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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1885
Page
3
An old advertisement from New York markets Dr Fenner s Blood Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic. The copy repeats product claims and wares with dealer references and a stated connection to New York authorities. The fragmentary text notes “Excise” and generic remedy language for suffering victims.
The fragment discusses indigestion and the liver’s role in cleansing impurities through bile. It suggests that bile overflow into the blood can cause jaundice and bilious symptoms. The text mentions a Burdock Blood remedy acting on stomach, bowels, and liver.
A historical newspaper fragment presents an odd blend of a teachers examination with questions on American history and a long medical advertisement by A France offering sensational eye and ear specialty services. It touts cures, examinations without questioning, and remedies for male sexual health amid dubious claims.
Illustrate five rules for the possessive case. Write a sentence with subject verb and object each modified by a word phrase and a clause. Provide simple complex and compound sentences. Draft an application for a position as teacher. Craft a sentence with accomplish in passive voice potential mood past perfect third person singular. Classify sentence types and give an example of each. Show one sentence with four kinds of pronouns. Demonstrate four genders three persons two numbers in one line. Five simple school sentences then a single complex compound sentence. Include a sentence with an abstract noun a perfect participle and an object of the third class.
A compiled set of geography and general education prompts covering world divisions by population and shortest routes, lat long calculations, locating major mountains, capitals and governments of several nations, study outlines for geography, map drawing tasks for Pennsylvania, explanations of polar circles and day length variation, and multiple classroom questions on arithmetic, schooling, pedagogy, and teacher preparation. The items reference Sweden Italy Mexico Russia Roumania and other regions, with mathematical problems on interest, percentages, volumes, and diameters.
A medical advertisement promises a complete cure for seminal weakness and urinary troubles in men aged thirty to sixty. It claims to restore genito urinary organs free from venereal taint, offers confidential consultation, and states charges are reasonable with correspondence answered promptly from all parts of the United States.
A letter attests to Dr. W A France as a man of high morals and professional skill with experience in New York and Philadelphia hospital clinics. It urges afflicted people to seek his treatment for chronic diseases and notes his accessibility, consultation hours, and diplomas. The document lists physician endorsements and invites the public to judge him personally.
Joint resolution outlining proposed amendments to Articles Two Three and Ten of the Ohio Constitution detailing election timing for senators representatives executive officers township officers and voting procedures including dates for adoption and certification by state officials with signatures and seals.
Multiple parcels listed near Enterprise Ohio and surrounding counties. Farms with rich soil, 6 room frame dwelling, milk house, stables, and fruit trees priced per acre with long terms. town lots 20x40 feet with 6 room houses and 40 or 80 acre farm trade offers. land near Mercer Co and Jackson Arkansas with timber noting value. all with prices, trades, and contact in Enterprise Van Wert Co Ohio.
A collage of patent medicine claims and quack advertisements. It touts Dr Fenner cures for pain in 5 to 30 minutes, Carter’s Little Niver Pills, Carter’s Castoria, Fenner’s Cough Honey, and a host of remedies. Notes on unrelated jokes and Buddhist beliefs appear amid endorsements and price hints.
A vendi port sale in Van Wert County Ohio under case Quiet Relief versus plan Van Wert A M Clark et al No 7924. The sheriff will sell June 6 1885 between 1 and 2 pm at the courthouse items include a combined thresher and prairie separator New Rumely No 347 and a 10 horsepower engine No 1203 manufactured by M and J Rumely. Cash price due day of sale. Sheriff ARLES GO and H A Reeve attorney.
An old advertisement extols Buckion's Arnica Salve as the best treatment for cuts sores chapped hands and eruptions promising satisfaction or money refunded. It promotes MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS and MOFFAT'S PHOENIX BITTERG as cures for malaria nervous diseases and digestive issues, claiming wide health benefits and universal usage.
Bids will be received at the Clerk's office of the Jennings township Board of Education Van Wert county up to noon Saturday June 27 1885 for furnishing material and building a brick schoolhouse in sub district No 8 in Jennings township Plans in the Clerk's office Bid must name every person interested and include labor costs with a disinterested guarantee If bid accepted contract to be entered and work completed by October 1 1885 The Board reserves the right to reject bids Masters Clerk May 29 1885 4w
The Van Wert Ohio Board of Education offers two parcels for sale at the court house in Van Wert on June 16 1865. Parcel one is lot 50 in the village, with payment terms of 1000 dollars down and seven annual payments secured by mortgage at 6 percent interest. Parcel two is lot 67 in the original plot, terms 1/3 cash day of sale and 1/3 in one year and two years, secured by mortgage at 6 percent interest. The board reserves the right to reject bids. Henry Robinson, Clerk, Van Wert May 15 1885.
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