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Newspaper
Benton County Herald
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1880
Page
2
In a rural schoolroom Miss Linda Harrington captivates students with charm while gossip swirls about a mysterious tall man with a black beard. A dramatic meeting with Linda's former love, Will Brace, ends with their wedding and the village losing its schoolmistress.
An 19th century essay urges men returning to farming to choose wisely and stay steady. It argues farming success depends on matching land to suitable outputs, avoiding radical shifts with markets, and cultivating a diversified operation including dairy, grain, fruit, and livestock to weather varying conditions. It notes different farms suit different enterprises and stresses foresight and persistence.
A lurid account portrays Theebaw of Burmah as a twenty year old ruler who killed relatives to secure power. It details mass executions by neck blows, palace plots, and a brutal spree that ended only when rulers weary. The piece notes Burmah’s geography and revenue values amid the horrors. An unrelated Cincinnati scene shows two brothers embracing in a station house after years apart, illustrating contrasting acts of restraint and emotion.
Dr Nomiin Bainge delivered a practical talk on handling emergencies without a physician. He urged keeping hands off, using natural recovery, proper positioning for fainting, cautious care for convulsions, monitored bleeding, wound dressing with warm water, and safe remedies for pain and poisoning.
Diverse home remedies and cooking tips for tinctures, insect deterrents, beef jelly, tea drinks, yeast, and brass cleaning. Includes Simubant for hartshorn, caterpillar deterrent pill, corp cream, tea roxts, beef broth, bee bread substitutes, steam roasting guides, fowl steaming method, yeast preparation, and brass polishing with oxalic acid and rotten-stone.
A cornu of Country Gentleman argues farming pays when conducted with economy, energy, and skill. Industrious farmers who maximize opportunities gain solid returns, such as bank surpluses or reinvestments, while those failing to meet costs may need other work. family effort and even girls help boost income, with the key aim that income exceeds outgoes.
A mysterious source touts Viaetixe as the key to success in curing disease by purifying blood and restoring liver and kidneys to healthy action while invigorating the nervous system. The claim centers on a great secret behind the remedy’s effectiveness.
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