07 Dec 1887
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Newspaper
Our Church Paper
Location
New Market, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1887
Page
1
A long urging piece argues that pastor and congregation share blame for low pay, urging pastors to focus on faithful church work and teaching stewardship rather than constant pleas for money. It notes many pastors juggle outside jobs and warns against self exaltation while calling for mutual support and humble service.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Indian Cough Drops as a relief for cold dry hacking cough croup and catarrh with a claimed instantaneous healing effect. Available in 25c 50c and 1.00 prices.
A farmer with a good working team should avoid setting a high price and fear replacement. The piece notes that no horse is perfect, fair ones are scarce, and a good team is key to farming. selling the team may prompt selling the farm. An elderly woman at Grand Trunk Depot replies with a strange joke about a forty six year wasting cold.
There are fewer cases of rheumatism since druggists sold Salvation Oil. Early coughs and colds must be treated promptly or they threaten lung health. Dr Bull's Cough Syrup offers instant relief and is priced at 25 cents per bottle.
Regional guidance on keeping poultry in small houses with yards, emphasizing dry board floors, lime treatment, and proper feeding for winter layers. Recommends six by eight foot housing, yard of thirty feet, feeding schedule with chopped corn oats or wheat, warm and crumbly, and use of oyster shells for shell quality.
A. E. Dornin of New York cites six letters circling the world in times of 109 102 91 86 76 days. Two shots mailed from South Orange April 19 for Macao China via Brindisi and via San Francisco reached Macao June 1 and arrived New York July 14. Coincidence of opposite routes both reaching Macao June 1 and New York on same date noted by N Y Evangelist.
An advertisement urges use of Laxador for children all year and notes its price at 25 cents. It emphasizes that a sick baby's best aid is something to assist nature. It also promotes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup at 25 cents per bottle as a well known remedy for young children.
A Boston Christian piece urges early voice training to improve reading aloud. It notes many readers mumble drawl or sound pitched and urges learners to cultivate clear articulation, natural phrasing, and avoidance of affectation so listeners focus on the message.
A Social Union speaker recounted a traveling Presbyterian minister in Ohio who moved so often that when his wagon backed to the door the hens would sit and wait to be tied. The tale proved to be new to the audience.
Granievillx May 13 1887 letter from Goofrey Green praises Dr Shallenberger Rochester Pa Malaria Pills as unmatched for chills and malaria saying the Antidote keeps the family well and that they would not be without the medicine for any money.
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