27 Jan 1885
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1885
Page
1
The verse laments a year’s losses and hidden hopes beneath snow while asking how many will rise in May. It then shifts to a speaker boasting of crime for wealth, imagining political gain and office seeking amid election near. Also notes the Peerless lamp black factory rebuild in Ludlow Pennsylvania with new buildings and better machinery.
A healthy looking woman asks about chest soreness then the doctor urges mouth closure as essential. The piece extols nasal breathing, noting nasal air is warmer and better for the lungs, with references to animals and natural living. It ends by promoting Blodgett's Balm as a universal remedy in drugstores.
Promoters tout Acker's English Remedy and Has Cough Cure with 25 cent bottles through Johnson & Siegfried. L. G. Noyes and Geo. P. Orr & Co advertise groceries and flour prices. American Grocer notes 1870–1885 price declines across sugar, rice, tea, lard, coffee, butter, cheese, wheat, flour, corn, tomatoes.
The February issue of Godeys Lady's Book and Harper's Magazine is praised for abundant features including Miss Woolson's East Angels and At the Red Glove. Reviews cover public interest debates, political questions, and a Century issue with Grant on Shiloh and new fiction. The piece also surveys dress trends, fabrics, colors, and accessories for the season.
An advertisement urges readers to ask Johnson and Siegfried for Hup Cough Cure, praising its quick action and noting a price of 25 cents. The copy emphasizes astonishment at its speed.
L G Noyes asserts indigestion prepares for disease while praising Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for all forms of indigestion.
A 25c bottle of Dr Blodgett’s Magnetic Balm is advertised as more effective than a dollar’s worth of competing remedies for stomach pains neuralgia earache toothache sore throat and cold symptoms. Sold by all druggists.
A brief notice states that job printing is a specialty handled at the Main office, highlighting services offered and location for orders.
An advertisement promotes Zo pesa as a stimulant for the liver and digestion. It claims benefits for headaches sluggish digestion and low energy and offers a 25 cent sample from Johnson and Siegfried.
A collage of miscellany on word usage and vocabulary Ayn the limits of language. It notes Shakespeare Milton and Bible word counts, then shifts to household habits a Dutch thimble origin a claim about eating at night and a humorous railroad anecdote and closing admonition on public behavior.
Brief medical tip notes that in case of a hard cold nothing relieves breathing quickly like rubbing Arnica and Oil Liniment on the chest.
A wide-ranging list reports discoveries and incidents from Ontario to Georgia. Items include a nine decades salt bed in Bothwell, free postal service in Salt Lake City, Nevada senators, college presidencies, cremations in Lancaster, factory moves, governors’ deaths, a centenarian's death, a $850000 factory offer, murder investigations, severe accidents, political resignations, royal affections, and notable fraud indictments. Also noted are blizzards in Texas, a Wisconsin church plan, strikes, fires, drownings, and forthcoming exhibits and legal actions.
Higher prices shown for corn oats and provisions with pork lower and lard steady. Cattle trade shows steady demand with steers ranging from 4.10 to 6.00 dollars and hogs firm at 4.20 to 4.75 per hundredweight. Livestock milk and dairy quotes indicate creamery and dairy prices around 9.82 and 18 to 22 cents per pound respectively.
Market notes show mixed Western spot prices for corn with references to daily figures and surrounding context. Details appear garbled but indicate price movement and commodity trading activity across March and April.
Milwaukee market pages show corn steady at 87 for No 2 with firm bids. Wheat prices firm around 27440 while oats hold near 62 for No 1. Barley advances to 534 for No 2 amid January and February listings.
Frail entries show mixed signals from the market with pork steady at 12.25 dollars per unit while lard remains firm at 6.75 pounds. Bulk meats trade around 4.75, bacon at 7.121 and 47.40, with other items including firm or weak movements across staples and provisions.
In St Louis prices show higher and lower marks for barley pork and lard with mixed notes on January and February futures. Baltimore reports Western higher on No 2 winter Red Spot January and February prices. Boston area reports looms of demand for wool and fleece with Ohio and Pennsylvania fleece quotes at 82 55 cents and Michigan fleece at 82 3/4 cents.
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