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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1885
Page
7
A Parkersburg Pa letter recalls a wildcat oil effort where two prospectors leased land for royalties and drilled through granite. A visiting expert advised reversing direction after inspecting rock strata in a sand pump tube, revealing surface oil indicators far below known sands. The venture cost investors about $2,600.
James Croak, a well known Davenport merchant, suffered a progression from sudden speech loss to complete blindness and deafness over years. He endured increasing head pain and facial twitching before dying after a two and a half inch thick brain tumor was found at autopsy. No skull injury or clear cause was identified.
A Hartford Times excerpt notes a pistol burst case from a Colt Navy revolver before metallic cartridges. It describes powder in chambers causing a lodged bullet and a split barrel with bulged sections. It also mentions a West Indies boy whose nose ulcers yielded two large teeth, observed during treatment.
The lines describe ossicles springing from the floor of the nostrils near the bony septum, freshly movable and apparently attached to the mucus memoriae, with little to no roots but large crowns.
Henry Andrews recalls engine No 56 pulling a passenger train from Nashville to Chattanooga. At Anderson Station a rattlesnake crawled into the cab, Jim Wilson fled, and the engineers and messengers shot the reptile dead. They reached Stevenson on time with no inquest.
A San Francisco note describes a mansion on California Street hosting amateur theatricals that end in a quarrel as a jealous husband disrupts the scene. The tale mixes stage dialogue with commentary about actors Augustina, Augustus, and Gubeino, culminating in the curtain being dropped amid chaos and laughter. Nearby items mention a Wiltshire estate sale and New Orleans artesian water finds.
An advertisement touts Hoon's Sarsaparilla as uniquely sharpening appetite and toning digestive organs. It lists price as one dollar for single bottles or six for five dollars, prepared by C J Hood & Co Apothecaries in Lowell Massachusetts. It also notes a historical aside about Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy and its branding history.
An old promotional note urges taking all available medicines for organs and ailments to prove Dittera’s superior curative powers. It claims comprehensive health benefits from a blend of tonics for kidneys liver blood nerves and digestion and promises positive results after a thorough trial.
J. W. Morey of Buffalo recounts a five year struggle with kidney and liver disease plus rheumatism. After seven bottles of Hop Bitters, the liver hardness and leg swelling vanished and his health improved, avoiding a possible grave outcome.
A testimonial from a WOORFINGMAN credits Hop Bitters with lifting debt, poverty, and years of illness in a sick family. He urges poor men to try it, claiming a month’s use healed the family and prevented further sickness, contrasting with costly medical bills. Also mentions railway timetables and a Pittsburgh Female College prospectus from 1885.
To the people of this county we would say we have been given the Agency of Dr Marechist s Italian Clie Ointment emphatically guaranteed to cure internal external blind bleeding itching piles price four cents bos 0 cos rt cee ok a
A sequence of law firm names and office addresses is provided. It lists Attorneys at Law on Second Street over First National Bank, Dinsmoor Cable on Water Street Scofield block, Wetmore Noyes Hinckley, Cornelius in Scofield Block Fron Street, Osmer Freeman office on Second Street near Tudge Johnson’s Exchange, Scofield Liberty Street.
Dr J M Davies homopathic physician on Liberty street opposite Baptist church. Office and residence with telephone at residence. Dr Richard Stewart operates from his drug store corner Second and Liberty streets with telephone connections. Dr E D Preston lomopathic pillsigia office on Third street near Fe church. Residence on High Street near corner of Liberty with telephone connections.
Hotels and restaurants listed name Enchange E Hotel proprietors G H Leonnart Boter King Walkerman Williams Schwing with meals and rates. Newly built establishments advertise proximity to depot suspension bridge and First National Bank opposite. Meals served before departures and at all hours. luncheon and wedding catering noted.
Barbers and hair dressers at Gas Mall on Liberty Street offer hair cutting and shaving services for six cents. The stall at 305 Second Street, second door from the car, fourth door from Liberty, promises satisfactory and expeditious service.
Miscellaneous items mention Diben N Ford Post and Wm A Greaves with a portrait painter. C Smith & Son advertise boots and shoes. A studio offers boat lines and rubber items. Opposite the meeting place an Episcopal church and a National Bank are noted, with address clues and faded details.
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