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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1885
Page
9
A mixed collection of vignettes and essays for young readers. The piece follows children going to town with stories of honesty in business, charitable acts toward animals and neighbors, and a glimpse into a canary-raising guide. It includes tales of the Curious Needles and moral lessons on honesty and generosity.
A montage of brief notes lists CarnoTTA PATTI teaching singing in Paris, Miss ANNA DICKINSON in poor health, VEGETARIANISM spreading in London, and New Orleans Picayune at forty nine years. It mentions John R. McLean eyed to buy the St. Louis Republican, a Johns Hopkins $100000 laboratory, diamond price declines in London, and many quick items on crime, science, culture, and society across the era.
A rural magazine warns that many people in the street suffer sleeplessness and uric acid driven fatigue. It argues doctors promote unnecessary attendance and touts Warner's safe cure as a remedy to drunkenness in the blood.
Historical sketch recalls Marquette and Joliet landing on Town soil near Davenport and meeting a Towas village. They are hosted with a four course feast, first soup of Indian gruel, then fish, roast dog declined, buffalo meat, served by the Chief in Montrose, Lee County. Six hundred natives accompany them as Marquette returns to France.
A reader seeks medical help for the blues and stomach trouble. A doctor recommends Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discoveries from druggists. A French wedding ends when the groom objects to the bride’s bustle, choosing separation over a gown without it.
Maryland lawmakers endorse the new Red Star Cure claiming it contains no morphia or opium and always cures at 25 cents. Connecticut sends idols to the heathen and cannibal missionaries may follow. Dr. Bage’s remedy is urged for catarrh.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes that heart disease is often blamed for sudden death but is less deadly than many other organs diseases. It argues irrational life habits and improper feeding drive fatal congestions from indigestion, rather than heart failure, as the primary cause.
The Monon Route offers travel via Louisville or Cincinnati to Mammoth Cave and Gulf coast stops from Mobile to New Orleans with Pullman sleepers and daily trains. Descriptive literature is available from Monon Route agents in Chicago, promoting travel through Mississippi and Alabama ports and coastal cities.
A humorous note from Brooklyn Bayle describes opera house design in Cleveland Ohio where tall balconies place listeners feet at shoulder level to minimize hat nuisance. A woman with a large hat is amused by the effect as others smile and settle in. Dr Walker's California Vinegar Bitters is advertised for multiple ailments with many testimonials.
A Quaker family in a neighboring sty advertised for a servant girl and faced comic miscommunication over washing days. The incident, recounted by the Boston Evening Record, shows a humorous clash of dialect and duties.
An appeal touts Athlophoros as a universal cure for illness that drains wealth and strength. Testimonials from Cedar Falls residents George Hoffman and others claim complete relief from sciatic rheumatism after three bottles, with ongoing gains and praise from families and editors. The ad suggests ordering by mail if local druggists lack ArnIomonos and endorses Lyon's Heel Stiffeners and Howe Scales products.
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