21 Feb 1883
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Newspaper
Connersville Examiner
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1883
Page
1
A long column lists topics from gilded coins and nickels to timber needs for spools, Mississippi improvements, cattle purchases for Sioux lands, Tweed arrest costs, cave discoveries near York, cholera in Waterbury, Irish temperance, alcohol usage, and the Government Printing Office. It covers debt, ruby values, whale of statistics, and a Golden Cross for long serving maids.
In Panani Kentucky on February 11 1883 James E Webb writes of relocating to the Sunny South exploring timber and stave production near Danville Ohio River region. He details mill setup workmen processes and market demand for white oak timbers staves, then notes a grand 45th birthday party for Dr Joshua Chitwood with a lavish country city feast and reflections on Greek symposium customs.
The author warns that those who rely on others in misfortune never become truly capable in a crisis. People who avoid effort cling to crutches, while self-made individuals grow through overcoming obstacles. Training through persistence builds confidence as the world learns to trust those who prove themselves.
The article explains that trespass on cultivated or private land is illegal even without signs, and owners may recover actual damages plus a fine up to 26 dollars when signs are properly posted. Requirements include at least one sign per fifty acres and protection of lake or stream borders. Defacing signs is a misdemeanor with a 25 dollar penalty.
A praised hair dressing restores youth to faded gray hair. It is described as harmless, pure, and highly esteemed for its fragrance and quality.
A humorous memoir segment recounts a cold morning scene in a store where a boy asks for vaseline to soothe his father’s burned and bandaged legs after a kitchen fire scare. The tale details a rope escape, a nightshirt glimpse, and the family’s belated fire safety lesson. Mrs. Daniel Venoyle of Bremen Marshall County touts Brown's Tron Ditters for dyspepsia.
A writer in the exchange notes wood lasts longer than iron for fence posts. Basswood or ash prove durable after seven years underground. Preparation costs under two cents per piece using boiled linseed oil mixed with pulverized coal as a coating to prevent rot.
A column touts Parker's Ginger Tonic as solving the stimulant problem and restoring health and happiness to homes. Colonel Bob Ingersol jokes the bar to progress in the south is not reconstruction but lack of plug hats and suspenders, arguing civility hinges on attire.
A mother describes illness and misery ending after using Hop Bitters, with a sudden improvement that surprised her family. She notes the remedy helped her recover quickly and brought happiness to the household.
A jumble of jokes and vignettes from a bygone era: tariff talk, hair and mince pies, romantic barbs, a Jew and Polish quip, Whittier’s love life, a postal joke, a Missouri man’s sudden death, Cats in a church cellar, shoe leather imposter paste, and a Jersey City saloon scare.
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