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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1886
Page
3
An advertisement touts Lorenz's Elite Face Powder as a refined beauty aid with a delicate scent. It claims the preparation smooths and brightens skin and mentions an agency for distribution.
A chaotic column of notes and anecdotes from a late 19th century issue. It covers dental quackery, a ball game miscue, a graveyard prank, a Germantown girl’s sudden blindness, domestic servant tales, poverty letters, temperance notices, and scattered local incidents. Entities include Theo. Troupe, City Drug Store, England, Kentucky, Urbana, Germantown, and St. Patrick’s. The piece blends humor, tragedy, and social commentary in a collage card format.
In a tense street scene a curious stranger questions the meaning of the crowd’s cry Sic Semper Tyrannis as a man quotes a shopkeeper line about rare clothes and a boast of notoriety. The exchange hints at local bravado and a lingering reference to a famed slogan.
Trade brisk as seller touts clearout of overcoats in black blue brown beaver chinchilla and melton styles with satin lining at 18 dollars from 22. Odds and ends described as rangy streaked coats, plus children’s coats, gloves mittens underwear neckties silk handkerchiefs cashmere merino mufflers offered at cut prices. Urges customers to visit and be served.
A jumble of quotations about literary fellows and income figures, then an array of health ads touting Simmons Liver Regulator and Electric Bitters. It mentions Gen. Toombs income, professor notes, railroad tax cases, and then local notices promising cures and tonics for coughs, teething, dysentery, and general weakness.
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