17 Jun 1884
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1884
Page
1
A poem reflects on the gleam of lanterns and the swift motion of wheels as the rider passes, contrasting the thrill of gliding with a girl’s sorrowful yearning. It urges readers to consider friends who have no steed and desire for that splendid motion.
In a wintry scene John Elton and Ella Wardour clash over a secret letter found in a sleigh. Elton burns the letter after a playful demand for its writer’s name, triggering Ella’s heartbreak and a family history revealed by Mrs. Singleton.
Mother Walton prescribes this valued medicine in private practice. It is an unfailing remedy for disorders of the female constitution and a sure cure for monthly troubles. Mailed on receipt of 50c. Sold by Johnson & Siegfrie d FRAZIER MEDICINE CO Prop’s Cleveland Ohio.
A Boston physician promotes Hub Cough Cure, sold by a local druggist for 25 cents per bottle. The ad claims a single dose cures any ordinary cough and that every bottle is warranted.
The passage touts Downs Elixir as a long tried cough remedy dating from fifty years past, suggesting Rip Van Winkle would recognize it as a familiar friend of the afflicted. It also mentions Baxter's bitters for bilious diseases as an earlier but still valued remedy.
Burdette of the Hawkeye suggests rail travel reforms to curb annoyances. He calls for a cattle car for tobacco chewers, a flat car for the open window air lover, and a dark box car for loud whistlers to vent their tunes away from other passengers.
An advertised ointment offered as the greatest blessing of the generation claiming to cure boils burns sores cuts flesh wounds sore nipples corns chapped lips and hands pimples and blotches. Sold by Johnson and Siegfried FRAZIER MEDICINE CO Cleveland Ohio at 50 cents.
A short perceptual note explains how the eye enlarges the upper part of letters and shows how turning the page exaggerates this effect. The piece closes with an advertisement claiming immediate relief from dyspepsia using Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets priced at 25 and 50 cents, sold by Johnson and Siegfried.
An article describes the base ball manufacturing trade medium sized scope in the United States. It outlines eight major factories supplying all balls, notes a boom from clothing houses giving baseballs as gifts, and explains the production from raw yarn and rubber cores to stitched horsehide covers by a crew of young women earning seven to nine dollars weekly.
A collage of anecdotes and witticisms on manners, politics, Lincoln memories, commonsense proverbs, and everyday gibes. It features a Kansas cowboy, a Pittsburg damsel, a Boston temperance joke, and a light scene with a domestic Bridget seeking better magazines.
Advertises Williams' Indian Pile Ointment as a cure for piles and itching with claims of instant relief. It states one box cures up to twenty years of suffering and notes it absorbs tumors and acts as a poultice. Sold by Johnson & Sieg fried and mailed on receipt of $1.
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