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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1887
Page
2
A photographer at Fort Wingate New Mexico tries to photograph a Navajo baby. The infant hides behind brushes outwitting the camera, then recedes toward the hut as the man stumbles to get a final shot. The author notes native infant instinct contrasts with civilized children.
An ex employee recalls a demented patient at Buffalo State insane asylum gripping his coat and refusing to release the coat with an iron grip requiring three men and a woman to loosen the hold. The account highlights the unusual power of the lunatics. The Buffalo Courier notes a monument planned for Capt. Crawford who was shot by a Mexican troop while pursuing Geronimo last summer.
A long testimonial style ad touts Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a universal remedy for female weakness and debility. It cites multiple endorsements from ministers and locals across New York and Wisconsin, claims rapid cures, and urges purchase from A. W. Morck & Co. with 128 doses for $1. The copy emphasizes beauty, vigor, and blood nourishment as key benefits.
The Secretary maintained daily public receptions, prioritizing soldiers and those with urgent needs. Col Hardie managed leads, selecting cases for private attention, while the Secretary calmly screened attendees at a bush desk, offering moral remarks and private appeals when needed.
Dr John D Meers of Naugatuck renowned as a skillful physician who paid with farm produce and rarely billed. He treated farmers extensively, avoided heavy medicines, and trusted nature plus simple diets. He visited patients at odd hours, offered practical advice, and valued patient welfare above fees, per Waterbury American.
The Observer in Philadelphia Call portrays the newsboy as a notch above the ordinary gamin. He is sharper, better informed, and more unscrupulous, with quick wit and firm current events opinions, able to outpace adults in encounters.
The St. Peters burg czar appears torn between society boredom and empress delight as portraits show no fixed expression. Observers note his growing ease away from the palace in Gatschina with family, while his immense strength and stubborn tenacity remain undeniable.
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts bruises sores chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions with a guarantee or money back. Priced at 25 cents a box and sold by A W Merck.
A Philadelphia Call opinion extols the scissors editor as a skilled craftsman. It argues that clipping requires careful judgment, memory, and pacing to serve daily readership, recasting sentences, pruning redundancies, and creating cohesive heads and subheads while preserving consistency across departments.
A London corresp. to the New York Mail and Express recalls Isandlwana and the death of Napoleon III's son. The prince, young and brave, lay naked on the bloodied field, wounded, with a gold chain and locket bearing his mother's image. His body was recovered and sent to the empress. The passage links his baptism of fire at Spicheren with a later death on a distant battlefield.
A Hamburg court ruled a physician must be paid in full for galvanism sessions despite no evident benefit. The patient merchant paid for 445 treatments totaling 556 dollars, with the medical board suggesting patient consent stop after fifty sessions. The ruling echoes the idea that one must pay for a newspaper as long as it is delivered.
A Boston Herald notice recalls a short lived social club named the Manicure Club. Ten members gather weekly to assess nails, hear a paper on hand care, and conclude with a luncheon that popularizes nail culture.
Maj. O M L Wilson recounts the Grand Army of the Republic was founded in Indianapolis in August 1861 by Gen. Robert E. Foster with twelve initiates including J. H W Holliday and C. A. Zollinger. He notes Stephenson’s explanation and the Pittsburg soldiers convention of September 1860 where Foster’s adjutant general organized the GAR across eight states.
An advertiser offers carpet weaving including striped and hit-or-miss carpets with prices per yard and invitation to visit his residence near Warren or drop items at local express offices. Also advertised are a complete engine and tooling set for sale and fifty acres of farming land on the Main road in Glade township with good water and abundant wood. Enquiries invited.
George Doane, a foreman at Goodger & Naylor's shoe factory, writes of sudden neuralgic pain in December 1885. After three days on Dr Pardee's Remedy he walks, gains weight, and remains free of pain, asserting rheumatism is a blood disease and offering his endorsement.
Mr E W Howell of No 2 College Street reports forty years of rheumatic pain in hips knees and arms cured after using ten bottles of Dr Pardee's Remedy He has not felt rheumatic pain since He urges readers to ask their druggist for Pardee's Remedy priced at 1 per bottle six for 5 from Pardee Medicine Co Rochester N Y
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