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Newspaper
Cuba Pilot
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1887
Page
6
A reminiscence poem recalls a mother in a shaded garden and forest scenes. The speaker recalls girlhood, fairy imagery, and a rock where the mother played, contrasting warmth with the loneliness after her death. Warperts Magazine for November.
In Corsica, Luidgi travels with a hermit to fetch a bride for Pietro. They outwit the ogre Touchmenot, rescue a naturally rose and white maiden, and unite the sister with Pietro after the ogre is slain. The tale ends with a curse on Pietro’s line for the deed.
A New York Graphic excerpt recounts a folkloric idle tale predicting women's complexions and hair fate based on marriages. An unseen elder declares outcomes tied to matches with ogres, Genoese, Corsicans, and flour or arsenic usage, concluding with a curious remark on local girls' beauty.
A San Francisco Examiner reader recounts a Calaveras County observation of a tarantula attacked by wasps. The wasps sting and poison the tarantula, kill it, tear the body apart, and haul pieces away to feed or store for winter, confirming local reports that tarantula killers are common in the area.
Henry begs Katie to marry him as he clings to a lily and declares his hope for a union. Katie declines with sorrow and resolve, saying she has other aims and cannot belong to any man.
A stranger in a distant land asks for help from a gentleman who questions his conscience and home. The exchange centers on a single cent offered as proof of effort to return to Australia, with uncertainty about future steps.
Mrs. Trumbull, accused of repeated shoplifting, faces a hearing in probate court on a petition by Detective Manningy seeking admission to Pontiac asylum. Witnesses describe kleptomania as the motive, while her husband and a Windsor residence raise jurisdiction questions.
The article cites multiple testimonial letters from 1884 to 1887 detailing severe neuralgia cases across the United States. Witnesses report dramatic relief after applying St Jacobs Oil, with dates and addresses listed, including Mrs. Mary K. Sheed in Washington DC and others in St. Louis York and Pottsown. The texts emphasize rapid pain relief and permanent absence of recurrence in several accounts.
A Cincinnati Telegram excerpt shows a family outing where a bright daughter asks about a red headed woodpecker and a white horse, provoking playful exchanges as they wander the woods. The item also advertises patent medicines and a parish joiner quip.
A fragment from a 19th century temperance article extols Moxie as a harmless, alcohol free tonic that calms nervousness and fatigue, praised by Mrs Sarah Rockwood of Cortland aged 102. Also mentions Brown's Bronchial Troches and Scott's Emulsion as valued health aids with testimonial notes from medical professionals.
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