07 May 1885
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1885
Page
1
A fragmentary verse explores unrequited love and inner conflict. The speaker seeks assurance from a beloved, who responds with playful yet unclear cruelty, leaving the speaker unsure of true affection as the moment nears its end.
A Detroit resident recalls a two year whaling cruise and warns young men against chasing sea life for curiosity. He describes shipboard life, boat crews, training green hands, and the brutal pace of trying out a whale, noting the dangers, hard labor, and distant voyages to the South Atlantic and Cape Horn.
A fragmentary piece blends a satirical poem on Spring with a long dialogue set in a Northwest drawing room. Mrs Newrich and Mrs Van Highton discuss wealth, marriage, charity, art, and social pretensions, exposing moneyed vanity, class tensions, and a planned marriage for Serafiny amid debt and status.
An excerpt from Dalunteousness in the Yookers Gazette tells of a father seen at the rink and a narrator fearing gossip. A lover confesses a rare secret to a son while warnings of scandal and mischief swirl around a temperance conference and a perilous past.
A diver recounts a rare encounter with a large octopus during a pearl hunt off Alaska. The tale blends maritime peril with a questionable aside about dyspepsia and a local tonic Brown's Iron Bitters claimed to cure indigestion for Mrs. Schmidt and her daughter of Baltimore. The piece also notes a Portland-born man starting life by buying a calf on credit and selling it for ten dollars.
Mr Wm Johnaep of Huron Dakota reports his wife suffered chronic Broschitis for years. After using Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds she experiences a permanent cure. The remedy claims to cure throat lung and bronchial tube diseases with trial bottles free at Laubach Dooacily's drug store. Large bottle priced at $1. The note oddly mentions wine over two centuries old in Emperor William's cellar.
The ad asserts Parker's Tonic strengthens the body and cures stomach and liver ailments without intoxicating effects. It claims to curb appetite for liquor and contrasts with other nostrums, noting social disapproval of quack medicines. A stray line mentions a watch repairer's wife hiring her husband for spring cleaning.
An old advertisement touts Wuell's Health Renewer promising absolute care for nervous debility and weakness of generative functions. It promotes applying gin rubbed into the skin before bed as a remedy, noting consumer interest in such topical tonics despite hazardous claims.
In Philadelphia a coroner's inquest found that a child's death resulted from a cough cure containing morphia. J Samuel Sox of Washington endorses Red Star cough cure as free from opiates after tests. A Kentucky clergyman and two French scientists are also noted in brief, with a firefly spectroscope finding multiple colors in its light.
Advisory on seasonal ills urges using Kidney-Wort for kidney and liver trouble and colds. It notes its wide fame and recommends keeping it in every home. A local East Bridgewater mayoral figure is mentioned in a Washington visit where he dozed waiting to meet the President.
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