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Newspaper

Weekly Wisconsin

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1885

Page

6

South American Cattle Industry Warns of US Beef Losses

Wisconsin readers learn from W E Curtis Chicago secretary of a trade commission that Uruguay and Argentina are expanding cattle and sheep herds, boosting wool and meat exports. The article notes rising beef supply to Europe, ranch investments by foreigners, and prospects of American ranchers losing market share as vast Argentinian and Uruguayan ranches spread to Patagonia, with rail and port access aiding shipments to Europe.

W.E. Curtis Chicago United States West Uruguay Argentine Republic Curtis Germany Belgium New England Argentine Australia Samuel B. Hale Boston Mr. Drysdale England Patagonia New Mexico Arizona Buenos Ayres France Seaboard Texas Brazil West Indies

A Wonderful Plague of Rats in Ahmednuggar Bombay

The London Times details Ahmednuggar in Bombay as a famine prone district on Hyderabad’s northwest frontier. It notes three rat years 1826 1835 and 1879 with vast rat kills paid at one rupee per hundred dead rats later halved. Locals believed rats were famine spirits and halted further slaughter.

London Times Ahmednugger Bombay Aurangzeb Hyderabad State Poonah

No Duty on Mrs Langtry From the New York World

Frederick Gebhard faced customs on 26 bag gage pieces brought from England aboard the Celtic. Officers found a costly oil painting, a large portrait claimed to be Mrs Langtry. Gebhard disputed the dutiable status and Col Kibbe, deputy surveyor, was asked to decide the point.

The New Zealand Owls and the Sheep Killers

A quirky tale from New Zealand describes owls that shifted from harmless doves to sheep-killers after a settler left a mutton fat lure. The birds allegedly feasted on mutton and then on lambs, attacking from sheep backs and targeting kidneys, with numbers rising as prosperity grew.

New Zealand

Biblical counts and chapter parallels noted in Ezra and Kings

The text cites Bible statistics including 3,566,389 letters and 66 books. It notes Ezra chapter 7 contains the alphabet. It observes similarities between 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37. It mentions Joseph as the first man buried in a coffin in Genesis 50:26.

Joseph

Catarrh Cure Promises Complete Relief From Incurable Disease

An advertisement touts Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as a sure cure when used faithfully. It claims widespread success and urges prompt use before condition worsens. Also notes corner-stone ceremonies at Carroll College in Wisconsin, with Rev Herrick Johnson delivering the sermon and project cost around $15,000 under Presbyterian Synod oversight. Also mentions Rough on Pain products for various pains and ailments.

America Rochester N Dispatch Warsaw Valley Piffard Genesee Valley New York Messrs. Freeman Barker New York City Warsaw Genesee Austria Joseph D. Lewis John H. Gray Hamilton Empire Salt Company Sage’s Wacrrsna Wis Carroll College Herrick Johnson Chicago Presbyterian Synod Wisconsin

Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Promises Health in Testimonial

E. M. Howard of Newport New Hampshire reports years of suffering from scrofulous humors ended after using two bottles of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. The testimonial claims purification and invigorating effects on blood, body and mind, urging others to try the product.

Ayer E. M. Howard Newport, N. H

Relief From Liver Ailment With Ayer Sarsaparilla

Great relief reported by James French of Atchison Kansas who declares the medicine fully restored his health after a two year liver illness. He credits prompt relief and cure to Ayer s Sarsaparilla. Mrs H M Kidder of Boston Massachusetts also attests to long term family use with continued safety and benefit.

James French Atchison, Kans Ayer H. M. Kidder Dwight St Boston Mass

At Home Without It Claims Liver Remedy Purifies Blood

Mrs A B Allen of Winterpock Virginia reports her two year old suffered severe bowel complaint and wasting. After trying many remedies a doctor suggested Serofula as the possible cause and they obtained a bottle.

A.B. “Allen Winterpock

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