12 Aug 1884
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1884
Page
1
A reflective poem recounting Arctic exploration, noting nineteen dead and six returning, praising the achievement of marking four miles ahead of prior British records and honoring the explorer who raised the flag in the frozen North.
A family in hardship forms a laundry business to support their mother and fund a missing father’s return. Christie Marta and Louise reorganize their talents turning washing ironing and mending into a growing enterprise that attracts customers and a romance with Fred Van Cort while their brother and society note their rise with pride.
Mr Beecher spoke with feeling at Plymouth last Friday about dissensions in Dr Newman's Madison avenue Congressional church. He warned that quarrels in churches show infidelity at heart and urged believers to bear one another's burdens. He prayed for the divided congregation and its pastor.
A vintage ad promotes Dr Frazier’s Magic Ointment as a universal cure for boils burns sores cuts flesh wounds sore nipples corns chapped lips hands pimples. Sold by Johnson and Siegfried with FRAZIER MEDICINE CO Cleveland Ohio.
Mr George F Kunz contributes to The Mineral Resources of the United States noting systematic gem mining only at Paris Maine and Stony Point North Carolina with surface gathering widespread sapphires moss agate and agate in Lake Superior Sapphires rubies garnets tourmaline and hiddenite occur across New Mexico Arizona Southern Colorado Maine and other areas Values cited include about 50000 to 65000 for tourmaline from Mt Mica and 40000 annual sales for rock crystal plus local varieties nicknamed Take George or Cape May diamonds
A fifty year reminiscence recalls young Charles Spurgeon filling a village pulpit despite a host's doubt. He delivers a sharp lesson on gray hair and righteousness, then earns praise as the sauciest dog in the pulpit. A banquet in Austin features Gov. Lubbock and a Texan hotel joke about cash in advance.
Advertisement notes that Acker's Dyspepsia Sablets provide immediate relief with prices at 25 and 50 cents. Sold by Johnson & Siegfried.
A reminiscence recalls a boyhood episode with tobacco chewing, a night at Dan the colored man’s cabin, and the lesson learned after attempting to spit and chew. The piece wanders through sayings, jokes, and vignettes on manners, fashion, and everyday life in a 19th century community.
An office worker recalls a winter Greene party where he took a girl riding. Thirteen years later a former guest reappears in his store, claiming a 40 cent horse-baiting bill from the party, and the man asks him to settle before he leaves.
An old lineman recalls a covert stunt by George Riley who carried a secret wire from a director's room. He set a mouse trap to deliver a mouse through a speaking tube then used a string to pull the wire down three stories so the wire could be drawn into the room below.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment claims to absorb tumors and soothe itching for piles and private-area irritation. Sold by Johnson & Siegfried in Cleveland Ohio with mail order availability and a testimonial from M L Blair Blair Alderman Scranton Pa noting success since 1913.
An ad notes Hub Cough Cure promises relief for stubborn coughs with a 25 cent price. Johnson & Siegfried sell the preparation while Wendlebee offers custom window shades.
Dr Frazier's Root Bitters described as strictly medicinal not a dram shop product. They claim to act on the Liver and Kidneys, maintain bowel regularity, and cleanse the blood. Sold by Johnson and Siegfried for $1.
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