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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1883
Page
1
Fragmented local column details band renewals and town life amid harsh winter. Mentions upper house politics, river high water, discharge of firearms, Tempe growth, and copper mining supply routes. Notes several travelers and a notable cure claim for rheumatism, plus a dramatic farewell appearance by Ned Nestel and a San Francisco address about sciatic rheumatism relief with St Jacobs Oil.
A garbled verse laments parting and bids blessings on a friend and his wife. The poem evokes music, blossoms, and the hope that Lord Shakespearean phrasing aside blesses all who read it, with a benediction of love and joy.
Editor Ernest King writes of using St Jacobs Oil to ease rheumatic pains. He bought a half dollar bottle, used it, and reports the screw-wrench pains vanished before half the bottle was used. He endorses the remedy as effective.
A dispatch describes a rain damaged adobe home north of J M Bryans mill housing two men two women and nine children. Measles and cold threaten eight children while a dying mother and bedridden man and boy shift charity focus to the destitute family, with county relief scarce. The mother has died and three small children remain without care.
Salt Lake City reports a warm wind melting ice and causing severe floods with damage around 15 thousand dollars. Later, a north wind brings a snowstorm. Washington and Ohio renditions show rising rivers, with Cincinnati Louisville and Cairo near danger. Rivers swell in Indiana Illinois and Ohio as misinformed reports circulate.
The act authorizes Maricopa County to issue bonds totaling thirty thousand dollars for a courthouse and jail. Proceeds fund construction, plan bidding, and building commissions with the aim of completing a courthouse on block 76 in Phenix and transferring completed buildings to the county.
Wednesday notes report mud and water departing and new buildings planned. Mr Guss Ellis visits Prescott as medicine and post office valentines appear. Dr Hickies arrives from Maricopa. Strouds hosts a lively evening. a matinee is slated Saturday. O F Thornton takes Tombstone Republican editorship. Spring arrives, St Jacobs Oil advertised, and local residents recover from illness. Gregory tree orders expected next Monday and North Wilcox with Dr Andrews return from Ft McDowell.
An adorial claim touts Dr William's Indian Pile Ointment as a universal remedy for piles including itching and bleeding. It describes quick relief within minutes and credits Cleveland’s M. Cofftin Berry with high efficacy after trying scores of pile cures. Sold by all druggists or by mail for $1.00.
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