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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1886
Page
4
The speaker awaits the New Year with awe and dread, imagining a sealed scroll revealing what the coming year will bring. The verse ponders possible joys or sorrows, including the fate of loved ones, while acknowledging fate as ordained by the Divine and welcoming the New Year despite uncertainty.
A nostalgic verse celebrates Christmas joy for children with Santa Claus gifts such as dolls balls drums and candy. It describes stockings full of treats and the merry image of children dancing around a Christmas tree in a festive year end scene.
Julia Leighton, a mill worker in Capraville, discovers Nancy Bent’s charity in a dying act. Bent leaves Updown stock to Leighton, who resists selling despite pressure from managers and brokers. The stock soars at auction, turning Bent’s gift into a fortune, while Julia continues acts of quiet mercy and visits Bent’s gravesite each New Year with immortelles.
A Southern city church used cedar holly and ground pine for greenery with trailing gray Florida moss and bright berries creating a pure, spotless look. The memory lingers after Christmas, suggesting moss from fruit displays as an easy local alternative.
A quip notes the dread that a wife may discover paste diamonds given as gifts at Christmas and demand money to cover presents, framing a wary New Year sentiment about honesty and expense.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt describes a rag shop on Hazel Street run by an immigrant mother with many children. It details how workers sort and wash rags, the pay, and a tale of a girl who found a letter in a coat that haunted a romance. It also notes fast trains between Cincinnati, Dayton, and Boston with speed claims.
General Rurvus Incarié named Lt. Jacobs Oil as best pain cure while governors and other officials favor Red Star Cough Cure for safety and prompt relief priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
Cambridge Chronicle recalls that female dancers were first introduced to ballet in 1681 and asserts that some of those early performers are still remembered today.
A public exhibition highlights marvels of nature and man. Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo explains the body’s mysteries and touts his Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for blood taints poisons and humors including scrofula pimples blotches swellings tumors and ulcers. Available from druggists. Leeadastray the shot of a green sports man Yonkers Gazette.
It questions Dr. Sage and his Catarrh Remedy offering cash to those who fail to benefit. The note claims many cures were achieved through the offer, asking who will be the next bidder for cure or cash as wind shifts.
An historical item notes Dr Isaac Thompsons Eye Water sold by druggists for 25 cents as a remedy for sore eyes. It then quips that the best prophets in winter are plumbers and coal dealers, reflecting period humor.
A St. Paul Herald item warns that cosmetics and lead powders cause skin damage and urg es readers to stop using them. It touts Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic as a safer alternative to restore vigor and youthful appearance. The note adds a quip about brakemen moving to Switcherland.
The text extols Dr. R. V. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weakness and related affections, noting that thousands testify to its merits.
A clipped ad style snippet lists multiple medicinal products and quips from various papers. It mentions Brown's Bronchial Troches for relief from minor colds, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's Toothache Drops, and a jab about safety gear for misers. It references New Age and Boston papers using brief, humorous lines.
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