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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1881
Page
4
A long anecdote on a rainbound trip between Greenfield and Lexington features a kindly old man and a jester, who share a potato tale that amuses a weary crowd. The scene shifts to a farewell from a bridal party arriving in Topeka, ending with thanks to local friends and a hopeful reunion in 1881.
A mosaic of ad copy and aphorisms appears, featuring medical pills for headaches, cautions about gossip and politeness, and moral maxims. The text interleaves promotional blurbs with reflective lines on health, virtue, and restraint.
A Wooster party visiting Chicago in May 1881 tours the city’s Palm er Hotel then the mammoth millinery and nation house of O By Keith and Co, the Mandle Bros dry goods house, Marshall Field and Co store, and Gossage & Co. They tour city water works, courthouses, and praise the Marshall Field group as leading importers.
An assortment of old time patent medicines proclaims cures for malaria lung and throat ailments rheumatism and kidney complaints with advertisements urging frugality and prudent living. The column mixes product pitches with moral maxims and cautionary notes on virtue.
An advertisement touts Hop Bitters as a valuable stomach stimulant and purifier for spring. It claims an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and urges use before illness. the brief note mentions a perceived link between truth and falsehood in messaging.
Advertisements praise Malt Bitters as the top remedy for sleep and nervousness with claims it aids liver and kidney health. They say the product fights chills, increases appetite and flesh, helps consumptives, and benefits nursing mothers.
An English learned Rajah visited by the Viceroy of Calcutta receives a ivory paper-cutter. The Rajah pretends to read a magazine without cutting leaves and later uses the cutter to slice pages across a book. A royal elephant delivers the awkward gift back, proving the cutter is now the Rajah’s.
A compilation of periodical opinions on the biblical Jacob and Rachel kiss scene. Various outlets guess at why Jacob wept, attributing motives from joy to disappointment and even flirtatious overtones, reflecting a chorus of satirical interpretations from multiple publications.
Tie brakemen on the Grand Trunk road have obtained the advance of wages asked. One of our ice companies proposes to woo its stock in cold weather. Dhirympey the Minnesota farmer will sow thirty thousand acres of wheat this spring. The Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise have an income of 119000 dollars a year. Governor Jerome of Michigan is very ill and has been moved to his home at Saginaw City. The cotton crop of Behera in Lower Egypt is threatened with destruction by tire toads.
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