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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1886
Page
6
A rural literary society brings laughter and growth to young speakers. It spurs reading, music, and story telling, shaping future writers and leaders. Even with ridiculed efforts, lyceums foster enjoyment, learning, and social vitality in country districts.
From an essay on Fashion by a 12 year old, she cites lines such as sensible people wear sensible and sensions and insensible tash, and on A Rainy Afternoon a pupil writes it rained hard and would not go ondours, leading to a wood shed excursion. A definition reads man is an animal that s timds up. not very big but he has to work.
A compact reflection on dining habits from Emily Innes. The narrator argues personal cleanliness with washed fingers avoids using a potentially unclean fork, contrasting self-washed hands with a servant’s work. The piece muses on history and hygiene while defending personal practice in eating.
A plea for a portable stove to heat sick rooms without fumes or smoke. The device should boil a small kettle, include a flexible tube for chimney connection, and allow moderate, nurse-free heating when attendance is unavailable.
Great Napoleon, famed for stinginess, proposes a gift to Mlle Georges after praising her. When asked what she desires, she requests a portrait of the Emperor. He smiles, then presents a simple, single-piece likeness, not a jeweled miniature, surprising with modesty.
During a Paris dinner party hosted by an American minister, Tom Ochiltree, present among English guests, claimed a Texas friend owned a two thousand mile square estate with a hotel sized house, recounting an amusing encounter about mistaken identity and travel. The anecdote contrasted European aristocracy with American largesse and hospitality.
Mr Joh Elting Past Grand Lindenwald No 442 and Baptist church member describes ten years of dyspepsia and related symptoms. After using Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy for three tiles he reports remarkable relief, regained strength and happiness. He endorses the remedy for bowel regulation and blood purification and cautions against violent purgatives.
Mr T W Atkins of Girard Illinois extols Electric Bitters as the best medicine for kidney and liver complaints, promising savings on doctor bills. Mr E Springer of Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania shares a lung fever recovery after a free trial of Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption, noting a 48 pound weight gain after three bottles. Free trials offered at A W Merck’s drug store with large bottles priced at one dollar.
K T Parlor, Agent for Grangers in Georgia, reports using Simmons Liver Regulator in liquid and powder forms to treat horse colic, cattle hide bound, lung fever, cough, and chicken diseases like cholera and gapes. He notes all losses occurred where the remedy was given promptly and regularly.
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