21 Oct 1884
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1884
Page
1
An essay argues women fade with age due to life roles, urging independence, self care, and plain dress. It cites Lucretia Mott as a model of restraint and intellect, contrasts husbandly tyranny with female dignity, and endorses self-advocacy over martyrdom.
Oct 11 notes from Ludlow chronicle local rumors and bits of news. Mentions fashion talk, a Ben F B monopoly store, Mrs Fero of Sheffield, Jasper Keeler studying telegraphy, expansion by George W Campbell, lamp black factory plans by Eagle Manufacturing Co, threshing dust from oats, stage line to Wetmore, and community notices about schools and local visits. Also references to politicians, civic groups, and social curiosities around Gowanda and Chautauqua counties.
The November Harper's completes Black's Judith Shakespeare and includes Roe's Nature's Serial Story. Treadwell Walden's Great Hall of William Rufus illustrated with three plates. Van Dyck's Charles the First frontispiece. Peterson's Magazine previews next year with 1200 pages, 14 steel engravings, 12 colored plates, 800–900 woodcuts, six novelets, and many stories. Subscription is $2 annually from Philadelphia.
The article recounts the 1872 local option act passage in Pennsylvania, notes Republican support and Democratic opposition, and describes the 1873 supplement. It details the 1874 third party rise, Beath’s defeat by McCandless, and how temperance zealots helped sweep a whisky faction into power, enabling repeal efforts and a twelve-year setback for prohibition. The Greensburg Tribune challenges denial of these events as the Act’s true record.
A Phila. Press commentary contrasts doctors and actors with steadfast study and effort. It praises doctors for constant inquiry and warns actors face hard travels and precarious rewards. It extols newspaper workers for instant results and double workload to earn prominence.
Col. Green president of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co urges that beer is a dangerous substitute for stronger liquors. He cites a large city study of temperate beer drinkers showing steady health then sudden decline with typhoid like deaths within ten days, describing beer as deceptively mild but ultimately destructive.
An old medical notice advises a weak back and hip pain as signs of deceased kidneys and recommends Burdock Blood Bitters as the best kidney cure. The item presents a health remedy claim typical of period ads and emphasizes debatable efficacy.
An Adrian Michigan ad from January 31 1881 advertises Downs Elixir mandrake bitters oil liniment and Amica oil. J R Bennett & Co. Druggists report orders including three large bottles sent to Woodland California. L G Noyes guarantees relief for cough cold croup or lung complaints with Acker's English Remedy or money back.
Mrs Dr Walton's Periodical Tea is advertised as a long trusted female tonic sold by Johnson & Siegfried and Fraizer Medicine Co in Cleveland Ohio. It claims to treat monthly female disorders and is mailed for 50 cents.
An Albany rider argues that bicycle enthusiasm is impossible during work as the rider must stay focused on duties. He contends only a tricycle could offer mobility and that a wheel man cannot laugh or smile while in service, making scenery and nature unattainable.
Advertises Williams Indian Pile Ointment as a guaranteed cure for bleeding itching and swelling from piles. Claims one box fixes long standing cases up to twenty years and promises instant relief with absorption of tumors and soothing poultice action. Sold by Johnson and Sieg fried and mailed for $1 from Frazier Medicine Co Cleveland Ohio.
An Iowa study estimates dogs consume food to feed 100,000 workers and cause $9,000,000 in damages to sheep farmers, with education costs for children lower than that. A Tennessee calculation cites 800,000 worthless dogs, bacon potential of 30,000,000 pounds, sheep losses of $2,000,000 and wool value of $5,000,000, totaling $9,000,000 in state dog expenses. A Northern States estimate claims $33,000,000 yearly to support dogs, enough to buy 165,000 farms or 132,000 neighborhood libraries.
A visitor to Quebec observes local women as notably attractive. The writer praises Quebec girls for clear complexions and energetic carriage, noting Montreal’s beauty but claiming Quebec surpasses it. He cites their grace climbing steep sidewalks as evidence of vigor contributing to looks.
Judge Hayes charges grand jury on September 30 regarding new prohibitory liquor law. He states selling liquor is indictable and buying it is also a violation, making purchasers and testers indictable. He warns that temperance alliances urging purchases could indict buyers and the organizations as conspirators. Enforcement seen as likely difficult.
A former girl taught practical bread care noting that soft warm loaves left uncovered develop sourness. She rested loaves under a linen cloth after baking and avoided sealing the tin box until morning, warning that warming promotes fermentation. The piece muses on combining everyday knowledge to learn from experience.
L G Noyes asserts Acker's English Remedy cures contracted consumption and urges readers to request the circular. The item promotes an entirely new medicine guaranteed to work.
L. G. Noyes offers a refund on Acker's Blood Elixir if it fails to relieve skin or blood disorders. A new tested remedy labeled Ho Cough Cure promises to cure a cough for 25 cents. Johnson & Siegfried are the sellers.
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