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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1885
Page
10
A lively children's tale follows youngsters marching to town with curiosity and humor, observing hawks and sparrows, while a moral thread highlights honesty and generosity. A nursery window scene shows Alice and Bertie planning fairy gifts for neighbors and animals, ending with a lesson of kindness and shared joy.
In a dense list, various items touch on health, culture, science, travel, and crime. Notable notes include Miss Anna Dickenson’s health, Agnes Boots age, New York night schools with 25 000 pupils, a Johns Hopkins Lab valued at 100 000 dollars, diamond prices plunging in London, and Gerster’s illness threatening America travel.
A historical quote from Lincoln discusses a judge and coachman vowing about drunkenness and the dangers of sleeplessness. The piece promotes the Warner’s Safe Cure remedy as a cure for “drunkenness in the blood” and urges avoiding “useless professional attendance.”
Reports of Marquette and Joliet landing near Davenport about two centuries ago and meeting the Towns. They describe a state dinner with four courses including Indian gruel and fish, with dog declined and buffalo meat served by a chief. The feast at Montrose, Lee County, preceded Marquette's return to France.
In New York, Mrs. Stewart visits the storied A. T. Stewart shop weekly to view novelties and order goods for her home. She walks undemonstratively with a companion, drawing quiet awe from clerks and coworkers who recognize her wealth without fanfare.
A French engagement ended when the groom objected to the bride wearing a bustle. He told her to marry in a bustle or not at all, then ended the engagement and they became strangers. Separately a cure ad promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for bilious blues and headaches.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes heart disease as a prime term for broad fatal conditions but argues the heart is resilient and rarely the direct cause. It attributes many sudden deaths to irrational habits and improper feeding, linking indigestion to paralysis and fatal congestion of lungs or brain.
Maryland legislators back the new Red Star Cotagh Cure claiming it cures without morphia or opium and costs 25 cents. Connecticut sends idols to the heathen, and the piece hints at further controversial missions. Dr. Bagee claims a sure remedy for catarrh.
The Monon Route via Louisville or Cincinnati offers travel to Mammoth Cave Nashville Blount Springs Birmingham Montgomery Mobile and the Gulf coast for the same price as a trip through Mississippi swamps. Readily accessible Gulf coast scenery and stops make it the preferred southern route with Pullman sleepers and Palace Coaches on daily trains. For brochures contact FE. O. McCormick or Wal. L. Batonty in Chicago.
A new Music Wall in Cleveland raises balconies so listener feet align with front-row shoulders. Women with large hats, like a drop curtain, find less nuisance as hats rest on programs and glasses. audience smiles at the sight. Dr Walkers California Vinegar Bitters touted for wide range of ailments and claimed to cure many.
A Boston Evening Record excerpt notes a comic scene at a Quaker family home over a servant inquiry. It also mentions Athlophoros for rheumatism and Des Moines paper-frame making from pulp. Advertisements tout Cole's Carboli salve and Scovill s Blood and Liver Syrup for skin and blood cures.
The article extols Athlophoros as a universal remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia. It quotes Cedar Falls residents, including George Hoffman and E A Snyder, praising lasting relief after three bottles. Testimonials claim long cure, urging readers to buy from the advertised source.
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