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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1896
Page
6
A patient reports a severe cough with hoarseness and sore throat was cured in three days using Chap pelear's Bronchini. The account notes rapid relief and full recovery without further details.
An early health official urges abstaining from kissing to curb disease spread after a secretary contracted diphtheria from a close sweetheart who also fell ill. The piece advocates rinsing teeth and applying disinfectant to lips as a precaution, warning of dangerous habits despite public discomfort.
Frank Erne of Buffalo the featherweight champion defeated George Dixon in a 20 round New York bout at Broadway Athletic Club He is not a novice having beaten many in his weight class His record includes victories over Jim Warren Oscar Simoar Eugene O Donnell Lows Callahan Jack Davis James McCarthy John Rus and others He is clever strong and uses both hands
Advertising blurb promoting No-To-Bac tobacco cure claims 400000 cured and ten pound gains in ten days. Urges purchase from druggists in Chicago or New York with free booklet and sample. Tone mimics early 20th century health reform ads. Also mentions Japan’s 1895 era railways telegraphs cables and war material investments totaling large sums.
A historical ad claims one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh, touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney and Company Toledo, with testimonials and wholesale druggists endorsements. A Chicago river rescue recounts Louisa Olson, 24, saved after riderless bicycle plunged into open bridge, boat crew pulling her aboard and bystanders cheering.
A Cleveland Ohio proprietor, Wm H Brown of Striebinger House, touts Salvation Oil as a peerless liniment for rheumatism after twelve years of suffering. He credits the product with rapid relief and walking again. Sold everywhere for 25 cents, by J M Johnson on Hi Markit St.
In Boston a club where painters, writers, musicians, and professionals meet daily at the table d hote weighs a Bacchante dinner. A decision on a dance on the table is not yet made, though an alluring program is being discussed.
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the ultimate blood purifier to improve health and appetite and claims it eliminates weakness and pain. Hood's Pills are praised as the best after dinner aid for digestion and constipation prevention. It notes competitions in England and horse racing figures, and mentions Columbia University planning a new gymnasium costing about 800,000.
A gripping serialized tale follows a shipload of convicts bound for Botany Bay. Their voyage survives a desperate mutiny when a courageous woman aboard tips the balance and saves the vessel, delivering thrilling adventures in each installment.
A brief note praising the work The Mate of the Hindu highlights an engaging plot and entertaining narrative style reminding readers to enjoy the book.
A quotation attributed to Hon. William McKinley contrasts free foreign trade with protection. It argues that free trade grants foreign workers equal privileges, invites cheap labor, and harms domestic labor, manufacturers, farmers, and markets by sending money and production abroad. Protection, it claims, keeps money, markets, and manufacturers at home for the benefit of the American people.
A flowing oil patch was observed at slack water about 600 yards south of Goat Island in San Francisco Bay. Captain Jones and several ferry masters reported oil bubbles and a coal odor, suggesting a natural oil spring beneath the bay bottom that rises during slack tide and diminishes with waves.
A Dimondale Michigan pastor’s letter praises Dr King’s New Discovery for his wife’s pneumonia and La Grippe coughs. He reports rapid relief after use and notes trial bottles at Beall & Steele’s drug store with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
Electric Bitters is a medicine for any season especially when languid feels prevail. It acts as a tonic and alterative to counteract bilious fevers and malarial poison. Headache indigestion constipation and dizziness yield to it. Price is $1 per bottle at Beall and Steele’s Deng Store.
Promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as best salve for curing bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands corns and all eruptions with money back guarantee. Price twenty cents per box tax included. Sold by Baeliot and Jessie.
Relief in six hours and relief of kidney and bladder disorders within hours. The remedy promises prompt relief from pain in the bladder kidneys and urinary passages in men and women and claims to relieve water retention. Sold by Beall and Steele druggists in Steubenville Ohio.
A Deumtochy tale shows a minister recalling providence and blessing as he travels in snow to visit Marjorie a Free Kirk parishioner. The story frames faith trials and hope for salvation in a reflective exchange about life and spirit. Hartford Courant reports a Lorrington Italian built house copying old country design with stone cobbles brick corners arched windows and a flat roof.
Principal cycling show dates released for the season list events in Chicago New York London Paris Manchester Dublin and Glasgow. Chicago January 3 and 30 New York February 6 and 13 London December 4 and 13 Paris December 12 and 27 Manchester January 2 and January unknown Dublin January 16 and 28 Glasgow January 23 and unknown.
An advertisement arguing childbirth can be natural and safe with proper care. It promotes Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic to strengthen the female body, ease gestation, shorten labor, and reduce confinement, claiming a book on women’s diseases for 21 cents. World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N Y.
A fragmented timetable lists daily trains between Toledo Steubenville and Wheeling with services to Maasti Jon Brearenville and Wheeling. The note mentions Nos. 4 and 12 trains and a Royal Panorama service, but details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
An early 20th century bank notice promotes savings with deposits starting at one dollar. It advertises savings accounts at 231 and 4th Avenue, with interest paid at a stated rate and instructions available by wire to open an account.
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