24 Jun 1884
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1884
Page
1
Poetic reflection urges belief in the good in every soul and the power within us to shape life. It celebrates loving hearts that shed light and joy, thanking those gem-like influences. The piece concludes that any lack of happiness stems from our own faults.
A veteran Confederate sergeant nicknamed Zeb ferries a frightened group of soldiers and a lone child through a Federal raid. The boy, with a toy flag and red apple, softens the grizzled leader, who vows discipline yet protects the orphan as they slip toward safety behind blazing haystacks and a moonlit ridge.
A Mail reporter quotes a prominent uptown druggist exposing the mineral water trade. He says many bottled waters are worthless or injurious, sold as cures for blood, dyspepsia, kidneys, or skin. The sale thrives on fanciful styles and the idea that cures lie in European springs.
A visitor found tobacco smoke in Henry Ward Beecher’s library and asked whether he smoked. Beecher denied it but admitted his sons smoked, recalling a past attempt to quit. His son recalled a wartime gift of cigars from their father.
An old nurse states Acker's English Remedy is best for coughs croup diphtheria or bronchitis. The medicine is sold by Johnson and Siegfreid in the era context of patent remedies.
An advertisement touts Dr. Frazier’s Magic Ointment as a universal cure for boils burns sores cuts flesh wounds sore nipples corns chapped lips and blotches. It states price fifty cents and lists Johnson & Siegfried and FRAZIER MEDICINE CO as sellers and proprietors in Cleveland Ohio.
Advertisement states a guarantee for every box of Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets with prices at 25 and 50 cents sold by Johnson and Siegfried.
An old country woman attends her first opera and, after a few solos, the troupe merges to sing together. She quips that performers now sing as a chorus to rush the performance and keep the audience from noticing the missing individual attention.
A compositor proofing a wedding notice accidentally types the phrase the high con tradicting parties instead of the high contracting parties. The slip adds unintended irony to a formal notice and sparks quiet amusement among readers.
Tip Van Winkle slept a good while and would have recognized a longtime friend of the afflicted. Downs' Elixir gained reputation fifty years ago and remains a popular cough remedy. Baxter's bitters for bilious diseases, though not as old, are still considered good.
A brief note explains the term puts and calls in finance. It says the name arises from the broker calling the customer who then offers a response or action. The origin emphasizes the interactive nature of the trading ritual.
A quip notes that a car window resembles an oyster until one attempts to open it, highlighting a humorous mismatch between expectation and mechanism.
Advertisement promises Acker's English Remedy will stop night coughing with a money back guarantee. Prices listed as 10c 50c and 1.00. Sold by Johnson and Siegfried.
An advertisement urges readers to keep Zo-pe-sa on hand to resist malaria ague fevers head ache colds kidney disease pain in the side or back constipation or costiveness. It claims the remedy acts on the liver and stomach like magic and suggests a dose twice weekly.
An Ithaca resident argues Cayuga Lake hides volcano like craters that trap drowned bodies as depths and tides puzzle researchers. He cites Rulloff murders, subterranean rivers from Superior to Ontario, and repeated drownings while Seneca Lake shares the mysterious tides and similar depths.
A vintage medical advertisement promotes Shedd's little Mandrake Pills as the right remedy for biliousness and approaching sick headache. The copy urges use at first indications and notes A. W. Morcx and Acker's English Remedy for consumption, with Johnson & Seig fried selling at 1.00.
Mrs Dr Walton offers a long used medicine in private practice claiming it cures female monthly troubles. The product is mailed on receipt of 50 cents and sold by Johnson Siegfried and Fraizer Medicine Co. in Cleveland Ohio.
Local advertise for Acker’s English Remedy for coughs colds and consumption with sale on guarantee by Johnson and Sieg fried. Also promotes Joseph’s Oil for cramps stomach pain and cholera morbus at 25 cents by A W Morck.
The July issue notes fashion shifts from plain fabrics to varied trimmings with lace and embroidery. Black lace dresses over silks become fashionable, yoked bodices and plaited Norfolk bodices trend, and wraps grow smaller while long dust cloaks persist for travel. Bonnets favor front trimming and new bonnet flowers appear.
M L Blair of Scranton Pennsylvania fifth ward alderman stated on November 9, 1913 that he used Dr. Thomas Electric Oil for sprains burns cuts bruises and rheumatism and was cured every time.
An advertisement urges relief from chronic dyspepsia with Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets and promotes Johnson and Siegfried as the sellers. The copy frames stomach illness as a serious condition and offers a remedy.
Advertisement urges keeping Zo-pe-sa in the home to regulate bowels and system, prevent headaches and heartache, and improve general health. It claims Zo-pe-sa invigorates the Liver and makes the family happy, with Johnson & Siegfried named as sellers.
A Boston physician’s prescription product called Hub Cough Cure is advertised as a one dose cure for any ordinary cough. The 25 cent bottle is sold by Jounson & SLEGFRIED, described as dispensed for years by a Boston druggist and warranted to work.
A Vassar student recounts a Saturday outing with friends that led to a scarecrow encounter in a corn field. The girls fled in a panic and she barely managed to grab a piece of one coat skirt as a souvenir of the odd sight.
Advertisement offering Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets with a guarantee to relieve indigestion sour stomach or constipation. Sold by Johnson and Siegfried.
Eugene J. Hall proclaims a united nation with cheers and pride, calling the choice a triumph over discord and a rebirth of national harmony. The tone signals celebratory sentiment and public approval.
A firm keeps 24 steamships busy bringing fruit to a Brooklyn pier near Wall Street ferry. Imports sample two boxes each at noon sales, with buyers from across the Midwest. Oranges cost about two dollars per box landed. freight is 30 cents. Season runs December to June for oranges, then dries fruit trade until December. Raisins shipments reach about one million boxes in a month.
A humorous remark compares the bicycle rider to a South American state, noting he is perpetually on the brink of a revolution.
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