30 Dec 1876
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Newspaper
Wilmington Daily Gazette
Location
Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1876
Page
1
An advertisement touts Benson's Capeine Porous Plasters as superior to other plasters and liniments, claiming rapid relief and a vast physician endorsement. It asserts three thousand doctors use and sell the remedy, priced at 25 cents, with promises of quick cure and vegetable composition.
Incomplete OCR text references prohibition era matters and a Philadelphia mail sheet. Reads as scattered names and phrases about worth beyond price, with no clear actions, dates, or entities fully legible. The fragmentary content suggests a notice or advertisement related to prohibition era trade, but specifics are unreadable.
In a notable address at La Chaux de Fonds, M. Rhoulard de Pave-Target discussed American watch industry growth, citing Waltham and Elgin as rivals to Swiss makers. He warned of price cuts, machine production, and the need to boost Swiss efficiency, schooling, and exports to survive growing U S competition.
The Senate and House clash over large appropriations for executive, judicial, and subordinate salaries. The House economy goal faces Senate increases and a potential next-year funding split. The final measures, for the coming session, await administration and further political maneuvering.
Hon William A Wheeler leaves Malone for New York before Washington while public offices collect funds for a Hayes and Wheeler ratification meeting. A Grand Trunk Railway strike and snow storm halt travel. Seven Utopia Ohio youths drown in Augusta Kentucky after ice gorge breaks. three bodies recovered. Lawyer Wm H H Ely of Farrytown pleads guilty to fraudulent naturalization papers, gets two years hard labor. Habeas corpus case over South Carolina governorship argued in Columbia.
Washington dispatch notes clearing and cooler weather for the Middle States. Dusk winds shift northwest to west with rising barometer. Cautionary signals persist along the Atlantic coast from Wilmington to Basport.
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