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Newspaper
Daily Liberal
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1881
Page
1
A dramatic monologue depicts an iron power seizing command of sea and land. The speaker boasts vast control over oceans, rivers, mountains, and wealth, claiming to forge steel, guide industry, and print all deeds while chained by no limits, yet warned to beware those who curb this force. The poem celebrates industrial might and limitless ambition with vivid imagery of furnaces, mining, and global dominance.
The article recalls the old western hog’s harsh appearance and wild behavior, contrasts it with early beekeeping and honey production, and discusses butter quality, dairy improvements, trotting horses, and the value of agriculture focused on practical farming. It urges public schools to include pomology education and grafting basics.
The Germantown Telegraph prints Sitting Bull’s translated speech filled with mockery and lament for lost lands and warriors amid a blend of spoof editor’s notes. It contrasts the “piping times of peace” with ironic jabs at paleface civilization and a mock ceremonial lament.
Fragmentary read notes advocate cleansing the blood and purifying the liver and bowels to improve natural functions. Mentions preparation of a remedy in line three and references names like Dr Foyra and Freler Ocean, though details are unclear.
The piece surveys historic affection for animals in literature and legend. It notes Montaigne praising his cat, Cowper describing hares, and Franklin’s epitaph for a pet squirrel. It mentions saints and legends of animals such as a fawn, a robin, and Mile. Des Roches. It also covers poetic works featuring Philip Sparrow and Vertvert, and a real dog loved by Cornelius Agrippa and Wiers the philosopher’s servant who defended the animal’s reputation.
A veteran lightning rod man recounts industry tricks and inflated sets sold by itinerant sellers. He recalls pricing from 57 to 58 cents per foot, the bait of “forty feet” as a set, and a stubborn buyer who finally adopts rod installation after a humorous encounter near Sedalia Missouri. The piece critiques fraud and notes the narrator left farming to continue rod work.
The piece recalls William Bradford’s New York Gazette and rising opposition to royal officials. John Peter Zenger’s 1733 trial for seditious libel sparks Andrew Hamilton’s defense, arguing truth as defense of liberty and jury as protector of law and liberty for America.
A Louisville Christian Observer anecdote recalls Uncle Phil a fervent prayerful man who loves money. He takes a Sunday field job for a dollar, then prays aloud asking forgiveness for breaking the Sabbath after accepting a $2.50 payment, musing that many people resemble this $2.50 Christian in worldly devotion.
Col KE D Baker of San Francisco delivered an oration during celebratory times in 858 about the Atlantic cable. He likened a great comet visible in the sky to a heavenly messenger and the orderly law of the universe, noting mankind’s smallness before divine power and science’s clearer sight.
A bedtime quip has a boy refusing to bless those who whip him and a mother sharing a ginger snap recipe with rough improvisations. The fragmentary item hints at a domestic anecdote and a recipe note but lacks full context or clear event.
A board of eminent physicians and chemists announced a breakthrough by combining well known remedies to produce a remarkable medicine. Skeptics doubted at first, but trials proved its wide range of cures. The discoverers are honored and blessed by many.
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