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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1886
Page
3
A fragmented OCR page recounts medical claims and curious anecdotes from era advertisements. It mentions a cancer patient seeking cures with various tonics and purifying agents, then reports a dramatic, though dubious, improvement after a specific treatment. Also includes lifestyle vignettes, product pitches, and literary snippets featuring Mark Twain and Dan De Quincey, with miscellaneous local notices and humorous asides.
A detailed 19th century description outlines how contraband opium was smuggled aboard steamers using a forged shaft key and hidden compartments. Smugglers concealed opium in spines, dummy keys, and reinforced shafts, with rigged detectors and careful handling to avoid detection.
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