06 May 1884
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1884
Page
1
A speaker recalls orderly moves from post to post to serve the country, detailing packing, sorting of books and letters, and the slow farewell as trunks and bags travel away. Latin mottoes punctuate the resolve, while the empty rooms echo the loss of familiar space and daily life.
Gertie shares a plan to write her life story to warn others and reflect on past sorrow. The tale opens with her husband Archie urging optimism while she recalls early ruin and a sudden orphaned start after her mother’s death. Erin
In the library confrontations unfold as Gertie learns her father failed in speculation and died, leaving her guardian Uncle to shield her from destitution. He assures her of a home with him, while she recalls a once-happy past and her mother's comforting faith.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch correspondent describes a Capitol tour where a Representative introduces Great Objector Holman to companions. He jokes that Holman’s son is the city’s quintessential dude, noting his oversized shoes, tall hat, tight pantaloons, and a life spent smoking and waving a cane.
An old classified style notice promotes Acker's celebrated English Remedy promising to cure colds and coughs. It claims to resist malaria fevers headaches kidney pain and constipation with Lope-sa taken twice a week and acting on the liver and stomach like magic.
A young German woman on a Third Avenue elevated train at Grand Street tries to fit a baby between seat partitions and fails, the baby crying as the mother jokes that the back bone must not be straight. Passengers laugh as she pulls the child into her lap and mocks the situation.
L. G. Noyes, the Druggist, offers Dr. Besanko's Pile Remedy as an absolute cure for piles and skin diseases at 50 cents with a guarantee. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets provide immediate relief priced at 25 and 50 cents. Sold by Johnson & Siegfried.
At an Ohio reception Col Dudley recalls dancing with three German girls by an old Dutch oven during a picket patrol before Gettysburg. An old man with a fiddle started a spontaneous dance that boosted morale, before a later battle ended his dancing with a leg wound.
Acker's Blood Elixir is promoted as a cure all for tainted blood and skin ailments including scrofula ulcers boils and pimples with Johnson and Sieg fried selling the product.
A public benefactor says two bottles of Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic cured Biliousness dyspepsia and headaches for years. He praises the remedy restoring health and calls the compounder a benefactor. Claims blood cleansing kidney and backache cures and invites readers to obtain the memorandum book.
A miscellany of quips and vignettes reflecting social mores, humor, and morals. Short anecdotes touch on love, marriage, luck, religious wit, and travel misadventures, with mentions of Mark Twain, Ex-Gov. English, a Louisville dress ban, and patent remedies for consumption and skin issues.
Advertisement for Williams Indian Pile Ointment claims instant relief from piles and itching. One box supposedly cures long standing cases and absorbs tumors. Sold by Johnson Siegfield and mailed on receipt of price one dollar. FRAZIER MEDICINE Co. Cleveland Ohio.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr. Frazier's magic ointment as the greatest blessing of the generation and a sure cure for boils burns sores cuts flesh wounds sore nipples corns chapped lips and hands pimples and blotches. Sold by Johnson and Siegfried in Cleveland Ohio.
Acker's Blood Elixir is advertised as guaranteed to cure inherited or contracted blood poisoning. Sold by John son and Siegfried. Saratoga High Rock Spring Water marketed for sale through all druggists.
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