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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
7
An advertisement from Box Butte Nebraska promotes remedies by the Lewis Mediving Company claiming cures for kidney and liver diseases dyspepsia rheumatism catarrh heart disease and general debility. It promises a cheerful refund if no cure is effected.
A Philadelphia woman escapes with a fashionable hat at a rummage sale after switching hats during a crowded sale line. The incident, described as a clever theft at a charity sale, highlights social tensions in the city’s society circles.
Ainslee's recounts a queen bee choosing offspring roles as workers or drones. The piece notes that workers hatch from worker cells and drones from drone cells, and a crippled queen yields all drones. It mentions mixed blood offspring for Italian queens and that drones father workers but cannot collect honey due to short tongues.
The article notes old Claddagh rings as sweeter keepsakes than modern ones. A friend possesses a great grandmother’s narrow gold circlet with the motto God above Increase our love inscribed inside. Genuine rings are rare amid many imitations. Claddagh heirs passed rings father to daughter as wedding symbols, crafted in magalye gold with a heart, crown, and clasped hands signaling loyalty and friendship.
The text contrasts two men driven by desire and knowledge, showing that attainment without deeper purpose yields weariness or existential hunger. One pursues pleasure to the end, awakening to unfulfilled inner needs, while another hoards years of study yet cannot apply it at life’s end, echoing Dr Casanbon’s fate in Middlesmarch.
A woman at a railroad station explains to a bystander that her seven or eight year old son lost his father when he was six and she cannot remarry to provide a second father. The man remarks the boy needs a father's discipline, but the woman cannot supply what she cannot obtain, prompting the listener to flee.
Deacon Jones discusses three brothers from a nearby town who could serve as excellent material for a sermon on brotherly love. The eldest, John, is a physician. the second, Thomas, is an undertaker. and the youngest, William, is a marble cutter.
Paraphrased moral urging readers to invest effort in self improvement through others' writings rather than chasing wealth. Emphasizes lasting value of knowledge over material gain and personal growth through study.
A Lowell area note recalls how children grow up and leave home, leaving the house quiet as a tomb and reminding readers that lively days become distant memories. The quote reflects homesickness and the passage of time in family life.
An exchange shows Gladye praising Mrs Upperton's party while Ethel calls it the most complete failure she ever saw, in a terse WIT exchange from the period.
A New York woman who supports herself while claiming to be a natural born lady describes riding in a deluxe sedan chair to reach the Waldorf. She explains paying a driver to whisk her from Thirty third Street to the hotel and enjoying the crowd’s deference, though noting the momentary thrill cannot last.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes wine merchants test quality by holding wine in the mouth to sense texture aroma and brain reaction. Smell informs value while small sips are used to gauge roughness or smoothness before swallowing.
The Legion of Honor has rarely honored women with the red ribbon since pre Napoleonic days. Napoleon created three educational establishments for daughters of the decorated, with many female recipients serving as superintendents. Marie Laurent was honored as president of one institution, while Roan Bonheur received the cross in 1805. Madame de Stael’s wit also affected relations with the honors system.
Report notes Leominster Priory church as home to a cucking stool used for scolds and others. The instrument dates to Saxon times and was England’s last known example, used as late as 1800. Other specimens remain in Montgomery Warwick Fordwich and Leeke.
A London Opinion excerpt notes hedgehogs swim strong in cold water and roots nests of trout or salmon with muscular claws. It describes their ability to breast rapid streams and survive near freezing while preying on salmonids. aquatic birds and other predators are also listed as foes.
A broken poetic fragment features Philip admiring a lover's hair described as silken and warm brown. The scene shifts to a missing next line as he pauses mid thought, lingering on vivid natural imagery of plumage, thistledown, sunset, and autumn hues.
A Denver Republican note cites beliefs that rubies improve liver and eye health while sapphires and emeralds are said to affect eye disorders. It mentions a superstition that serpents are blinded by emeralds and warns against a business man chasing another’s supposed success mix.
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