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Newspaper
Belleville Republic
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1876
Page
4
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes from a 19th or early 20th century column. It includes jokes about cents and dollars, religious parables, social manners, and odd sayings about genius and everyday life. The item preserves regional voice and newspaper humor.
A Brunswick News item recounts a social game where a religiously earnest young woman, nervous and shy, proclaims in public that she loves Jesus as she is asked who she loves best. The tale pokes at piety amid a playful gathering and ends with her loud religious declaration.
A bank hires a new cashier who vows to run the bank on a sound basis and to scrutinize papers for discounts. A well known customer presents a note. the cashier asks for another name, and the customer returns with a long list of names. Ten million on the note is handed back after the cashier learns of the customer’s identity.
The New York Sun reviews a Nancy congress of Americanistes on North American mound builders Nahuas and Mayas. It notes Mound Builder ruins across the Mississippi basin, dated by tumuli heights, and discusses Toltecs Aztecs and Maya sites with Copan Uxmal and Palenque. It urges comprehensive study, mastery of Aztec glyphs, and expert exploration to unlock Mesopotamian level questions about origin.
A poor widow Mrs Fox dies of cholera morbus in ONeals Alley leaving four children. An express wagon bore the mother to the pauper grave as the sobbing orphans pursued, a scene noted for its poignancy across a city of churches and Christianity.
Recipes outline preserving pineapple jam currant jam brady currant jelly wine jelly and spice currants with detailed method and sugar ratios. Includes currant wine and brandy notes along with preservation tips and aging guidance for pineapple preserves.
A patient with dull head pain dizziness sour taste vomiting scanty urine and a distasteful stomach finds multiple doctors diagnosing liver kidney and digestive illness. The text claims a single remedy, the Shaker Extract of Roots, treats all organs and cures many resistant cases, sold by A J White 310 Pearl Street New York with agents wanted.
An 19th century health notice extols Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic as a remedy for summer lethargy and indigestion. It claims the tonic acts like gastric juice, aids digestion, and restores appetite, noting many physicians doubt cure by drugs. It also mentions Waterloo veterans at the War Office.
An advertisement extols Wilhoft's Anti-Periodic as a remedy for malarial diseases, claiming liver and bile normalizing effects and removal of chills. It promotes G. R. Finvar& Co. as New Orleans proprietors and notes availability from all physicians. The piece also mentions Shallenberger's Pills and TuT's Pills with refund assurances if directions are not followed.
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