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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1885
Page
3
A West Philadelphia businessman receives a telegram from his wife’s servant stating that his wife has another chill. The miscommunication leads to sudden alarm and a tense scene as he hurries home amid confusion and concern.
A telegram confusion over a supposed child caused a stir at Kin Diggdey's residence. The telegraph operator, after clearing the misreading, prepared cigars and breathed relief, realizing a chill rather than a child prompted the dispatch.
Dr M Baker of Rixford Pennsylvania died after a long somatic ordeal tied to a caterpillar swallowed in custard six years earlier. Recurrent throat pain and neck swelling followed in three month intervals until death. The case baffled physicians and the victim was sixty.
A West Done man nicknamed Beaton is described as frugal and skilled at splitting matches with a knife. He works hard on crackers and milk, frequents his kitchen for fumes from a roasting chicken, and supposedly saved about $1,000 for his daughter by charging her board. His son died leaving the daughter an inheritance.
A Liverpool man and a thoughtful U S woman pursued philosophy and science via letters after a brief meeting in America. Their exchange used Athene to guide Eros as telegraphy and the Atlantic cable facilitated an offer of marriage, which the lady accepted, marking a notable precedent in distant courtship.
The piece touts Hoop's Sirsa Parilla as a remarkable proprietary remedy with widespread home use and ongoing weekly evidence of its curative properties, claiming it has achieved unprecedented local success.
An advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a balanced vegetable tonic improving digestion liver kidneys stomach bowels and blood circulation. It advises pairing with Hood's Pills for ten days and cites a city ex alderman praising its strength. Bottle price is one dollar with six for five dollars. Manufactured by C I Hood & Co Lowell Mass. Use Hoop's Toorn-Powper.
A historical excerpt argues against turning articles into advertisements and promotes Hop Bitters as a plain, honest remedy. It claims favorable notices across papers and asserts the hop plant’s virtues, praising the product’s efficacy and proprietors' skill.
A widow recounts her daughter’s eleven years of kidney liver rheumatic and nervous illness endured on a bed of misery. Doctors failed to help until Hop Bitters was used, praised as a simple remedy. The ad warns readers to avoid fake bottles and look for a green hops bunch on the white label.
Attorneys at Law list firm names and multiple office locations on Water Street Scofield Clock Scofield Block Fran Store and Labouty Street with partners Osmer Freeman Dinsmoor Cable Noyes Hinckley Junga softald and Wetmore.
Doctors listed include J M Davies a clomcepathic physician with office on Liberty street opposite the Baptist church and telephone at residence. RICHARD B STEWART and ED PRESTON advertise home remedies and a drug store office on Third street near Liberty, with telephony connections and multiple residence addresses noted.
A collection of hotel and restaurant notices listings: Mrs Bperger Proprieties rates per day near the depot meals served before train departure Curwer House Jmes Oo Woking proprietress LaPierre Restaurant L Walker Man near the suspension bridge Menta and meals Adelphia Kitchen G Bowih AMS proprietor private chefs and carved dishes on menu Wed special for events Up to: Hilton? mark and Baird Bank Chas Schaing restaurant opposite Warren Savings Bank meals served at all hours
Barber shop notices list Lou Meyer Gus Mull and Ed Moll with addresses near the suspension bridge and Liberty Street. Includes rough references to Palace Barber Shop at 407 Lis to do hair and Fourth door from corner, with unclear directions and expeditions.
An eclectic misc item listing portrait painter Wm. A. Greaves and C Sumia & Son with regular processes to order. A shoe and boot dealer advertises boots and rubber goods next to the National Bank, at the second ward near gold horseshoes, Me.
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