Century in 1885 previews and authors
The Century announces a 1885 series with Beauregard led sketches and private recollections. It promises accuracy with numerous images and plans. November will bring new works by W. D. Howells Henry James and Grace Denio Litchfield plus stories by Stockton Boyesen Janvier Hawthorne and others.
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Century
Gen
Grant
Vicksburg
Shiloh
Longstreet
McClellan
Beauregard
Rosecrans
Hill
Admiral Porter
Battle of
Bull Run
G. T. Beauregard
W. D. Howells
Henry James
Grace Denio Litchfield
Weekend church services across denominations listed
The schedule lists Episcopal, Baptist, Presbyterian, Metropolis, Lutheran, Evangelical, Scandinavian and Catholic pastors with service times. Each denomination holds morning and evening services, plus Sunday school or catechism at specified hours.
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Episcopal
A. W. Ryan
Baptist
E. D. Hammond
Presbyterian
Perry
Allen
W. W. Painter
Ph. Doerr
L. M. Boyer
N. G. Johnson
Father de la Roque
Father Berbigier
Fraternal Lodge Meetings Listed in Local Halls
A roundup of fraternal and service organization meetings scheduled weekly in various halls. EBEN N.Forp Post K of H LabAN Lodge 52 and North Star Lodge 241 AM at Library building and nearby venues. Regular gatherings of I O O F Warren Lodge 339 and K of P Warren Lodge 481 also noted.
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Eben N.forp
H. Hall
Laban Lodge
Carver House
North Star Lopge
A.Y. M
Thanksgiving Ode to the Harvest and Land
A commemorative poem celebrates abundant harvests and the nation’s bounty. It thanks God for sun and rain and the labor that supports farmers, workers, artists, and builders, praising liberty, home, and faith from sea to sea.
Blaine Reflects on Irish German Support in NY Vote
The Boston Journal's Augusta correspondent quotes former candidate James G. Blaine on the New York count, praising Irish and Irish American backing for tariffs and noting strong German support in the West. He cites Prohibitionists' impact, rain delaying rural voters, and the slim final margin that could have flipped with a fair day.
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Boston Journal
Augusta
James G. Blaine
New York
Mr. Blaine
Blaine
Patrick Ford
Gen. Kerwin
The
Tablet
Alexander Sullivan
John Finerty
Sullivan
Toledo
Frank Hurd
Boston
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Ohio
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Markbreit
Kauffman
Praetorius
St. Louis
St. John
Rules for Winter Health and Comfort
The text offers practical winter health advice. It instructs never to go to bed with cold or damp feet, avoid warm drinks before going into cold air, and not lean on cold surfaces. It advises keeping breakfast before journeys, avoiding riding after exertion, regular bathing, and warming the back safely. It warns hoarseness and throat issues from overuse and cold air, and stresses nasal breathing, neck and chest protection, and avoiding prolonged exposure to wind or ice.
Correcting slang and language in youth and society
A reader laments casual speech among children and parents and urges teachers to correct slang and misuses. The piece contrasts refined speech with common phrases, criticizes excessive adjectives, and notes how upbringing shapes language. It ends with a health advertisement for Dr. Thomas Electric Oil as a cure for croup and colds.
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Clara
To cough or not to cough settled with 25c Hus Cough Cure
A quaint ad declares the dilemma of coughing resolved by a 25 cent bottle of Hus Cough Cure. It invites readers to ask Johnson and Siegfried for more details.
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Ask Johnson & Siegfried
Ludlow Echoes on Politics Religion and Local Life
The column blends political opinion on tariffs and party lines with local notes from Ludlow. It lampoons Democrats and praises Republicans, mentions Captain Birch and Solomon, praises school discipline by rod, notes teachers Laura Warner and Clara Marsh, and recalls a fireworks purchase by the postmaster amid election cheer.
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St. John
Arthur
St. Paul
Apostle
Mercury
Lemuel
Neptune
Senate
Carter
Union City
North Warren Hospital
Thos. K. Beecher
Annie
Wetmore
James G. Blaine
Roscoe Conkling
Birch
Solomon
Rod
Laura Warner
Wilcox
Ludlow
Clara Marsh
Bates
Sol
Warren
James A. Anderson
Petersons Magazine December offering praised for quality reading
The December issue of Peterson's Magazine is praised as a superb Christmas number with over a hundred pages of reading, two steel plates, a colored pattern, and many wood-cuts. Harper's Magazine December features Christmas topics by Warner and Curtis, with numerous illustrations and notable articles from Cooley and Hume. The Century Company lists bound volumes of their magazines for 1884 at varying prices, highlighting St Nicholas and Baby World editions.
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Psice
Peterson
Harper’s Magazine
George William Curtis
Charles Dudley Warner
Curtis
Warner
England
Century Company
Century
Russia
St. Nicholas
Baby World
Union Square
N. Y
North American Review
T. M. Cooley
Michigan
Wm. K. Ackerman
Dr. Schliemann
Tiryus
Greece
Shairp
House of Lords
George Ticknor Curtis
John F. Hume
Houghton, Bernard, Weguelin
Paget
London
Abbey
Dielman
Miller
Gibson
Titian
E. P. Roe
Nature
Women and Higher Education Shape Public Opinion
The article notes liberal editorial support for women’s higher education and suffrage. It cites The Sun and New York papers praising equal educational opportunities, argues for women pursuing careers beyond marriage, and laments that many well-off families fail to fund college for daughters while praising those who do.
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MAIL
Vassar
The
Sun
England
Atlantic
Great Britain
Lord Beaconsfield
Woodale
United Kingdom
New York
They Gauge Civil Service Fights at Political Rally
Washington correspondent reports old Confederate officer with a $500000 cotton claim believes payment will come with Cleveland. Hundreds seek offices as Bourbons vow no Civil Service reform. Indiana Governor elect Gray noted, mugwumps shunned, niggers warned away. Humorous notes amid tense patronage clash.
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Washington Corr
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Elect Gray
Indiana
Saratoga
Register Bruce
The
Treasury
Acker's English Remedy Promises Cure for Consumption
L. G. Noyes asserts that Acker's English Remedy has cured contracted consumption and offers a guaranteed, entirely new medicine with a circular available upon request.
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L. G. Noyes
Acker
Frazier's Root Bitters Offered by Johnson & Siegfried
Dr Frazier's Root Bitters advertised as a medicinal tonic not a dram shop product. It reportedly acts on the liver and kidneys and cleanses the blood and system of impurities. Sold for $1.
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Frazier’s Root
Johnson & Siegfried
Patent nostrums and elixirs pitched in early ads
The passage urges readers to ask L. G. Noyes about Acker's Blood Elixir claimed to cleanse blood and cure chronic diseases. It defends Arnica and Oil Liniment as nonoffensive and non staining and states Downs' Elixir cures any cough or long standing cold.
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L. G. Noyes
Acker
Dr. Frazier's Magic Ointment Ad
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 hands pimples and blotches priced at 50 cents and sold by Johnson and Siegfried FRAZIER MEDICINE CO Prop's Cleveland Ohio.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment Sold in Cleveland Ohio
PILES PILES PILES Sure cure for Blinding Bleeding and Itching Piles. One box has cured the worst cases of 20 years standing. No one need suffer five minutes after using Williams Indian Pile Ointment. It absorbs tumors allays itching acts as poultice instant relief. Sold by Johnson Siegfried mailed on receipt of price one dollar. Cleveland Ohio.
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Johnson & Siegfried
Frazier Medicine CO
Prop’s
Cleveland
Ohio
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