Ur Druggist Recommends Confidence to Spring Customer
A Ur Druggist notes a customer seeking BSST springfin advice. The pharmacist asserts confidence in guidance and product suitability, emphasizing trust and care in routine pharmaceutical service.
11 Jun 1885
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1885
Page
1
A Ur Druggist notes a customer seeking BSST springfin advice. The pharmacist asserts confidence in guidance and product suitability, emphasizing trust and care in routine pharmaceutical service.
B 8 Russell, Nashua New Hampshire druggist with forty years in practice endorses Wyer s Sarsaparilla. He recommends it to customers, claiming it gives satisfaction and notes no complaints in his experience as a physician of medicines.
A miscellany of notes mentions fashion notions, hat fittings, theater and music figures, and a variety of social tidbits. It covers cremation advocates, a pianist rival, a Danish armaments prohibition, and a plan for a permanent Washington Exposition, with brief mentions of rail rates, the Niagara park proposal, and a fatal accident at a railway station.
June 7 dispatches describe ongoing earthquake shocks in Serinagar and the Cashmere Vale with villages swallowed by chasms and famine fears rising as grain stores vanish. Valencia records cholera deaths doubling while Madrid denies outbreak and authorities push sanitation and free food analysis to curb spread.
Secretary Whitney declares no special law restricts musicians from outside employment, but rules discourage naval and military bands from competing with private musicians. He notes universal practice of enlistment pay and private earnings supplement, and urges follow locally fair competition standards.
Fort Prrr reports Captain Steele with seventy mounted scouts engaged Big Bear’s band of about two hundred fifty at Two Lakes fifty miles southeast. After a flank, Steele forced a retreat across a creek but could not pursue due to small force. Three of Steele’s men were wounded as he exchanged shots and sought a surrender via McKee.
It was disclosed that the Washington Monument capstone and the stone beneath on the northeast corner were cracked for over four feet after a storm Friday. The fracture is under an inch wide and will likely require removal and rebuilding of the top. An examiner from Baltimore will assess further protection needs.
A meteor about the size of a flour barrel lit the Sherman night sky moving southwest. A loud explosion followed its disappearance with a shock and rumbling thunder. Sightings extended to McKinney thirty five miles away where a hissing sound alarmed returning worshippers and caused a panic.
In BaRRIE Ontario at about midnight a fire claimed the lives of J Wonch's wife and four children who died in their bed. Wonch escaped through a window, his shirt burned, and he collapses in grief, reporting the room suddenly engulfed in flames. He suspects the blaze began in a back shed and recalls no prior signs.
Confederate Memorial Day drew about ten thousand people from Winchester and nearby counties. A parade of city bands military units and Confederate camps moved to Stonewall Cemetery where four to five thousand Confederate dead lie buried. Graves were profusely decorated after a short service.
A bare knuckle prize fight between J. Donnelly and J. Murphy occurred tonight in a barn on Thirty-third street. Sixteen rounds were fought before Murphy was knocked out. Both pugilists were badly punished as the prize was the hand of a young lady who witnessed the bout.
Paris June 7 The Gaulois reports Russia refuses offers of American and Irish sailors sent via the Russian Minister in Washington to outfit a privateer fleet against England.
June 5 report from Silver City New Mexico describes a brutal Apache raid with many killed and mutilated near Bear Creek and Juniper Springs. Rescue parties recovered bodies including women raped and children harmed while a brave boy rode to town to warn settlers and Willie Carpenter saved his sister by fleeing the yard.
The June crop report from Ohio Board of Agriculture, based on nine hundred township reports, shows wheat at 20 million bushels below the five year average, rye 71 percent condition, barley area 81 with 72 percent, oats area 106 and 92 percent, clover 85 and 98 percent, corn area 195 and 94 percent, potatoes 96 area and 95 percent, pastures 90, meadows 85, apples 77, peaches 5, pears 80, grapes 69, spring lambs 80 with 92 percent, spring pigs 94 and 75 percent.
Springfield dispatch reports the New York State Board of Health alerts the Illinois Board to a Chicago to Fredonia hog shipment. Many hogs died from suspected cholera after being sold in small lots, with multiple barns affected when single hogs carried the disease. An investigation into the cause and nature of the illness will occur.
Maprio June 5 reports three suspected cholera cases in Madrid with one death and three new cases in Valencia yesterday. Forty five ten cent. of those attacked die as peasantry panic and decry the Sanitary Commissioners for hindering flight to other areas. Cholera appears in Madrid despite health officer assurances.
Columbia report notes winter wheat yield at 9,000,000 bushels with 50 percent condition. Spring wheat 91 percent condition. Corn acreage 98.5 percent with 77.5 percent condition. Livestock in good shape. Harvested wheat not enough for home needs.
New York report shows 223 total failures for the last seven days, 197 in the United States and 26 in Canada, compared with 206 the prior week and 239 the week before. Failures stay light nationwide except the South where 67 failures exceed average levels.
A Canon City special reports myriads of newly hatched grasshoppers along the south bank of the Arkansas River opposite Denver Comment likely about two hundred acres covered by the young insects creating a widespread infestation in the area on June 5.
In River Massachusetts on June 5 a constable serves notices to evict tenants from Slade mill housing. Workers out of work for long periods cannot pay rent as the corporation issues twenty four hours to quit. Many residents carry belongings away on their backs due to lack of funds for transport.
Havana on June 5 reports Miguel Alvarez of the Sancho expedition surrendering at Sabana. Bandits Comesona and Matias Rivero have been captured, authorities announce.
Reports from Constantinople Alexandria Madrid and Paris outline troop orders in Spain, possible alliance shifts with Russia and political moves in government. Cholera measures and quarantine actions surface as debates continue over the Ferry Ministry.
In New York on June 4 Ira Somers of the Herald defeats McCann in a fast type setting contest. Somers typed 6 032 cms of solid type in three hours to win and claim American champion status. McCann produced 6 542 er s with 254 lines versus Somers 241 lines, and Somers’ corrections were sharper, making the match a remarkable display amid dozens of similar contests.
A young man walking to work on East Merrimac street looked up and saved a child from a serious fall by instinctive action. If the timing had shifted by a minute, the outcome could have been grave. The incident highlights quick reflexes and luck in an urban street moment.
In Richmond Virginia on June 4, after a month long trial, Thomas Jefferson Cluverius was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the death of his cousin Fanny Lillian Madison. The case drew wide attention due to Madison’s lineal descent from President Madison and her March death, with her body found in a water reservoir after the water was drawn off. Conviction relied entirely on circumstantial evidence.
In Erik Pennsylvania on June 4 a runaway driven by Denman Orton hit a telegraph pole. Three of five injured are expected to die. Lad Kuhn was crushed beneath the horses. Andrew Hinton and Mrs Elizabeth Warden were struck. Hinton’s ribs and Warden’s injuries are critical. William Aumer suffered a back fracture. All were taken to hospital with Hinton in critical condition.
Abe Buzzard the noted outlaw walked into Lancaster County prison at midnight with his brothers Matt and John and surrendered. He secured a pledge from them and the warden Burkholder not to claim the $1000 reward. Prominent eastern county citizens urged commutation of his nine year sentence, which many believe was unjust.
In Eldora Hardin County at 1 am a mob of about seventy five masked men took Fin and Mans Rainsbarger from the jail and killed them with bullets leaving their bodies unrecognizable. They were brothers of two Rainsbargers jailed in Marshalltown for Johnson murder and were later arrested yesterday for an alleged attack on Dr Underwood, a key figure in the Rainsbarger case.
Springfield reports the Senate approved the House Civil Rights bill granting colored people equal access in hotels restaurants theaters and other public places. Violators face fines from twenty five to five hundred dollars and possible misdemeanor conviction with fines up to five hundred dollars or up to one year in jail or both.
A mob entered the Hearne jail at midnight and seized Henry Lumpkin, a Black man accused of killing a colored man. They hanged him at a stock yard gate beam. his body was found the next morning.
Wilmington Delaware June 4. Peach growers grow uneasy over a heavy fall of young fruit caused by wet weather. They fear the crop will be greatly curtailed and market prospects dim for this season.
A blaze at the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Virginia destroyed the center wing housing about 200 female patients, with all but Miss Smith of Spotsylvania burned to death. Mrs. Jeffries drowned after escaping. Roughly 300 male patients were relocated as the fire, blamed on electrical wiring, raged from twilight through the night. Total losses estimated at 120000 to 140000 with 40000 insured.
A water spout burst in the mountains eight leagues east of Lagos near Guanajuato and Jalisco, sweeping toward populated plains. Desolation followed with reports of up to a hundred lives lost and many homes destroyed. Efforts to aid survivors are under way by Lagos merchants and manufacturers.
Detroit July 6 Marsalius Edison claims kin to the famous inventor and a cattle ranch in Intepeodenes Mo. He became engaged to widow Mrs Mary Burn and sought $1,000 after losing $50,000. Suspicion rose, revealing another fiancée in Simcoe Ontario. Letters and a photo from Ontario showed a wife with eight town children. Edison fled to Windsor, was arrested, then released and disappeared. Mrs Burton loses $1,000.
A Sunday tornado struck from the west causing heavy rain and hail. The St Paul Company warehouse with fifteen bushels of grain was blown over the railroad track. Several barns and dwellings were demolished including Ludke and Coreny homes. Two Ludke children were injured. About twenty barns destroyed.
In Cabcasco on June 8 Charles Bradford a 20 year old colored man escaped from County Hospital at night while delirious from typhoid fever. He ran along Robey to Van Buren boarded a street car caused panic, rode six blocks, then fled from an officer at Western Avenue. He was recaptured near Mr Elkins house and returned to the hospital.
Bucrrves O June 8 report describes Emanuel Al bright bringing a two legged pig to town. The creature stands on its forelegs due to the absence of hind legs and draws much attention as a real curiosity.
Dr W B Dewees of Myerstown Pa charged with forgery of bonds totaling 60000 was captured in Wilkesbarre while traveling in disguise toward Canada. The item also cites historical Russia and England annexations and notes Tucson Ariz population figures and local newspaper counts.
A mass of brief items reports a woman's body found in the river near Portsmouth, a portable saw mill boiler explosion at Davis Station killing Lewis Gillenwater and injuring James Davis, and Cyrus Carney. Other notes describe a toddler's death from lye, a fatal machine accident at Arnold's works, long-lived local centenarians, and Patrick Harrnet’s awaiting execution. Dust-like cosmic phenomena spark Belmont County debate, plus political and civic notes including the Buckeye Greenbackers, forestry work, and school/safety matters.
A Dairy World correspondent notes that in milk production from sixteen to twenty pounds daily is best achieved with a feed of bran, wheat meal, buckwheat shorts, and corn chop. An Agricultural Gazette writer advises against one person always milking the same cow to avoid bonding and potential scenes if the milker is away.
Rural Canadian guide outlines cattle feeding water access and stable hygiene to boost butter quality. It details milking, skimming, cream handling, and churning methods, stresses clean utensils, controlled temperatures, and reducing losses. Names Sorelle and Ontario Agricultural College cited as context.
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