31 Mar 1881
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1881
Page
1
The piece reflects on life as a preparatory stage, urging high aims despite daily hardships like mail delays and failures. It contrasts grand dreams of a palace with a modest cottage, valuing contentment and the idea that doing one’s best remains meaningful even when outcomes fall short.
A fragment discusses a legislative vote on a suffrage question with 4g to 4¢, noting party lines and proposed amendments. It includes anecdotes about Mrs Thomas Carlyle and a humorous schoolroom tale, then advertises the best salve for skin ailments with a 24 cent price and local sale details.
Fragmentary 19th century advertisement style text notes Paris hosting eighty Protestant Sunday schools at full operation. Includes customer testimonials on remedies by Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and Suiloe Vitalizer, with scattered praise and moral quotes, all in a clipped, promotional newspaper fragment.
A Mother's Grid warns of sickness in children and urges caution during coughs and croup. The ad promotes Shilor's Consumption Care with a guaranteed cure, listing prices 10 cents 60 cents and $1. Also mentions Sloh's Porous Plaster and sellers Weller and Wheeler.
Rev A J Mallory of Wyoming New York praises Dr Thomas Eclectric as a cure for bronchitis in one week. He notes dealers report high satisfaction for coughs colds asthma and rheumatism. The ad cites sales by J L Billan New York City and claims millions spent on amusements and strong drink.
A tale from Gunnison City of a New Yorker in a mining office amid selling shares of the White Horse Silver Mine. The crowd touts high returns while a wary trader recounts prior losses and the danger of sudden shifts in value. A second section discusses winter manure spreading and its soil fertility benefits as explained by Prof. A P Roberts.
A simple room air purity test uses lime water in a vial. If the water stays clear its air is good. milky water signals carbonic acid and poor ventilation. The note urges testing crowded schoolrooms and notes Philadelphia fatalities from bad ventilation.
The celebrated chef de cuisine Soyer tests hard versus soft water in cooking. He favors soft water for most tasks, noting hard water contracts pores and firms gluten, impeding meat flavor. Soft water also yields quicker cooking times, more thorough extraction in tea, and better bread. hard water slows boiling, alters vegetables, and requires longer potato prep.
A Galveston tale recounts a buyer- seller dispute over a horse sold with a supposed defect. The buyer seeks a refund after discovering the horse is blind in one eye, while the seller argues he warned of possible defects and played fair. The exchange hinges on rhetoric and wit.
An oral reminiscence recalls Sheriff Bob Hinkler of Nebraska days praised for humane treatment of prisoners. A Galveston audience member recounts Hinkler’s refusal to hurry inmates, his ease with jail time, and a vigilante case involving a missing man, plus a memory of the sheriff’s humane leadership during arrests.
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