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Newspaper
Daily Liberal
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1881
Page
1
The speaker recalls a youthful dream of building a grand galley with white sails and a figurehead of Hope. The vessel returns years later in ruin, its masts broken and bulwarks overgrown, carrying only drift and weeds. The faded dream mirrors lost vigor and the passing of youth.
The writer muses on divisions among literary types clever cultured and intellectual. He recalls Charlotte Bronte a lesson on cleverness and the difference between reading broadly and true cultivation noting that genuine culture requires reflective use of reading and personal thought rather than mere accumulation of books and facts.
A medical paper outlines two sun stroke types and distinct treatments. If the sufferer’s face is full and flushed, the illness is due to congestion, and they should be moved to a cool place for continuous care.
Advice for treating sun stroke and faintness including cooling the head with cold water, using stimulants if the face is pale, rubbing limbs, removing the sufferer from the sun, and recognizing that medical aid is still needed. Emphasizes stopping work to prevent heat illness and early symptom management.
The Rome Courier reports a church fair scheme where men paid to kiss women in a staged setting. Prices varied by age and status, with seconds counting as fines for longer squeezes. A two-person committee supervised the discreet proceedings in a dining room and parlor.
The London Lancet reports Queen Victoria awarded the Albert Medal First Class to David Lawson M.D. of Huddersfield for saving a police constable Wiggingbottoms child with laryngeal diphtheria by suctioning mucus from a tracheotomy tube despite personal danger. The patient died on day three, and Lawson later contracted diphtheria and other illnesses forcing him to retire from practice.
A German customer at Patterson Brothers hardware on Park Row reports strange noises in the walls. The clerk explains rats nearby due to torn buildings from the World office project and Gould debris. A rat is caught in a Thursday trap, fitted with a bell on its tail to frighten others, a treatment that may scare the pests away. The bell-ringing rat is startled by its own sound and may not prove a lasting solution.
A weather forecast from August 1881 predicts hot conditions with generally fair skies. Expect cool rain from the north on the 1st and 2nd, high winds and scattered rain around the 8th to 9th, followed by clear skies and cooler days on the 7th and 8th. Heat waves recur until the 20th with a hot spell on the 10th and 11th then a north wind and thunder storms on the 12th and 18th.
In this fragment a historic weather sequence mentions simoon waves, cloud and rain from the 17th to 19th, a si moon 21st to 22nd with variable winds, a polar dash 23rd with rain late month, and storms including hail and lightning. Local frost absence is noted for August across the Tice St Louis Vennor belt and Montreal area.
Practical kitchen notes on orange roll dessert and salmon croquettes with steps using canned or fresh salmon. Guidance on tea and coffee making, including water temperature, vessel choice, grinding, and proper serving to preserve aroma and flavor.
A Williamsport couple recounts a chilling night segment when their four year old daughter strayed into a forest and was surrounded by thirty six rattlesnakes. The snakes reportedly danced rattles and war songs then used their bodies to swing the child from tree to tree back to their cabin where she was saved.
Octave Thanet argues in Atlantic Monthly August that most almshouses fail to lift the poor from pauperism and harm inmates. He contends even the best houses cultivate dependency while the insane are tortured and children corrupted, questioning the system of indoor care and its costs.
A critique argues against the belief that alms are a right and condemns current charity practices. It proposes a six point plan: classify inmates, tighten discipline, utilize inmate labor, build proper facilities, select fit keepers, and remove charity from political control, advocating central oversight.
A fourteen or fifteen year old girl, Kittie Shelly, braves a midnight storm near Moingona Iowa. She warns and summons help after a trestle train plunges, then journeys through a flooded landscape by lantern light to obtain aid for stranded passengers. Her courage mirrors Grace Darling’s famed rescues.
Dramatic account recalls Kate Shelly guiding trembling travelers to safety across a perilous passage during a night disaster. Two men died in the chasm and two families mourn, while officials note the accident was reported by a young girl and relief quickly followed.
The War Department reports mixed wheat and corn prospects across the country. Texas Alabama Georgia report varying conditions with insect damage noted in Missouri Kansas. Wheat averages 83 nationwide though major northern regions show lower than last year. Corn area up nearly two percent, overall conditions not as high as recent years with cold wet spring. Portland notes crops in Oregon need sun as shipments may total 100000 tons east of Cascades, exports 175000 tons, surplus up 20 to 40 percent. Columbus tally shows large statewide wheat shortages: Ohio 12000000, Illinois 37000000, Michigan 44500000, Iowa 17000000 bushels.
A discussion of fingerprint individuality notes each thumb’s ridges form unique patterns like miniature mountains. It explains police use of prints for identification and suggests family likenesses in fingerprints mirror broader family similarities in looks and traits.
The passage observes that every fingerprint and thumb is unique with strong individual characteristics. It asserts the Creator’s invention is exhaustive and that no two resemble each other, comparing the distinct patterns to forests. It suggests using ink to study a thumb to gain appreciation for its individuality.
In the Profile Lake region a towering cliff forms a natural rock sculpture resembling a human head perched twelve hundred feet above the lake. The sight, likened to a monumental alto-relief, inspires awe and reflection, with critics noting its grand, almost mythic presence beyond mortal origin.
The piece urges readers to stop scowling as it marks time on the brow and ages a person. It links frowning to unhappiness, notes reflex effects on others, and argues for peace of mind to keep a calm, placid countenance amid life’s pressures. The author suggests smoothing creases with care to avoid indelible facial marks.
Special Dispatch from Detroit notes the public’s call for a simpler Kidney-Wort preparation leading Welle Richardson Co. of Burlington VI to offer it in liquid and fu ary forms, widening consumer choice and distribution avenues.
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