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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1887
Page
4
A young man confronts family entitlement and a failing estate. Miss Everett reveals she already mans the house and hints the inheritance should not go to waste. He shifts from idle life to overseeing tenants, rents, and poverty to improve their lives.
A merchant recalls opening a store in isolation then partnering in rivalry with a neighbor. After painting doors blue and green they baited customers by critiquing each other, creating a bustling trade and eventual wealth over about a dozen years. The anecdote underscores that competition bred success.
An excerpt from Pall Mall Gazette quotes JT on resisting luxury, preferring simple life in Africa, and using tobacco as focus. He notes starting smoking at twenty five, then pipe use in Africa, and recalls smoking to steady nerves before a Congo voyage where a battle followed for hours. Livingstone is mentioned as never smoking.
Two girls argued loudly when Jones entered the scene and went unobserved at first. One girl called him mean and hateful while the other defended him. Jones coolly joined the discussion, saying he did not mind and claiming to be a choir member.
A 19th century style medical salve ad offers cures for cuts bruises sores ulcers fever sores tetter chapped hands and piles with no cure no pay. It claims guaranteed perfect satisfaction or money refunded and lists price at 25 cents per box. Sold by A W Morck.
The homeliest and handsomest in Warren are invited to call on L G Noyes for a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs. The remedy is claimed to cure chronic and acute coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption and is sold at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
The Chicago Tribune outlines constructing a home hotbed using mixed manure for heat, a three sash frame, glass covering, and wooden frame. It explains sowing in hills, managing temperature around 60 to 70 degrees, careful watering and ventilation, then pricking out into a cold frame for early vegetables and flowers.
Buckwheat is a crop few farmers like to sow unless they own land. Adulteration with wheat flour or canaille reduces quality, and hulling improves flour yield. Pancakes digest better with coarsely ground flour. buckwheat sells well as flour. Old processes yield more digestible flour but less flour per bushel.
Chattanooga dealer D A Bradford reports a severe lung cold cured after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He now uses it for his family and touts thousands saved by the remedy. Trial bottles are available free at A W Merck’s Drug Store. Old papers for sale remain.
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