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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1883
Page
1
Deacon Stephen G. Mason suffers from inflammatory pain and kidney disease since 1859. Doctors warned of grave illness as his knees become stiff. He credits Hunt's Remedy Infallible Kidney Medicine with relief, per Providence Press report.
H Wilcox M D Springfield reports prescribing Hunt's Remedy for years long dropsy and kidney issues and finds it best for those conditions. The physician asserts repeated success with the remedy.
An 18 month struggle with a failing heart ends in praise for Hunt's Remedy. Moorestown resident 8S Cones recounts dramatic relief after starting treatment, describing physicians' despair followed by renewed hope and strong faith in the remedy's power.
A historical advertisement extols Hop Bitters as a universal cure for ailments from rheumatism to liver disease. It urges readers to avoid worry, claims past patients improved after using the tonic, and targets women with feeble health while promoting renewed vigor and nerve strength.
Keim withdrew from Chief Examiner post as President signed commission. Jansom sued for 10000 over alleged fraud in selling circus tickets. Lyman became Chief Examiner after resigning as Chief Clerk in the Treasury. Immigrant arrivals across major ports totaled 18470 in April with year over year decline.
A violent hailstorm and strong winds struck Indiana and Ohio on the 14th injuring many and destroying property. A White Pigeon frame schoolhouse collapsed, killing a boy. Kansas and Missouri towns report heavy casualties and losses. Other incidents include a Jersey City rector’s wife dying from a revolver accident.
A three story brick tenement in Chicago where Mrs. William Taylor left two young boys alone led to a fatal blaze. The two siblings aged three and two suffocated from smoke with the older boy burned. neighbors and firefighters saved an elderly blind man in a nearby room. Authorities await cause but matches by children are suspected.
Philippart the Belgian financier extradited from France on forgery charges writes to the public prosecutor, claiming longer detention would ruin all companies he directs. A large meeting in Northampton supports Bradlaugh retaining his Commons seat. Reports of Bismarck clashing with Schultz over budget reforms and worsening health precede royal coronation preparations in Moscow. A Paris bridegroom is killed by his rival and dies by poison. Afghanistan conflict ends with 200 killed. George J Dopson drafts a bill to compensate agricultural tenants on tenancy expiry, capping landlord distress at one year's rent.
The President approved twenty two civil service rules governing government employment. Key points include prohibition of political coercion, no compulsory political contributions, three branches: classified departmental, customs, and postal services, open competitive exams, age and eligibility limits, honesty and health requirements, probationary six month term, and removal based on character and performance.
A fire in Meadow and Chambers streets in Kingston destroys a building owned by Matthew Larkin Jr. and damages the adjoining stores. Moses Rosenberg, his family, and four stepchildren were trapped. the wife and two children escaped, while the father reportedly leaped to safety, and two teens perished. In Ohio, multiple accidents and crimes are noted, including deaths from falls and burns, a governor's judicial appointment, weather-based crop notes, and a public-spirited effort to curb theft in Defiance County. The piece also discusses social views on women in finance and speculative markets with a lengthy commentary.
A survey through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison would test heavy syenite walls rising 3,000 feet and riverbed proximity for 1,800 feet. If successful, the Denver Rio Grande through the canyon would be a premier American engineering achievement. A boat would be built at the western end to float with the river under rope control, risking the fate of the planned baby railroad if the craft fails.
The Vandalia Pittsburgh Fort Wayne Chicago and Pittsburgh Cincinnati St. Louis Roads have approved a new rule to take effect June 1 limiting baggage to two hundred fifty points per piece, banning any single item heavier for transport in baggage cars.
In Kaufman County Texas a physician treated meningitis by saturating turpentine and burning the back of the neck, burning the patient but supposedly curing the disease. The report notes the patient’s severe burns. Also mentions Norfolk Connecticut’s oldest resident, a 92 year old widow, noted as the sixth wife of a man renowned for marriage.
The latest census lists 3,000 actors and 2,000 actresses in the United States. Including others reliant on theater for a living, the total reaches about 15,000 people supporting at least 35,000 more, creating a network of roughly 50,000 dependents linked to the profession.
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