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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1885
Page
2
The column mixes cholera warnings from St Louis and scattered political critique. It rails at party maneuvers, laments press bias toward Grant era, and critiques advertising strategy while touching on a spider bite tragedy and a Cincinnati suburb annexation joke.
Henry L. Smith of XY reports long term eczema on legs eased by Corerms Rewen remedy. He describes prior burning and itching and sleepless nights, now enjoying improved comfort and lighter skin tones. The notice attributes success to the product.
About a million steel pens worn out yearly in the United States are replaced by domestically produced pens. Twenty years ago most were imported, now several American factories in Connecticut Pennsylvania and Camden produce large quantities. Production relies on skilled labor and precise tempering of imported steel, with pens stamped and numbered to identify styles. Prices vary from 75 cents to 44 dollars gross depending on quality.
A New York Sun report describes American makers producing numerous pen patterns including sub-pens for two parallel lines and mammoth pens for rough paper. It notes the range from delicate to heavy lines, non corrosive German silver and imitation gold pens, and wide export fame for steel pens abroad.
The Bermudas lie in the Atlantic about seven hundred miles southeast of New York near Charleston latitude. Climate is delightful with December to May as the pleasant season. Principal exports include onions, potatoes, and arrowroot. annual onion income around 400,000 dollars, potatoes exceeding that. Bananas, oranges, pawpaws grow. coconuts and date palms appear. Hamilton is the main center with handsome residences, churches, and shops. notable sights include the Lulis-rubber tree, five menkin cabbage valves, Gibbs Hill lighthouse, and Moore’s Calabash.
An 1800s newspaper piece analyzes the three types of travelers drawn to the voyage around the Horn aboard clipper ships bound for San Francisco. It contrasts prices and times with rail travel, then sketches the indulgent pleasures and follies of the sailor life, the drunkard, and the lovesick youth, and ends with a curious medical anecdote about thumb tissue regrowth after a mishap.
A vintage advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a strictly vegetable preparation from Nature's remedies. It claims to cure liver, blood, kidney issues and general systemic weakness, promising restoration and offering refunds through druggists if not benefited.
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