08 Apr 1886
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1886
Page
1
A fragment reflects heated public debate as Prohibitionists push plans that stir moral concerns and provoke weeping eyes among supporters and opponents. The terse note captures a period of political tension around temperance measures.
Vera Saville and Ida Winthrop plot social intrigue as Mrs. Winthrop hints at a secret scheme. The girls speculate on romance, jealousy, and bloodless hints of danger while planning Vera's central role and Ida's discreet watching eye in a crowded social setting.
A social gathering at the Winthrops unfolds into plots, past crimes, and hidden connections. Vera Saville and Miss Daisy McLush mingle with Ida Winthrop while Elias Smith plots against John Roberts and Sara Myers. Tensions rise as trust erodes and old debts threaten present loyalties.
Advertises Dr Bulls Cough Syrup as a cure for a severe cold and its effects including coughing and huskiness. Claims the remedy removes the cold and its serious symptoms immediately.
The Springfield Globe Republic notes an influx of lavish displays by coaches with armorials and high fashion attire in Washington this season. It contrasts these glittering shows with labor earnings debates, calling the scene a striking example of American civilization and the glittering generalities of the Declaration of Independence.
A speaker contrasts poetry, branding, money, craft, commerce, fashion, and labor to illustrate how value is created. Examples include Tennyson turning paper into art worth 65000, Vanderbilt turning words into 8000000, gold stamped into money, a mechanic turning 3 dollars of material into a 100 dollar watch, and a bonnet bought for 310 but costing 100.
A quip notes a bonnet adorned with birds prompts a man to whistle when the bill arrives, reflecting whimsical thrift or comic frustration with charges. The joke hinges on the contrast between fashion and expense.
A candid claim outlines a woman relieved from long standing female ailments by a novel remedy. It asserts that after medical examinations and a series of recipes, the treatment produced relief. The bill suggests self treatment guidance and direct instructions for use.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention cards and paper, with sparse details about an address label supply or notice. No clear event or entities identified.
The crew aboard the Wapt Schooner Weymouth on the Atlantic City to New York run suffered coughs and chest soreness. After using Dr King’s New Discovery, the sailor and his children felt instant relief with a single dose, and the medicine is now the standard remedy on the vessel. Free trial bottles are offered at Laubach Boyd’s drug store.
The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as the best purifier and regulator for liver inactivity, dyspepsia, constipation, weak kidneys, or urinary diseases. It promises quick relief and a full refund if not satisfied, selling at 50 cents a bottle by Laubach & Boyd.
An 19th century style dispatch markets quack cures for piles and skin ailments with 25 cents a box, promising refunds if unsatisfied. It mocks a teacher’s reply as branes and notes Moody objects to church fairs charging for kisses at twenty five cents.
An ad touts Hall's Hair Renewer to renew brighten and invigorate hair restoring color and lustre for gray hair. A note claims Col Mapleson’s opera company delighted inmates at an old ladies home for spare change. Burdock Blood Bitters touted as a superior blood purifier driving erysipelas and salt rheum from Mrs. J C Anderson in Peshtigo Wisconsin.
An editorial snippet asserts a man remains a bachelor until his wife assigns a different title. It links lack of exercise and poor diet to bodily decline and promotes Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as a spring blood purifier and liver stimulant to restore health and vigor.
A young lady is interrupted by her small brother who bursts in with a loud warning about another suitor. The snippet implies tension in a romantic triangle and a family disruption affecting courtship.
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