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Newspaper
Belleville Republic
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1876
Page
4
A London feature notes two large scrapey firms employ private chaplains at $2,500 annual salaries to address and pray with young workers each morning. The piece also covers social shifts, an orange tree claim in Bay St. Louis, and various quirky notices and anecdotes from around 1900.
Reports from the Centennial preparations in Philadelphia note the L Amerique voyage with 1 500 cases, a Moorish villa shipped from Tangiers, and rail access to Exhibition Buildings. Dutch art, Java products, terra cotta work, and horticultural imports from Jamaica and Bermuda are highlighted.
A Culcheth girl Ellen Sudworth who had not spoken for over four years and survived on saliva and fluids reportedly regained speech and the ability to open her eyes after a head shock and bleeding episodes. Doctor Sephton, noting hysteria, observes remarkable recovery prompting widespread interest.
The Memphis Avalanche details Fred Hayden's death as 1 o'clock yesterday when a burst valve on the J N Kellogg's siphon pump released steam beneath his state-room, boiling him alive. Captain John Little and other crew could not reach him in time on the 40 mile river run above the city.
A rescue attempt turned tragic when a door failed to yield and hot steam scalded a crew member. The victim, a Springfield native unmarried man, died after immersion in steam as rescuers broke through. His body was sent home for burial.
An article reviews 19th century statistics claiming Jewish vitality surpasses Christians, with longer life expectancy and lower cholera mortality. It notes a higher life duration, lower infant mortality, and comments that Jewish sobriety, diet, and social care contribute, while physical athletics are not emphasized.
The Fort Valley Mirror reports Rich Hill in Crawford County as a limestone laden site with mastodon remains fossils and conchological curiosities. Locals note lime burning by Gen Bennett and a hill that rises above farms with a top spanning twenty acres and distant smoke visible from Macon.
A selection of old fashioned kitchen instructions covering baking with sour milk and rye meal, cranberry roll, coarse curtain fabrics, oats cooking in a water bath, meat and rusk pudding, fruit canning tips, quick chicken dish with lemon gravy, flavored beans preservation and long simmer beans method. The tone suggests practical rural guidance for household cooks and food storage.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recalls Gen William Nelson of Buell’s Fourth Division during Buell’s march toward Shiloh. Nelson’s strict discipline and oddities inspired pride and trust as his men crossed the Dueck River in their shirts and drawers to reach the far bank, amid cheers from Columbia locals.
The text notes the division moved southward in a rapid march, maintaining the advance from the Gate to the Shiloh area. It emphasizes the swift, extended pursuit during the gap between the Gate and the Battle of Shiloh.
Mrs. John Ramage on Windsor Street feeds hundreds and sometimes thousands of birds through winter. The Ramages own two acres valued around $20 000 where birds roam the second story of the house and yard. Robins and other species increase this year despite English sparrows. Feed costs vary with the mild season and fewer meals were needed last winter. Reading Eagle reports from Reading, Pa.
The advertisement promotes Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup with Mandrake Pills and Sea Weed Tonic as a trio to treat lung diseases. It claims the Pulmonic Syrup ripens morbid lung matter for easy expectoration, aided by the other two medicines to cleanse the stomach and liver and improve digestion, leading to healing if cold is avoided. It notes Dr. J H Schenck of Philadelphia accepts consultations at Stars and Bars Streets, and that the medicines are sold by druggists nationwide.
A Toast to Columbus and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery lauded as a fountain of health. Grateful patients nationwide praise its effects in curing chronic ailments, with its combination with Pleasant Pellets described as a great depurator.
It describes digestive symptoms claimed to affect half the population including stomach ache foul breath cold extremities and nervous distress. It mentions various misdiagnoses and offers Shaker Extract of Roots as a radical remedy, advertised by A J Whitlow at 519 Pearl Street New York with agents wanted.
In St Louis a prominent advertisement extols the Charter Oak Cooking Stove from the Excelsior Manufacturing Co. Praising its ability to produce well cooked meals, ease of digestion, health, energy, and contented homes, the copy emphasizes domestic comfort and vigor.
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