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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1885
Page
7
Light woods such as cherry hazel and sycamore dominate furniture in country houses with Colonial styles in high demand. Gilding wanes brass accents appear in draw poles and inlaid work gains favor. Woodwork moves to flat colors with no grain or varnish and an eggshell finish, per New York Telegram.
An Eastern fashion authority says summer hair trends show little change with hair worn high and a universal bowknot at the top. While bulky chignons fade, two coiffures covering much of the head appear as practical, seamless styles. Plain shell pins arrange loops. fancy pins and rhinestone set silver pins become ornaments.
The Philadelphia Press notes summer flannel suits as an institution due to twisted American flannel and Welsh influence. It describes cream white gray blue and navy designs with three point front skirts trimmed in flat braid and straight backs, plus a young girl model with tucked rear and front kited draped apron.
A New York Tribune piece surveys artful silversmiths and metal designs with fanciful motifs like owls bats and octopuses. It notes inlayed gold, garnet eyes, and crocidolite accents, plus rising fashion trends from beaded bags to large bustles and velvet trims.
A New York Times column critiques ministers who warn against roller-skating as an unlawful sport. It muses on biblical justifications for cirus and menagerie attitudes and ponders possible reasons ministers oppose ice skating vs rink skating, noting the explanation remains unsatisfactory.
Dr T D Crothers argues drunkenness is a contagious disease and can spread via contact or clothing. The piece notes temperance reformers catching the ailment anew and urges finding a remedy. A cor respondent reports Galilee fishing scenes and contrasts ancient effort with modern indolence, questioning local enterprise.
The laundress Mrs Mulvaney speaks in pain of back trouble while her son Jimmy suffers two coughs that sound severe. The scene captures hardship and blunt appeal for relief as described in Harper's Bazar.
In public exhibitions we see peculiar freaks of nature and recall the Bible’s fearfully and wonderfully made. The piece extols a remedy called Golden Medical Discovery as a general cure for blood taints poisons and humors including scrofula pimples blotches eryptic swellings tumors ulcers and related conditions.
A Somerville Journal snippet notes Thibet women with four husbands explained by fashion popularity. The passage, humorous in tone, suggests that anything from Thibet pleased the locals and reflects the era’s quirky view of fashion in a land of many old maids.
A humorous exchange captures a hotel clerk prompting a guest about baggage as the guest plans to inspect the trunk. The quick back and forth highlights cautious security policing in a lodging setting.
A Pittsburgh Telegraph article notes a large signed remonstrance by Boston women opposing voting rights for women. It claims few women have voted in school elections despite eligibility, and mocks their perceived thralldom.
Ad claims select livers from the seashore yield Caswell Hazzard Pure Coi Liver Oil. It is billed as absolutely pure and sweet. It asserts patients prefer it and physicians deem it superior to other oils. A stray line mentions a burglar alarm remark about a mother-in-law.
The fragment hints at social networks among men, noting choices of acquaintances, friends, and familiars, but lacks clear events or identifiable persons to confirm a specific news item.
An advertisement from Addison Pennsylvania in 1883 promotes Allen's Lung Balm as a pure non opium remedy for throat and lung diseases. It claims twenty five years of favorable use and urges keeping a bottle on hand for immediate relief with testimonials from A J Hileman and A J Colbom editor endorsement.
The World’s Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo crows about radical cures for rupture pile tumors and fistulas. a boy in Pittsfield Massachusetts swallowed most of a thermometer and developed a mercurial temperament as a result.
A call for action against druggists selling fraudulent Hop Bitters with false claims. The notice urges indicting the seller for fraud and suing for damages, offering a liberal reward upon conviction. It warns buyers to refuse questionable products and seek legal remedy.
A Buckner Mississippi resident J D Walker reports three years of illness cured after using Hop Bitters recommended by Druggist T J Anderson. Walker endorses the product to others and credits two bottles for full recovery.
The piece declares counterfeiting as a major crime harming business and life, arguing superior quality of faked goods proves the original’s prominence. It cites "Hop Bitters" as a worldwide target and warns buyers to trust only labels with a genuine hops cluster.
Reader urged to challenge druggists selling C D Warner's German Hop or similar Hop products. Advice includes refusing the purchase, indicting the seller if money is taken, and suing for damages as punishment for the swindle.
A patchwork of 19th century ads and notices tout cures and products. Dr. Sage’s Cure, offers of cash for incurable cases, Prickly Ash Bitters, Grand Union Hotel in New York with reduced daily rates, Juniper Sap for skin, Farm Field and Stockman ad, Brown’s Bronchial Trophes, and a quip about kissing angry women.
Mrs Lydia E Pickham reports long suffering from marriage related illnesses in Pittsburgh on November 5 1883. After trial of several physicians and medicines she claims great benefit from the advertised medicine and says health is fully restored after using four bottles. Pheba C Roop endorses the remedy.
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