings.
Alfred Trumble recalls a New York Nes tale of a literary woman ruined by Wall Street margins. A friend urged margins through a broker, who feigned approval, then disappeared with her $500 to $600. The scheme, run by broker agents, targets women, promising certainty but delivering loss.
The article notes the banana crop could become a flourishing California industry, signaling potential economic expansion for growers and related businesses. It discusses favorable climate conditions and market prospects, highlighting optimism for future yields and regional development.
A broad survey of women’s fashion notes scant references to fabrics, hats, and trims including mantles, polonaise styles, lace, and bonnets. It also reports on rulings about married names in Kansas, earnings and duties of women in government offices, and a mix of social anecdotes from Wyoming pay equality to a Newbury girl’s jaw injury and a Dorsetshire girls club vowing to sew.
Archdeacon Kirkby recounts teaching the commandments to young Alaska Indians. He tests their grasp of murder, finds only three stand, then asks who has tomahawked their mother in law, and nineteen rise. Harper's Magazine commentary.
A satirical poem contrasts two lands one of bitter tears and witless mortals with a second land of plenty and wealth. The narrators imply advertisers’ power shapes values and fortune, ending with a nod to printers and publishers as stewards of commerce.
A Toledo Journal note extols freshly ground pepper over stale spice, advising a period of curing pepper before use. It argues aroma enhances beefsteak or roast, suggests sourcing Singapore or Sumatra pepper, and notes sharp contrasts with pepper and salt. Also included: shifts in Massachusetts teacher gender ratios and wages, and New York banana receipts for 1886 versus 1885.
From Philipsburg, S M Cross writes that St Jacobs Oil cured neuralgia of face and head. Henry Irvings income is estimated at 83 500 a week. H Carl of Troy New York notes his daughter’s sprained ankle and his son’s nine year rheumatism cured by St Jacobs Oil. Price fifty cents. Bulgarian hoods with odalisque style fronts and nun veiling described as protective head dress.
An advertisement promises 1,000 self operating washing machines with no labor or washboard. The offer claims the best in the world and directs readers to The National Co. at 27 Dey St New York to obtain one. It ends with a quirky line about friendship.
A testimonial from L P Waddell M D of Hugh's Mills praises Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites as the best emulsion for delicate children and those wasting from disease. It highlights improved health and flesh after use and includes a moral urging not to seek life’s water from an empty soul.
A vintage medical ad claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures consumption if started early and proper care is taken. It warns once the disease runs long no medicine helps and asserts Dr. Pierce’s honesty, offering a complete treatise from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, NY.
The era celebrates improving man’s blood and physique, crediting Dr Harter’s Iron Tonic over others. A cautious resolver is blamed for inaction. Dr Pierce’s Pills are promoted for sick headaches and bilious attacks. Advertisers urge women to request cures for female diseases from Dr J B Marchisi of Utica New York.
Advertisement promising quick profits by writing to Hallett & Co. in Portland Maine for home based work with no capital required. Claims of high daily earnings at $25 and up, all ages and both sexes invited, with free particulars and instant start. Also mentions Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for linked female ailments.
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