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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
14
The Kings Daughters of the First M E church request donations of mendable toys for poor children. Accepts new or used toys with missing parts, rusty engines or skates, bright fabric scraps, and small monetary gifts left with Mrs. I F Randolph or the church janitor. Toys collected for distribution by Volunteers of America on Christmas Day.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure. It relieves pain in bladder kidneys and back in males and females and stops water retention almost immediately. Sold by Geo. W. Clutton druggist in New Castle, Pa.
An 19th century ad touts Kemp's Balsam as curing coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and all throat and lung troubles asserting it surpasses other medicines. The proprietor offers druggists permission to provide a free sample bottle to prove its merit with price 2 and 50 cents.
Old advertisements promote Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to treat feverishness teething disorders and worms. Also tout One Minute Cough Cure for lung ailments and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles eczema and skin issues. Central Drug Store in Mahoningtown features these products with urged immediacy.
An exchange among prisoners explains motives for crime. A pickpocket cites a moment of abstraction, an incendiary faults light of things, a forger seeks a name, and a burglar takes advantage of an opening in a large town mercantile establishment.
A dialog from the New York World features a young burglar noting spoons are only imitation silver. The older thief calls it lucky and urges taking the spoons, reasoning the lady of the house will fear detectives tracking them for theft and reporting them in the papers.
A Cleveland Leader item notes Wagg says the lodger plans to join new societies and hopes to become famous by being the sole survivor of some event.
A dialogue exchange shows Bilkins apologizing to an old friend as they wonder what topics arise in new meetings. The sketch-like lines probe social interaction and casual dialogue captured in a New York Weekly fragment.
In Yonkers, a coy exchange features Cupidax referee and a playful couple. She asks him to play archery with a beaus role and declares the arrow will hit its target in a light hearted flirtation.
A cartoon caption depicts Alma I noting she met her husband at a charity bazaar and a playful remark questions if the marriage was for charity. The dialogue implies light social banter and a humorous exchange about motives.
A lyrical reminiscence recalls love lit by lamps and shared evenings by the sea. The speaker describes the altar of home as a prize and the clear tones returning memories of receiving love.
In a small town tale from 1900, Widow Todd plans quince preserves while hosting church delegates. She discovers the two visiting sisters will place a man delegate in her care, and later meets Mr. Matthew Rolfe a Hebron deacon seeking a home. They bond over shared loss, and two weeks later news arrives that Todd is engaged to the delegate, a pleasant man with roots in the area.
Cold and cough remedies abound but Foley's Honey and Tar remains in high demand. The report notes Scott Paisley as a referenced buyer amid strong market interest in the product.
A Georgia legislator proposes closing all state schools for a year. Georgia schoolboys may respond by erecting a monument to the legislator before long. A reader cough disturbance referenced and advised to seek Foley's Honey and Tar from Scott Paisley for relief.
A collage of verse excerpts and reflections from early 20th century sources includes a dining car scene of two travelers sharing crackers and cheese as they walk into an uncertain future, plus poems on faith, aging, and hope. The mix features Henry Nesbitt, Ernest W. Shurtleff, Mrs. M. M. Hill, and Lena S. Thompson among others, with varied tones from romance to piety.
A whimsical craving for Pleasantville shows in a Chicago Daily Record poem praising a sunny town with perfect health and cheer. The second verse from Chicago Times-Herald laments derelict ships and lost hopes as sailors chase favorable winds on uncertain seas.
A humorous segment shows a young lady asking a doctor how to treat a mouth burn from hot coffee. The doctor suggests a “Wear-Pick-Me-Up” remedy and replies with a playful exchange.
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