22 Jan 1885
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1885
Page
1
A letter-like fragment claims prosperity after using Heep Bitters to cure poverty related distress caused by large medical expenses. The writer credits a pastor's advice and asserts no sick days in a year, urging poor men to try the remedy as a cheaper alternative to doctors. The text contains garbled branding and warnings about hops on labels.
A cryptic OCR fragment presents a jumble of words and names, with no clear event or coherent report readable enough to identify people, places, or dates for a structured news card. The readable parts are insufficient to establish a factual summary.
In a fragmentary Chicago Advance item, voices debate whether love can see beyond appearances as one woman asserts love is blind while another counters that love looks past faces and frail children, reflecting a dramatic rhetorical exchange.
Washington corresp recounts a daring scheme by enterprising journalists to steal the President's annual Message ahead of its delivery. Grant thwarts earlier attempts, Hayes is trapped, and a syndicate from New York Chicago and Cincinnati finally secures a copy to publish first in the Tribune.
A young man wagered he could halt a moving street car on Prospect Street without ringing bells or asking the crew. He tugged a strap, the conductor stopped the car, and the man returned to his seat. He won the bet by stopping the car, prompting amused mutterings as the door slammed.
A sensational article proclaims a dental revolution with a factory to mass produce artificial teeth. Consumers would have teeth pulled and replaced by machine made sets, promising permanent relief from toothache at low cost, likening the change to early factory watchmaking.
An advertisement style claim extols Ayer's Sarsanarilla as highly concentrated and more effective per dose than any other blood medicine The message notes it is inexpensive yet valued for quality over quantity and mentions a census statistic about Iowa schoolchildren as context
A garbled notice advertises a product labeled Rough on Rate for pests and vermin at 5c per box. In same fragment, JoC stugser is held at Hillsboro charged with first degree murder for killing Jobo O Tooi.
Chief Justice Waite’s health failed to improve and he will not take his seat on the US Court Bench for the present term. The report notes continuation of illness affecting duties and absence from official proceedings. The item includes a health remedy advertisement and local druggist details.
A nagging washer paled complexion and faded hair are described as ghastly while Parker's Hair Balsam claims to restore original color from brown to black. A man named O'Donnell was arrested in Newark Ohio for aiding transport of arms to Hocking Valley.
Theron P K ator editor of Ft Wayne Gazette extols Dr Kings New Discovery as the only reliable cure for coughs and colds after five years of use and recommends a free trial bottle from Laubach & Donnelly's drug store. Also notes cabbage leaves as poultry winter food and reports a Big Stone elevator blaze with $14,000 loss. Hood's Sarsaparilla claimed to have cured scrofulous ulcers on Charles A Roberts of East Wilson New York.
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