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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1886
Page
7
A long column offers humorous courtesies for wives toward husbands, urging patience at home, avoiding nagging, and practical tips on managing domestic tasks. It blends light sociable counsel with a poker tale illustrating risk, debts, and social expectations surrounding gentlemanly behavior and responsibility.
A Washington poker game on March 1 ended in a $3000 loss for one player and leads to a civil suit to recover a $300 promissory note. Richard L. Hull of the Murray Hill Hotel is named as defendant. Hull came to push an electric light project and joined a party with Michael T. Danaher, a Kentucky breeder, and a West man called Judge. Champagne and cigars flowed as the five-dollar limit game progressed.
Boston police unveil a sensational diary of Jane Weldon alias Smith alias Martin alias Josephine E Raymond found among stolen goods in Everett. The document recounts decades of thefts across Boston and New York, detailing traps evaded, daily routines, and the diarist’s chaotic life from 1854, with observations on weather and meals alongside lists of loot and criminal anecdotes.
A fragmented advertisement style piece touts Castoria for children and Adams’ Acker’s Blond Elixir for blood disorders, along with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Dr King’s New Discovery. Mentions of Harter, Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy, and various tonics appear amid testimonials and notices about catarrh, rheumatism, and indigestion. The passage cites patients and doctors, urging purchases and trials.
A Warrenton boy silences in a pantry mystery at a country aunt's table. When asked about the vanished jar of preserves the boy finally reveals his father's rule that he must not speak at the table.
In Olean a woman described relief from neuralgia after using Gilmore's Aromatic Wine for the blood. She claimed six months of suffering ended and recommended the remedy to others, noting prior use of the product.
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