20 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1879
Page
1
Fragmentary notice places Richards as prosecuting attorney for Water County and lists office location in Peery Block Ogden Utah. Mentions Williams with unclear role and a reference to Fourth Street and fairs. Text is severely garbled with missing context and names.
The district supreme court general term opened its session on a petition by a lottery agent seeking an injunction to block enforcement of a postal order restricting delivery of mail, postal orders and registered letters. Debates focused on whether to proceed on demurrer or bill and whether the Postmaster General has authority to withhold such mail.
Dispatches from Augusta claim Governor and council have counted election returns to produce a Democratic majority in both legislative chambers. Republicans allegedly erased seats while Democrats gained positions, with final tallies showing substantial shifts and pending unsettled districts.
A 19th century advertisement claims a cure for coughs by soothing irritation and aiding expectoration. Warns against remedies with opiates and promotes Brown's remedies for hoarseness sore throat and voice strengthening. Sold by Druggists and formal dealers.
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports the Official Messenger outlines a policy transferring troops within the army to prevent serving near homes, aiming to preserve order and discipline. Counts and ministers face reshuffles while Parliament plans a February meeting as distress grows in towns and mines suffer fatal blasts.
Local retailer G H Tribe advertises a vast selection of fancy goods for the holidays on Fourth Street. The notice emphasizes extensive inventory and urges shoppers to visit soon for presents and decor.
In Washington on December 16, Bruce introduced a bill to invest unclaimed pay and bounty in the Treasury and to promote education for the colored race. Windom proposed an amendment to Voorhees’ resolution on a commission to study the negro exodus and to aid settlement of displaced colored people who choose to emigrate. Other measures passed include a loss allowance for spirits broken in transit from distilleries and amendments to patent, mining, and military law provisions.
King offers a resolution creating a select committee of eleven to examine the selection of a suitable route for an inter oceanic ship canal. The measure aims to study possible paths and assess feasibility and implications for national interests.
A local notice advertises Geo. Hi. Tribe's Liquor Store on Main Street offering Wines and Liquors for Christmas. Customers are urged to sample selections and purchase their supply ahead of the holiday.
The Denver printers yesterday struck for a wage advance from 40 to 50 cents per thousand. The demand was granted. True bills were found against Labouchere in the Lawson case and against Mrs. Georgiana Weldon for libel against Ri viere, manager of the Covent Garden promenade concert.
An old newspaper ad extols Dr A Boschee German Syrup as a cure for lung diseases and coughs claiming it abolishes symptoms. It urges readers to show the claim to their doctor and try a sample bottle, noting regular size and price to entice purchase.
A dense study links the Bolivian temple ruins at Tiahuanaco to Greek goddess Athene and Parthenon myth via antiphonic language theory. Dr Falk argues languages share root words, tracing origins to Peru Bolivian heritage and ancient rites.
A Providence Journal writer recalls a night encounter with a sobered man in black beside a hydrant at 2 am. The man laments crop failures from frost and tobacco, tea, clove, and cinnamoon affects, pleading with a starry night to let him be and promising not to cause trouble. The officer departs as the man remains, sobered by his own story.
The passage lists headaches shoulder pain cough dizziness sour stomach eruptions and other painful symptoms as offspring of dyspepsia. It frames many diverse complaints as linked to digestive distress and notes heart flutter and kidney region pain among the linked ailments.
An old advertisement extols Labolds Buche as stimulating the torpid liver bowels and kidneys to healthy action. It promises cleansing of blood impurities and renewed vigor to the whole system, claiming a single trial suffices to convince skeptics.
A Philadelphia advertising feature offers a $1 bottle deal and home consultation by letter. Respondents provide full personal details, health history, and a one dollar fee to receive a medical opinion from Dispensatory on Filbert Street, with physicians attending to correspondents.
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