15 Oct 1885
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1885
Page
1
On a gusty night Sandy loses a diamond and Sam hides the loss amid schemes and deceit. A whistle of misfortune and a later return reveals their friendship tests. Sam tries to pawn the jewel, learns its value is false, and resolves to mend his ways as they confront the consequences together.
A dockside youth Sandy avoids public scorn after exposing a thief's boast, then finds a muddy ring mistaken for glass. He hides the treasure, weighs its value against self respect, and plans to tell Sam Knox of the find to gain aid in claiming it.
A wartime Arkansas tale describes Henry McNette, a joker in a Confederate unit, who, while a pilot on the Arkansaw river, tricked Lieut Nowlin into sending a meal to Miss Beach, the judge Beach’s daughter, by posing as a messenger. The scene centers on a broiled chicken and improvised hospitality amid scarce rations.
Fragment from a Chicago news page shows a casual dialogue about smallpox exposure and vaccination in Boston. The pair share a light moment, noting the vaccination as a precaution amid the paper reports.
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt presents a rural parable where a mother asks how milk is produced from cows. A friend’s daughter in the country learns the cows supply milk by eating grass, then amusingly by turning the cows upside down to let milk run out.
A Binghamton couple visited a Court Street jeweler’s shop and discussed clocks that supposedly name the day. The local quip hints at a quirky incident whose outcome remains to be seen.
London brief item recounts a burglar fleeing a house after Jones lights a candle and confronts the thief. The intruder swipes a silver candlestick, then thanks the astonished resident and asks if anything else is forgotten.
Advertises Dry King s New Discovery for consumption and throat and lung ailments. Says thousands cured, offers free trial bottle at Aubach and Boyd s drug store and large bottle for one dollar. Claims no medicine shows such a record of cures.
Mr Geo V Wiles of Manchester Michigan reports his wife, nearly helpless for five years, now able to do her own work after using Electric Bitters. Hundreds of testimonials support their claimed efficacy. Only 50 cents a bottle at Aubach and Boyd.
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