15 Jul 1884
Page 1
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1884
Page
1
The speaker recalls a rivalry ending in the rival’s victory and death. The poem laments that while the foe rests in a coffin, the speaker remains alive and cursed. It contrasts fortune and success with personal suffering and unrelenting guilt.
Milly Jones, a self taught dressmaker, builds a thriving atelier in a dingy basement to support her ailing parents and siblings. The four gowns for Miss Lapham and Miss Florence reveal jealousies, secrets, and a romance with George Baylies. Jenny, Milly’s helper, is chosen to model the gown, a moment that reveals past heartbreak and leads to a hopeful union.
A Free Press interview with a clothing clerk reveals the shop as a bustling theater of customers and mischief. The clothier laments rude and overconfident buyers especially ladies who test fabrics, while praising decisive shoppers who know what they want.
A Western jokester advises on liquor usage by proposing a wife as bar keeper and a scheme to drain finances. The piece reframes excessive drinking as a path to spousal profit. It closes with a note linking bad drainage to sickness and endorsing Burdock's Blood Bitters as a remedy.
An Historic advertisement touts Dr. Frazier’s Magic Ointment as a universal remedy for boils burns sores cuts flesh wounds sore nipples corns chapped lips and blotches. Johnson and Siegfried sell it with FRAZIER MEDICINE CO Cleveland Ohio also promoting Acker’s Blood Elixir as a remedy for eruptions sores pimples and rheumatism.
Mrs Dr Walton's Periodical Tea is promoted as a longtime private practice remedy for female disorders and monthly troubles. The advertisement claims it is a sure cure and offers mailing on receipt of 50 cents from Johnson & Siegfried, FRAZIER MEDICINE CO. Cleveland Ohio.
Piles advertisement touts a cure for blinding bleeding and itching piles. It claims one box may heal cases of twenty years and offers instant relief as an absorbent poultice. Sold by Johanson Siegried and mailed as to price one dollar from Frazier Medicine V. Prop’s Cleveland Ohio.
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