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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1885
Page
3
Readable fragments indicate a local notice about a water safety test and a referenced date. The text mentions a primary date around the 14th and a 2 pm show time, with additional notes on testing procedures and locations. Entities include a city or organization, the date mentioned, and a time for an event.
Akron and Cincinnati delegates report on recent entertainments. Large number of Grover Cleveland relatives noted since the election. Police report no arrests after a German boy squabble. brief note on Mrs Thal’s ovarian tumor operation recovery. church services, weddings, and interments detailed. county workhouse study conducted with limited results and proposals for reform discussed among Greene County officials.
A controversial article by Henson on Bright's disease triggers widespread comment in Rochester and Manchester. Dr Henson and Dr Lattimore defend remedies while Mr Warner discusses rising illness cases and a local assignment filing by Warren Carter of the Lagonda House amid community concern.
Colonel W P Grace, famed state lawyer, travels through rough Ozark district and encounters Paterson in a remote log cabin. They exchange drinks, weather talk, and jokes about thirst, digging wells, and family legends as Grace announces his arrival with old-time frontier humor.
A New Jersey granger dines at a Broadway restaurant and mocks French menu items. He names baked pork and beans Boston style as haricots et poire au gratin, jokes about foreign dishes, and demands a plain square dinner with coffee and pie, causing laughter and spilled coffee.
A Boston man sought solace in Western affairs but received a bleak view. Merchants resist growth, railroads barely run trains, and even marriage prospects are grim. One quip notes wages were once high but now a buyer must fear a gun for funds.
The text describes a long voyage hypothesis up the Congo river from the D Rivers to the Atlantic, noting 2100 miles length, and claims that the Mississippi and Nile could not match its water flow. It mentions 15 feet rise over 110 miles, a 52 mile segment, 38 mile voyage, then a 95 mile land trek, with potential to steam the remaining 1000 miles. It references 13 stations among peaceful tribes and abundant natural resources. It also notes vast forests, villages, gardens, mineral wealth, and large lakes including Lake Tanganyika, with a projected increase of lake waters to a larger extent.
A fragmentary account describes Lally Wilde discovering pretty, well-born women among Hamburg and Christiania's middle classes. It notes tall, slender maidens with bright teeth and a mix of Nordic traits. The piece compares Norse groups and hints at cultural strengths and grace.
A walking skeleton from Mechanicsburg Pa credits Dr King s New Discovery for lung disease and regained health after three bottles. Girard Kansas praises Electric Bitters for kidney liver and bowels with a claim of saving doctors fees. A domestic salve brand is touted as best for bruises sores and skin eruptions with satisfaction guaranteed and money refund. Sales focus at Chas Kudrow Mackson s Drugstore and Charles Ludlpeer.
Advert fragment touts stone of tonics and bitters including Diamond Light and Mishler's Herb Bitters for indigestion liver and kidney issues. Claims relief from constipation headaches rheumatism and coughs with various patent medicines. Testimonies from workers and patients praise Hop Bitters and Dr Bonanko's Pile Remedy for relief of aches and piles.
An 19th century patent remedy claims to cure female diseases including ovarian troubles inflammation and ulceration bearing down sensations irregularities hysteria and related weaknesses. Advertises price $1 and 1 50 per bottle with pamphlet offered free. Sold by local druggists and Chas. Ludlow.
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