Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered With $100 Reward
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co declares in Toledo that his firm will pay $100 for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The oath was sworn December 6, 1886, before Notary A W Gleason. The advertisement promotes internal use and testimonials and lists J Cheney & Co and Toledo as points of sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
W Gleason
W Gleason, (Seal) Notary Public Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Theatre Dilemma Delays Night Out
A couple debates going to the theatre with mixed signals as they discuss desire to attend. They realign plans and conclude they will go if the other wants to, but timing makes reaching the theatre before the third act impossible.
Still Engaged Rumor Sparks Salacious Exchange
A gossiping aside hints that a couple remains engaged despite rumors of a breakup. The remark attributes female fickleness to the situation, reflecting social notions of romance and scandal in the era.
The Penalty for Repeating
Private John Allen recalls a Mississippi political tale about ambition and party switching ending in arrest for repeating. The anecdote illustrates the peril of political maneuvering and the joking warning against vote fraud.
Three Times and Out. Professor Blackie’s Door Note Prank
Professor John Stuart Blackie of Edinburgh posted a notice that he would be unable to meet his classes. A student rubbed out the last two letters of a word, creating a playful moment that Blackie then mirrored, earning lasting respect from his students.
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John Stuart Blackie
Edinburgh
Blackie
Lome
Local visits and social notes from area towns
Mrs M J Rantz and Mrs Margaret Vaulus visited Goshen last Saturday for a few days with friends. Clell Kemp visited Claypool Monday afternoon. Delano Lechtelheimer and John Fleck of Disko were in town a few hours Monday. Samuel Butterbaugh and Miss Grace Barris came from Roan Monday afternoon to visit the S B Burdge home. Butterbaugh is Burdge’s brother in law. Pierce Cauffman of Wabash came for a fishing trip and dinner at Monroe Paulus’s home.
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M. J. Rantz
Margaret Vaulus
Goshen
Delano Lechtelheimer
John Fleck
Disko
Samuel Butterbaugh
Grace Barris
Roan
S. B. Burdge
Mr. Butterbaugh
Burdge
Cma
Monroe Paulus
Children Cry FOR FLETCHE'S CASTORIA
Mrs Flossie Smith from Akron visits Shireman family in south part of town. For sale a top buggy and single harness in wood condition priced at 18 dollars if taken at once. Inquire of J Snoberger Silver Lake telephone 4 on 82. Myron Murphy visits from Berrien Centre Michigan with her parents. William Barrett and family move to Warsaw for the future. Claypool Lumber and Coal Co offers building supplies and prompt service.
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Snoberger
Silver Lake
Claypool Lumber and Coal Co
Gospel Hill Items and Local Church Notices
Ezra Frantz and a family visited the Ben Nehr home Sunday. The funeral was held at Gospel Hill and interment made in the cemetery near by. James Beigh, wife and two daughters visited Brandenburg home Sunday. Communion services will be held at the Old Dutch church next Saturday. All invited. We sell Glass Panel and Green doors Open or Glazed Windows Window Frames Door Frames Mouldings and the Finest Interior Finish. Samuel Cauffman's condition remains about the same. Two of his brothers visited him Sunday. Services were conducted at the Brethren church Sunday morning by Rev Sruit and in the evening by Rev LT Butterbaugh. John Protsman died Friday morning at the Panuel Shirk home of Boyh's disease aged 65 years. Funeral arrangements not clear due to scattered notes.
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Claypool Lumper & Coal Co
The
Brethren Church
Sruit
LT. 1
Butterbaugh
Boy Prefers Punishment to Heaven in Clever Reply
In a father son moment from a district tale, Johnny avoids the usual whipping by choosing to stay with his father. Asked what happens to good boys, Johnny replies he would rather be with his father than go to heaven, ending the exchange.
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Johnny
Precautionary Measure for Neuralgia Pain Relief
A man in severe neuralgia pain visits an inexperienced doctor who prepares a bottle labeled to take one teaspoonful half an hour before pain onset. The vignette notes the doctor's inexperience and the improvised remedy.
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M. D
Contempt and Slurs Spark Irish Neighbor Feud
An incensed Irishman faces a neighbor over slanderous epithets. He vows to repeat insults and threaten calaboose if needed. Describes the foe as a world bad man and declares he would not spit in his mouth if his faith were on fire.
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Calaboose
Nearer Home Punchline About Coal Runout
A humorous exchange notes a predicted coal shortage of one hundred years while a husband jokes that their supply is already depleted, reflecting comic domestic banter over resource concerns.
Today's Magazine ad offers free sample and premium catalog
The notice promotes Today's Magazine Canton Ohio as the largest and best edited magazine at 50 cents per year and five cents per copy at news dealers. It invites subscriptions via the Record office to save time and trouble.
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Adress
Canton
Ohio
Dr King’s New Discovery for Coughs and Colds
An Alabama man testifies his wife survived an obstinate cough thanks to Dr King’s New Discovery. The ad extols the remedy as the best cough and cold treatment for forty three years, priced 50c and 1.00.
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Dr. King
G. H. Brown
Muscadine
Ala
Send the RECORD to loved ones for a year for $1
A plea encourages readers to send the RECORD to sons daughters brothers sisters parents or friends living away for only $1 a year. It promises they will be thanked weekly as a thoughtful gesture and reminds readers to think of absent friends.
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State of
City of the
Lucas County
Toc
Hall
Silver Lake, Indiana
Brush & Hanson
Ind
John Allen
Mississippi
Tie
Congress
Clell Kemp
Claypool
Pierce Cauffman
Wabash
Fletche
Castoria
Mrs. Flossie Smith
Akron
Noah Shireman
Myron Murphy
Berrien Centre
Mich
C. J. Leonard
William Barrett
Warsaw
Ezra Frantz
Ben Nehr
Gospel Hill
James Beigh
Brandenburg Home
Old Dutch Church
Samuel Cauffman
Panuel
Indiana
James Decker
Sarah
Winona Lake
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