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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1882
Page
3
A lively collage of whimsical lines and jokes from a bygone page, including a playful arithmetic puzzle on voice velocity from a mother to a son, tender bits about affection at a garden wall, a vaccination scene with a daughter’s last kiss to mom, musical chatter about Sullivan, and a quip about a tiger and a tree.
Signor Schiaparelli, director at Milan’s Royal Observatory, notes repeated observations of dark linear features on Mars. He calls them canals, comparing them to long sea routes cut through Martian continents, reviving the question of life on the planet.
A claimed cure for piles and related itching is advertised by Henry & Co. Cleveland Ohio for Dr William's Indian Pile Ointment. The ad cites a testimonial from J M Coffinberry of Cleveland commending immediate relief. Sold by L G Noyes or mailed for $1.00.
A Milwaukee Sun item asserts Senator Sawyer paid his daughters 25 000 each after they cooked dinner, a tale countered by Stillwater Gazette with a tale of promise and firing a hired girl. It notes Ohio Republicans push a Know Nothing style foreigner measure, while a grandchild quips about honesty. Drug ads from Zeeland and Clarkston conclude the column.
An advertisement touts a thirty day trial of Dr Kye’s Celebrated Electro Voltaic Belts and other electric appliances for nervous debility and vigor restoration, claiming rapid relief and broad cures including rheumatism neuralgia paralysis and organ issues with a free illustrated pamphlet from Voltaic Belt Co Marshall Michigan. Also promoted Malt Bitters as a tonic for consumption and emaciation, and Cuticura remedies for skin diseases with both external and internal products.
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