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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1840
Page
4
A distressed voice speaks of looming punishment for crimes and dwindling data to rule. The speaker, Van Buren, foresees a brief span before bidding farewell to Matty Van in a somber note of parting.
From the New York Sun, a dramatic tale of Timothy Truesdell a heavy drinker whose wife confronts him at his favorite tavern starving children and poverty in Gotham. She leads two barefoot children to the bar and pleads for mercy urging reform and capacity for shared hardship.
A man, driven by hunger and cold, drinks at a liquor shop with his wife and children. The mother urges drinking as a remedy, and the family shares liquor until the father reforms after seeing his sober son and decides to quit. Prosperity returns as his new restraint shows. Mrs Truesdell finds joy in the shop’s first and last visit.
The Pittsburg American reports on a reputable gentleman’s claim that two additional Globes are issued, one aimed at the northern region and another for the southern region.
An 19th century advertisement extols Moffat's Life Pills and Phenix Bitters as universal remedies. It claims purification of stomach and bowels, cleansing of kidneys and bladder, and improved liver and lung function, with cures for dyspepsia, fever, rheumatism, cholera, and many other conditions. Sold nationwide through agents including Logansport, Iowa.
The document extols Purgacion as a great facility for curing and preventing disease. It asserts medicine can produce desired effects easily and effectively, highlighting Brandreth's Pills as a trusted remedy.
Fragmentary ad copy describes Peters Pills as a vegetable pill product. No clear dates or entities beyond the Peters name.
The notice lists annual subscription terms for Logansport Telegraph at two rates: seventy-eight dollars per year in advance, and one hundred dollars if payment is delayed to year end. It specifies a higher rate for those aged eighteen and older and a reduced rate for others.
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