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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1892
Page
4
Fashion notes describe vest fronts and lace trimmed hats for women, with mul, crape de chine, and silk mull garments. Emphasis on lace embellishments, bows, jabots, and corset waists, plus hats with point degene lace and decorative flowers.
A former Forepaugh clown recalls a jealous horsewoman who chased her husband with a whip. He fled into a lion cage to escape her wrath, then hid behind the animal as she taunted him to face her. The tale appears in the Boston Home Journal.
New South Wales engineers exploit waste heat from molten slag by feeding it into iron chambers that resist pressure. Water is sprayed on the slag, rapidly generating steam for use elsewhere in the works, offering a practical recovery of heat formerly lost.
A strikingly curious tree stands on the east side of North Seventh Street between Poplar and Girard. Its trunk rises fifteen feet, then a globular foliage mass, with three tall stalks above. Viewed from the north it resembles a giant hand. the tree regrew after pruning following blight.
Fragmentary dialogue references creditors and a tailor over summer arrangements, implying financial concerns without clear events or participants.
Professor N S Shaler notes deep sea life arose from shore species adapting over geologic ages. Many invertebrates dominate the depths while some fishes persist. eyes vary to cope with darkness and phosphorescent parts lure mates in utter darkness.
The article describes how mountains resemble human faces and how savage peoples view rock carvings as war figures. Ellen Russell Emerson explains the Thunderbird of the Thlinkits as a giant man in a sacred hill who seeks food with wings and a bird head mask.
Mr Dyer lives on a small island near Seven Hundred Acre Island and uses a long pole with multiple codfish hooks attached by long lanyards. Baited with herring, the contrivance is anchored and buoyed with hooks just below the surface. Seals swallow the herring and are hooked, yielding a large catch.
Abdullah Bros., photographers to the sultan, are capturing views of Arab horses in the imperial stables for an album to be sent to the Chicago fair. The images will document royal stock for public display.
Loosha, a longtime housemaid at Billit's, recalls her bold rescue of Captain Clatterpen from danger after a drinking night. Her candle charm and quick wits keep him from a fatal fall as she guides him upstairs, revealing a term of mistressly grit and loyalty amid curious, racy anecdotes.
An old advertisement extols Simmons Liver Regulator as a universal health tonic. It claims liver function fixes digestion, reduces headaches, and relieves constipation. The testimonial asserts strong personal success and broad efficacy for dyspepsia and stomach ailments.
Ad claims Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription can restore health and vitality in women through faith and patience. It asserts dramatic cures of female diseases and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Also mentions a Simmons Liver Regulator relief for indigestion and notes a Bermuda field with 100 000 Nilica blooms.
The ad touts Otto's Cure as an astonishing remedy that stops a cough quickly. It claims benefits for asthma bronchitis consumption and throat lung diseases and offers a free trial dose at Laubach & Mayd Inn4 on the southeast side of the square.
The item discusses mistaken deaths from kidney disease and explains pain symptoms. It promotes Dr Ailmets swamp Root as a remedy for urinary and kidney troubles, noting it is sold by J Zimmerman & Co. It also mentions railroad companies paying $22,000,000 for carrying the nation’s mailings.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin notes a summer pattern of weight loss. It attributes this primarily to reduced food intake during warmer months, with vacations and travel also contributing as incidental factors. The piece questions whether summer might be a better vacation period for many people.
A man posing as Dr Henry, claiming to be Dr Morgan’s assistant, visited Mrs F K Brewster of Suffolk Connecticut and promised eye surgery. He produced a knife like instrument, showed a beefsteak in his hand as the removed abscess, then took 28 dollars and left.
Readers flood in with letters claiming Hood's Sarsaparilla cures where other remedies failed. The era touts its peculiar curative power and unmatched effectiveness.
Advertises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and lung throat chest troubles. Trial bottle free at Laubach and Boyd’s Drug Store with promise of refund if no benefit. large size 60 cents and one dollar.
The piece extols Electric Bitters as a leading pure medicinal tonic for stomach liver and kidney ailments noting relief for sick headache indigestion constipation and malaria. It promises satisfaction or money back at 50 cents per bottle from Laubach & Boyd and adds related patent medicine claims and a brief note about Boots and Shoes production and the City of Pekin.
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