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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1882
Page
7
A Harper's Weekly style piece endorses milk for digestion and convalescence. It compares cow, goat, and ass milks, favors goat for convalescence, and advises small frequent doses, mixing with lime water and aerated water when needed. It notes milk's calming effect on coughs and lung irritation and warns on tempering with freshness.
A reporter recalls a debate over women barbers in St Louis with the wife of a shop owner as the only female barber. The interviews question women's strength and steadiness, the risk of romantic entanglements, and whether a woman belongs in a barber shop, with the husband asserting she will do. The scene shifts to Union Pier Michigan where Baxter's Mandrake Bitters are advertised.
A period column quotes a series of rural proverbs on race, class, politics, and wisdom. It blends dialect observations about politicians, ministers, and social roles with humorous and pointed maxims about love, deception, and education. The piece presents repeated stereotypes and vernacular humor of the era.
A paper presented before the Academy of Sciences on August 14 by Dr G Felizer asserts a cure for saccharine diabetes. He links artificial glycosuria and both intermittent and confirmed diabetes to irritation of the rachidian bulb, and says bromide of potassium sedates the bulb to halt sugar production, with large doses curing diabetes in weeks or months.
Ad copy style fragment praises teeth whitening with seaberry juice. Mentions a sale by A. J. Davis and quotes no specific person or event. Context suggests an old advertisement fragment with marketing tone and a humorous nod to Mark Twain.
An old newspaper ad promotes American Rheumatic Liniment as a effective remedy for rheumatism sprains bruises and summer complaints. It lists Walker Bros Warren Pa and local druggists as sellers. It also advertises Shilohs Cure for hacking cough and Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a Philadelphia address and A J Davis as seller.
For oil and farming purposes the following tracts in Warren county are offered for sale. The timber is to be removed except what is needed for development and fuel. Tracts include 264 205 263 9% 142 146 236 in Deeredel? and Eldred Township.
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