20 Feb 1885
Page 4
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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1885
Page
4
A jumble of city notes covers parades at Washington Monument events, church reorganizations, and school gym activities. Reports mention missing funds, theft on Jen Canudher Street, upcoming concerts, and repairs at the Western engine house. Also noted are delivery delays, street gatherings, revived gym interest, and weather woes affecting plans.
At 25 South Limestone Ax the jug breaking event at Wiley Chapel, collectors raised funds from numerous named donors including Mason Armstrong, Catherine Echols, Amanda Snyder, and others. A separate incident involved a 13 or 14 year old pupil sustaining a nonfatal hand injury from a pistol discharge.
A mix of observations on poker chips from ivory to composition, noting taste for large chips among players and changing fashions for ladies’ pieces. Also a brief Victorian-era vignette about liquor tasting methods, and a children’s street scene from a 19th century US newspaper with a Yeast purchase in cold weather.
An old time newspaper notice advertises cheap treats and goods at Miller's Tea Store 544 Arcade and Murphy & Bro. It touts one price cash sales and savings of at least ten percent. It promotes Diamond Light coffee and hosiery sales with prices from ten to twenty cents and mentions related shop promotions and free elegant cards.
The diary notes a vanished fishing industry on the lake, with only a single sailing vessel and a few small boats remaining. Shipbuilding skill seems forgotten here, and a market search for Galilee fish failed, despite claims the waters teem with life.
Local notices tout liver health and worm remedies. Anecdotes claim Brown's Iron Bitters aids liver disorder and relieves offspring worm infections, praising Mishler's Herb Bitters for three Indianapolis children cured of worms.
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