23 Jul 1881
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Newspaper
Daily Liberal
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1881
Page
1
A lyric monologue ponders modernized sacred texts and their impact on faith. The speaker, rooted in ancient tradition, resists new phrasing while acknowledging fresh illumination. The poem contrasts old revered wording with contemporary revisions and pleas for preserving the untarnished gold of tradition.
A dramatic tale of John Burrows and Nelly Golding as a hidden will unlocks a fortune. Nelly inherits vast wealth from Grandfather Golding, faces a life split between hardship and opera house dreams, while John departs for the West. The couple reconciles with a bold, fate driven ending amid inheritance and enduring love.
Dr. D Willard Bliss, born 1825 in Auburn New York, trained at Cleveland Medical College in 1846 and practiced in Michigan before moving to Detroit. He served as Surgeon of the Third Michigan Volunteers, led a division field hospital at Bull Run, and was selected as Division Surgeon by Lincoln in 1861 serving with General Kearney on the Peninsula before commanding Washington hospitals.
A discussion in Popular Science Monthly notes the rise of biblical criticism under the scientific method. It cites the revised New Testament edition after eleven years of work as a rationalist milestone and recalls Robertson Smith’s controversy and lecture series on biblical history.
The text argues that biblical criticism has become a text book for modern analysis, with Robertson Smith’s work defining the critical school’s scope and method. It asserts science can illuminate origin and history of Christian scriptures without compromising Smith’s Christian stance, noting he remains faithful to essential truth while acknowledging human error and prejudice.
A Nature writer argues that humans can learn to tread water as animals do and avoid drowning in ordinary circumstances. He cites examples from Indians on the Missouri, Joanna natives, Croomen, Madras messengers, and Cape of Good Hope mariners, urging universal use of life-preserving water tread as safer than swimming.
Fragmentary line paints a drowning danger as shores and waters claim lives annually. A call for proper water safety measures urges training and immediate action to save those at risk, highlighting the need for directed effort to rescue swimmers.
A 1657 covenant records Jonas Houldsworth agreeing to four years of schooling for Huntington residents and a town pledge to build a house and provide land, diet, and payments in butter, wampum, corn, and cattle. The document notes future schooling returns, wood for the school, and Houldsworth’s annual forty-five pound salary with varied payments. It also mentions descendants scattered to America and beyond.
An elderly man at 628 West Madison Street, John Houston, claims kinship to the late General Sam Houston yet has never met or heard from him. He recalls Scotch ancestry, Cromwellian exile, and a family scattered between Cincinnati and Ontario, noting Sam’s birth in Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1793. He nears his centennial as years of memory drift and a life spent apart from fame.
A July Popular Science Monthly piece argues death is typically painless, notes historical false beliefs and brutal customs to hasten death, and contrasts them with the physiology of painless dying. It closes with a New York dispatch on stock markets, Washington outlook, and potential outcomes of the President’s health.
The item touts Kidney-Wort as greatly beneficial to all, recommending a thorough course each spring. It claims liquid form is an alternative if you cannot prepare the dry version, presenting a generic health cure pitch without credible details.
The York market reported last week imports of dry goods at 1,395,902 dollars and total market value of 1,441,695 dollars.
A husband recounts how ten years of illness plagued his wife with an unclear ailment. After trying two bottles of FA Hop Bitters, her health improved dramatically, and she recovered strength at a total expense of two dollars.
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