16 Apr 1880
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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1880
Page
1
In Wicox Pennsylvania in November 1879 a speaker recalls twenty years away from his native home and the powerful pull of childhood places and people. He describes reuniting with family, old friends, and the graveyard, noting aging and shared memories that bind past and present. He reflects on how first homes shape identity and longing across years and travels.
An advertisement urges prompt treatment for coughs colds asthma and other pulmonary affections. It touts Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry as the best remedy with fast relief and cure potential. Price 26 cents to $1.00 or six for $5.00. Prepared by Dr Layne Son Philadelphia sold by druggists. Also mentions Dr Wintler of Pittsburgh noted for chronic and blood diseases with a reference to his card and works.
A compilation of brief scientific curiosities includes the pitcher plant of Borneo trapping insects, tattooed heads as historical records, optic nerve fibre counts, a parabolic mirror for heat and element separation, refutations of spontaneous human combustion, cave bear teeth with ancient drawings, tree ring debates, Vesbium from Vesuvius lava, soil in a thirty year abandoned cemetery, rare alo es oil, hair loss after fright, fur like material from feathers, insanity rate in Prussia, and papyri fragments with Greek epistles.
An 1877 letter from A N Cole endorses Dr Fenner remedies, urging direct purchase of Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic. The ad touts benefits for biliousness, liver disease, skin disorders, insomnia, rheumatism, and more, plus sample offers and multiple product lines, with regional dealer names and a February issue date.
Advertisement claims instant relief for neuralgia toothache headache and any pain with Dr Fenner's Golden Relief. Also alleges cures for rheumatism backache kidney disease colic diarrhoea dysentery burns and bruises. Sample bottle offered at 10 cents with unclear date.
West Point annual ball scene follows Ellen Belvoir and Captain Stanley who fall in love. Ellen, born to a noble line, resists a village innkeeper son’s marriage proposal, choosing pride over love. Years pass. Stanley marries another, while Ellen remains unwed, aging into an old maid, haunted by her past choices.
Moisture and intense nocturnal itching drive distress in the anus and private parts with scratching. Dr Swayne's Ail Health Ointment promises a pleasant sure cure and also treats tetter itch salt rheum scald head erysipelas barber's itch blotches and crusty eruptions. Priced fifty cents or three boxes for 1.25 mailed on receipt of funds or stamps. Prepared by Dr Swayne Son Philadelphia 330 North Sixth Street sold by druggists.
In Augustus Ga a gentleman wrote several postal cards at the post office and debated whether insults or threats violated postal rules. After inquiries about legality of calling a man a villain and jail, he tore up cards and erupted with threats to go to Halifax and knock the top of his head off rather than send any card.
An American ad touts London Hair Color Restorer as a clean non sticky formula that thickens hair, restores gray strands, and cures dandruff. It allegedly grows back thinning or fallen hair, leaves no stains, and is priced 75 cents per bottle or six for four dollars, with a depot listed in Philadelphia.
A dense reflective piece arguing that success stems from self-reliance and personal effort. It extols facing hardships like Alpine cliffs, learning by doing, and avoiding dependence on others. It warns against overreliance on teachers, inventions, or borrowed aid, urging individuals to forge their own weapons and exercise self-discipline.
A London paper details London's vast railway network within a 700 mile implied radius of Charing Cross. It notes 260 active lines, cross-ownership among Great Western and others, and extensive tramways, omnibuses, cabs, and river steamers underpinning daily mobility despite rare fatal collisions.
A British observer notes Paris reporters fuel their papers with bold ideas and editoral independence. Journalists strike bold bargains with financiers, then quarrel, leading to sale and a reversal where the journalist buys out the patron and mocks him thereafter.
Advertisement touts Dr Swayne and Son remedies for liver and blood disorders with claims of clearing eruptions and restoring a youthful complexion. Price 25 cents per box or five boxes for $1 sent by mail from Philadelphia. Sold by leading druggists.
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