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Newspaper
Benton County Herald
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1885
Page
1
An assortment of aphorisms from Edgar Jones in the Boston Transcript urges restraint and self-control. It counsels against forcing change, warns about pride and empty show, and emphasizes personal virtue, patience, and prudent action over sensational effort.
Theodore Roosevelt contributes a Century sketch of a grizzly hunt in the Big Horn Mountains. He and companions track a large bear, kill it at close quarters, and recount perilous encounters, bear behavior, and practical hunting methods.
Fashion notes from the New York Commercial Advertiser and St Louis Post describe spring outfits with silk and velvet, chenille fringes, and lace. Descriptions cover jackets, mantles, parasols, tucks, and drapery, plus brocades, pongees, foulards, and printed muslins.
A collage of brief notes mentions General Grant Louis Kossuth and Herbert Spencer sharing a birthday. It covers William T Walters of Baltimore owning paintings and statues, Annie Lippincott debuting in opera as Anita Armour, and Plutarch on Demosthenes early failures leading to greatness. It notes linguistic quibbles on Russian names and tours of “Josh Billings,” plus various European literary and historical tidbits and a Hartford Post portrait of Captain Howard.
A collection of light quips and jokes from various newspapers including remarks about pigs, scenery, astronomy, and a series of humorous exchanges. The items feature witty wordplay and social observations, with playful mishearings and classroom gaffes, all conveyed in a breezy anecdotal style.
Jefferson Market Court heard a dramatic exchange as Thomas Smillet denied drunkenness while a police officer testified Smillet was found in a gutter and taken to the station. The magistrate expressed sympathy but charged Smillet with violating sanitary laws amid heated questions and protests.
Secretary Bayard delivers a lengthy oration at the University of Missouri in Columbia, marking Jefferson's memory with a tablet honoring his role in the Louisiana Purchase. He recounts the 1801 election and the need for national unity over party advancement, praising education as a force for national safety and moral progress.
A Indiana editor and postmaster were condemned for disloyal attack on President Cleveland over his Gettysburg trip. Cleveland suspended the editor for “copperhead” expressions. In Nashville a seventeen year old, Miss Bettie Smith, was convicted for illicit whiskey sales, fined, and celebrated by Mountain folk in Louisville.
A man re encounters an old sweetheart through a letter from a wife, mistaken as his own. He avoids exposure by meeting a veiled woman, learns the truth via a friend, and flees town fearing the pained story and possible harm to his name, leaving behind a web of flirtations and mistaken identity.
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle commentary on ex President Arthur’s illness, accusing doctors of misdiagnosis and malaria as a fashionable death cause. It argues kidney disease and Bright’s disease are misattributed, promotes Warner’s safe cure, and urges independent treatment based on merit and public record. The piece portrays Arthur’s case as typical of medical misdirection and calls for trust in nontraditional cures.
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