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Newspaper
Lima Argus
Location
Lima, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1848
Page
4
A humorous tale blends a mischief sparked by Mary and Miss Carline as a bag hung on a porch becomes a comical caper. The second piece recounts Theodore Dieffenbach afterlife anecdotes, detailing his surgical zeal and dramatic patient encounters with injury, bravado, and awe.
A reflection on children learning to sing from a young age in Germany. It notes that in churches singing is communal and not confined to a single chair, with a sense of singing as a moral and spiritual expression. The passage urges children to sing with full hearts as David did before the Lord.
Price current list uses personified virtues and vices to describe market conditions. Honesty shows none in the market while Pride notes a glut, Modesty reports damaged parcels, and Vice holds large quantities with no sales. Religion warns of adulteration, Scandal cites hawkers buying up, and Sincerity appears out of season.
Review notes erratic market items with grain and tobacco remarks alongside a long Christmas tale set near Boston describing an opulent widow and a loyal slave named Scipio aiding a neighbor amid freezing weather. It blends commodity chatter with a moral vignette about human nature and neighborly aid during a harsh winter.
A Boston Courier cor respondent recalls a Western member lamenting life in Congress as heavy with banking and franking work. He notes long speeches, private letters, and the drain of stump speeches, while a country tavern tale follows about a landlord and two worn Bible titles amid drinking.
A fragmentary advertisement touts Brandreth's Vegetatile Universal Pills as life preserving and effective for bilious and dyspeptic conditions. It cites Testimonies from Tarrytown residents and county officials endorsing the pills and their method of use, with price listed at 25 cents per box and New York address for sales.
An extensive testimonial filled advertisement promotes Vaughn's Vegetable Lithon Tripticie as a universal cure. It claims efficacy for kidney, liver, female irregularities, rheumatism, dyspepsia, fevers, and other ailments with a 22-ingredient plant-based formula. Pamphlets are free through agents. certificates cite wide international exposure and government attention.
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