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Newspaper
Daily Liberal
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1881
Page
1
A narrator recalls finding an old trundle bed in a dusty attic while rain taps the window. Reminiscence floods back to childhood moments with a mother singing lullabies and teaching prayers. The scene culminates in a reverent memory of the mother now resting, with enduring faith and return to that homeland of God.
A letter from U S minister to Sweden describes a thousand year old Norse warship dug up near Gogstad on Christiania Fjord. The 74 foot hull reveals shields, oaken boats, an iron age hatchet, a copper caldron, and a royal burial chamber with traces of treasure robbed long ago. Excavation moved to Christiania for display, dating the craft to the younger iron age and highlighting Norse shipbuilding skill.
A vivid portrayal of desolation around the Maquis region. The text notes isolated seven villages within ten miles, shrinking tribal populations of about 1600, and a history of displacement and decline after conquest. It describes barren lands, ruined cities, and remnants of tribes merging for survival, with references to Pecos and Jemez.
A historical recap traces the spread of Sunday schools from 1608 Holland to 1780 Britain, noting denominational roles and missions. The piece closes with a peach and tapioca dessert recipe: peel and halve peaches, combine with tapioca and water, bake until tender, serve hot or cold with sugar or cream.
London Times argues that Russia’s revolutionary impulse stems from educated classes with no proper outlet for work or liberty. It warns repression and neglect fuel unrest, urging the government to abandon fear and pursue a cure for evils that are not insurmountable.
Fragment from a 19th or early 20th century advisory piece urging women to maintain ladylike conduct and etiquette. It argues that delicacy and confidence define female virtue, warns that coarse behavior merits life imprisonment, and insists women should carry themselves to earn male esteem and social reward.
An English officer recounts a sailor’s near death from inhaling windblown spray while swimming to shore. He argues many drownings come from a single drop of water in the windpipe, not cramps, noting swift rescues offer no chance of resuscitation.
In Edinburgh a Lancet report notes medical students should seek China assignments for practical experience. Macgregor, a 16 year medical missionary in Amoy, warns of dense populations and filth causing skin disease and widespread eye ailments. He cites dysentery, malaria, tumors, and the limited native surgery as opportunities to demonstrate European skill.
The article critiques native Chinese medical practice as seen by a medical missionary. It describes how doctors in China supposedly enter the trade with spectacles, grasses, herbs, and venomous snakes. It notes patients often switch doctors yet continue previous medicines, risking dosing themselves with multiple impostors’ nostrums.
Practical notes from the National Live Stock Journal covering brood mares work, butter making by evaporation, beekeeping worm control, geese farming, and the role of lime in soil. Emphasizes care of foals, safe cooling, and maintaining hive health, plus scientific farming needs and household modernization.
The article foresees the telephone and pneumatic dispatch transforming housekeeping by moving toil to centralized establishments powered by steam and electricity. It predicts enhanced domestic seclusion, reduced intrusion, and a need for systemic changes as servant difficulties persist, arguing the overload on workers is a core problem.
The piece discusses binding issues from yellowed French and German volumes to morocco as a durable choice. It notes symbolic back stamps in Melbourne Library, tri color bindings for French Revolution works, private custom bindings, and the fading craft of tinting pictures on gilt edges once prized by a Yorkshire binder.
A Baltimore Bulletin note counsels teen girls to avoid drastic image changes. It recalls a girl who failed to be recognized at a depot, as an elder visitor believes true improvement is in staying youthful. The aunt urges the girl to undo hair binding and long skirts and be seen as her former self.
The piece traces the torpedo name to a marvelously elastic fish studied by John Hunter. It notes Fulton’s torpedo as a ship-destroying machine and mentions the fish inhabiting the Mediterranean and other waters. The ancient use as therapy and the fish’s sand-burying habit are described, with a warning that stepping on it causes a quick collapse. It also mentions the fish being sold for food in French markets.
The guide instructs steaming potatoes with skins on in a fully loaded steamer, timing to finish together for dinner. A dinner table quip follows, a girl responding to a harsh criticism by noting her relation as only a collection of her mother's by marriage.
A brief, imperfect OCR fragment mentions Kidney-Wolf pills claimed to cleanse the body and kidneys by a cathartic diuretic action. It also recounts Captain X visiting a public school where students discuss Pitt, with one boy defining a statesman as a man who makes speeches, and the Captain noting he is not a statesman.
A Chicago railroad official cites cases of cures from liquor addiction using a tonic or drink. He claims one man was sober after two drinks, regained steadiness, and lost the urge for liquor. He notes several others were reportedly cured of drinking through this method.
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