13 Dec 1881
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1881
Page
1
A sick child named Tom suffers a severe fever with a doctor diagnosing malaria-tis. The physician prescribes thrice daily Dextro-Qu and a cautious course begins. Grandmother attributes illness to smoking, challenging the diagnosis.
The lengthy narrative describes four fiends corrupting earth via vineyard, grain, dairy, and music inspired revelry, leading to murder, drunken excess, and damnation. Dr. Talmage condemns inebriety outlining its social harms and imagined hellish outcomes, followed by assorted notes on 1881 news and travels.
A 19th century snippet extols kindness as the top cross for cows, followed by good feed and care. It notes potatoes spoil in sun or light and praises Ely Balm Cream for catarrh remedies with testimonials from Pittston and Easton readers in 1879.
A folk saying from the Little Rock Gazette contrasts drink and water care, warns against tight souls hurting the spirit, and notes heedlessness drawing Christ, prosperity prayers lacking sincerity, and fear of grave depth to a child. It ends with a preference for one leg rheumatism over both.
A Free Press vignette mocks public sneezing by contrasting reactions from a fashionably late pair, a sedate matron, a pained man, a clutching cadaverous figure, and a jovial fat man. The piece playfully notes how each observer responds to a sneeze in public spaces.
Bill Nye lampoons coal delivery hardships and home misery when a wagon driver tramples fences, pets, and property in a comical uproar. The piece blends frustration with comic images of steers, gardens, and childish cheer, ending with a pledge that such actions violate gentlemanly standards.
A German chemist’s claim that first rate brandy can be made from sawdust prompts broad speculation in a local exchange. A temperance friend warns of easy drunkenness via simple materials, while Mrs Nimbletung and Nimbletung back redemption. R D Bartlett, the Cutter, at G I Mead's Hickory street store referenced.
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