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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1887
Page
2
In an interview the radiant actress laments filthy cramped out of town dressing rooms and cockroach infestations. She recalls cold cramped spaces, missing doors, peeping tom fears, and walls covered with crude graffiti while criticizing managers for neglecting performers' comfort and safety.
A Victorian advertisement extols Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a universal cure for female weakness and nervous exhaustion, claiming cures for coughing and complexion, with testimonials from Mrs. Loomis and Mrs. McIntyre. It touts 128 doses for $1 and lists A W Morek & Co. as the sellers, urging mothers and middle aged men to use the product.
A humorous San Francisco Chronicle piece diagrams drummers as a pervasive, elusive force shaping places, peoples, and eras. It parodies archeology’s grand patterns, notes drummers’ knack for disguise and influence, and ends with a comic portrait of the itinerant musician as an honest yet troublesome nuisance.
A Chicago Times description portrays Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marching with a plain blue suit and unlighted cigar, his eyes fixed forward, a reserved yet firm demeanor. The crowd shows reverent curiosity as he passes, with his son Fred, twelve, riding alongside in a compact retinue.
A New York miserly physician who died recently left hundreds of empty bottles and packages in his room. He had lived for months on sample cereal foods wines malt preparations koumiss and tonics obtained by claiming he would need large quantities. His diet may have caused a gastric disease that led to his death.
An elder says a young person should thank the gentleman who gave his seat. The reply notes his potential dependents and a fear the shack might be too large for him, revealing a quaint merchant or domestic quip from the Pittsburg Dispatch.
A fragmentary verse praises a Boston woman with sculptor like love, dove soft speech and anchorite calm, her eyes described as special and famed. The quotation suggests admiration of her features and charm in a lyrical tone.
In a downtown saloon crowds dine at a free lunch offered noon to 2 PM with a soup, beef, and bread for a few cents per drink. Patrons include workers, clerks, lawyers, and even out of work teachers, while some locals view the lunches as charity. The owner notes they never turn away a hungry-looking patron but eject loafers, and claims lunches help worthy people more than charity.
A New York Star anecdote recalls a starving coal hand on a Jersey City ferry who begged for a night’s aid, received cash and help, then sobbed in shame. The narrator cautions against quick judgments of workers on strike.
The inventor sought a patent for an improved chestnut bell with an elastic band attached to the waistcoat. A miniature rat runs across the wearer's breast and stops before the victim, with the word rats in white on black on the rat. The patent examiner declined to grant rights for the word rats but approved the other features. Washington Star.
A dealer in legerdemain reports letters from fools seeking magical metal making or endless lottery wins. A St. Louis man named John Kastner asked to buy stamps and books on conjuring to win prizes every time. The piece also notes Dr. Talmage as a joker and John Ruskin on civilization shaping ironclads.
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