06 Aug 1885
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1885
Page
1
An advertisement touts a steam job printer fitted as a top country office with full stock of type borders and other printing needs. It promises best style, reasonable terms, and quick job work across various descriptive finishes for first class work.
Dora Mayrell, seeking diamond earrings, borrows a ring from Dan Andrews and schemes to replace it unseen. A series of missteps, a missing jewel, and harsh truths lead to a confession. Dora and Will reconcile after a public scandal ends with a vow to honor each other over vanity.
A Salem Republican opinion piece argues against Prohibitionists’ methods while supporting temperance goals. It claims Democratic aid to temperance is a tactic to defeat Republicans and notes speeches by Rev. Leonard and St. John show temperance as secondary to partisan aims.
The piece critiques Prohibition politics in Springfield and the use of clergy in campaigns. It argues that Democrats exploit reverence for ministers to sway Methodist voters and defeat Republican figures like Judge Foraker, labeling such stratagems as miscalculations by political operatives.
The Western Christian Advocate in Cincinnati endorses Joseph Poraker for governor. Biography notes his youth entry into ministry, war service, and education at Wesleyan University and Cornell College. Poraker and his wife are active Methodist congregants and community benefactors in Cincinnati.
A publisher plans a forthcoming work by Ib Ro Petersen and Brothers Plabads torana. The story follows Ratu as she inherits a legacy and embarks on adventurous misadventures. The book features twenty one engravings and a deluxe bound edition priced at Slo.
Parmer Dertin keeps a large goose flock with sturdy fences while Parmer Cole’s fences fail leaving geese roaming into neighboring fields. After a warning, Dertin confronts the flock and fatally wounds several geese before his daughter reveals the birds are his own.
The governor announces no pardons for term prisoners except on innocence grounds when parole eligibility exists. Parole, not conditional pardon, will be the preferred relief, to be applied to nonmurder cases after serving minimum terms and following board rules. Innocence claims beyond pending pardons are not affected.
An advertisement touts a celebrated discovery for throat lungs and chest ailments. The agency claims popular merit and reliability and offers a free trial bottle at the door. A cyclone destroyed a Dakota town, leaving the courthouse and a saloon as the only structures standing.
A fragmentary item touts a cure for various ailments claiming thousands are cured and praising a product marketed by Laubach & Boyd. The text also includes stray humor about a pig and a female passenger occupying multiple seats, indicating a damaged or mixed newspaper snippet.
An old advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, fever sores, tetter, chaps, chilblains, corns, and piles. It claims guaranteed satisfaction with a 25 cent per box price and lists Laubach & Boyd as sellers.
A Philadelphia officer named Addis attempted to arrest a rough individual. he died after a suspender button stopped the ball, revealing a curious scene that his noble wife might have influenced his stubbornness.
An old advertisement promotes hay fever and summer ailments with Fly's Cream Balm and Then Eclectic Oil as cures. It claims rapid relief for burning, scalds, bruises and flesh pains, urging readers to trust genuine eclectics for household remedies.
A quirky claim notes a woman who allegedly replaced her husband with a broomstick as a metaphor for sweeping success. The item mentions Rey William Stout of Wiarton and a dubious medical testimonial about Burdock Blood Bitters after ineffective cures for scrofula and blood diseases.
Reports describe poor nourishment at French boarding schools in Paris with weak soup, coarse meat, watery carrots, gray bread. The text urges Brown's Bitters as a tonic to restore vigor and bring back roses to pale students.
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