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Newspaper
Daily Liberal
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1881
Page
1
Fragmentary verse contemplates changing rivers and ancient battles. It reflects on armor, blood, and valor seen by a weary modern reader, contrasting past heroism with present quiet days and enduring love and sorrow. The mood is reflective, with religious and mystic overtones and a call to memory across time.
A collection of quips and anecdotes on public figures, politics, and curiosities. Jokes about Queen Victoria, Mrs Walker, and a New York senatorial rumor mix with notes on innovations, a fox hunt, and a Mississippi planter finding $64,000 in gold in an old churn after flood damage.
A 17 inch shoe diagram for a 17 year old Sandusky girl in Albany stirs curiosity for shoe findory. The piece notes a 160 pound weight and claims Vermont has the champion boy who burst his drum to see its music. Amid odd reflections a Chicago reporter mentions the Duke of Sutherland could not be seen as he lies down, while a playful exchange follows about sight and indifference.
A historical note discusses polar Siberia mammoth meat theories and claims wolves feeding on frozen mammoth flesh near Lena estuary as proof of ancient climate shifts. It speculates on untouched meat mines and future riches, suggesting nature itself preserves frozen resources for potential future use.
A Nash ville family keeps a highly trained parrot famed for voice imitation. When a visiting young man rings the bell, the parrot directs him to various windows and finally shouts the workhouse. Frustrated, the suitor leaves for his boarding house.
The article warns that cigarette use rises among youth, especially girls, due to misbelief it is less harmful than cigars. Physicians report stronger, clearer health harms from cigarettes and urge discouraging underage smoking to protect children.
A poor bachelor rides with a woman and, after a brief awkward moment, declares he has found the girl he has sought for five years and asks for marriage. The scene shifts to a playful exchange involving Aunt Mary and Lucy, with light quips about veils.
A pedlar convinces a man with no objections to allow lightning rods on a house. After placing rods on one corner the pedlar asks the other corner occupant for objections. The man says none, then discovers a bill for rods and protests he did not order them. The pedlar explains the man merely said no objections and implies the county court house is involved.
Two class of 53 graduates from Amherst College, one wealthy and one poor, pursued the same woman. The rich rival built a career in New York with a friend, the poor man found wealth later, and after years apart he meets his former love on a Westbound train. She teaches in Iowa and remains unattached. Their long‑smoldering feelings resurface on a Friday encounter.
A Boston book agent selling revised New Testament copies faced snub in a Stafe street bank. After a dismissive greeting, he returned, opened an account with $8,000, and the next two days saw every dollar withdrawn.
Iowa crop prospects show declines since June 13 with overall conditions around 77 percent across 754 townships in 97 counties. Heavy rains, hail, and winds reduced yields. worm damage and wet weather caused wastage. Deficit estimated at 17 million bushels from last year. Notable counts show Des Moines lowest at 18 percent. Hancock and Kossuth at 100 percent.
Agricultural survey reports provide crop conditions across counties and townships. Apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries, grapes, small fruits, berries, meadows, pastures and tobacco show varied yields with many blights and winter kill noted. overall prospects indicate a partial to near normal season with some crops above one hundred percent in pastures.
United States District Attorney Corkhill presents a detailed chronology of Charles Guiteau the assassin’s moves in Washington from March to July 1881. He describes Guiteau’s lodging at the Barbitt House entry into various rooms pistol purchases practice shots at a board and Lafayette Park pursuit of the president culminating at the depot and White House area. The account ends noting a rash of factory fires in Cincinnati on July 7 causing about 500000 dollars in damage.
A chemist tours a flavor lab debunking natural fruit extracts as costly and weak. He explains artificial flavors use butyric and fusel oils, methyl compounds, succinic and benzoic acids, chloroform, tartrates, and other aromatics, often in harmless dilutions. He notes artificial flavors can imitate natural tastes yet warns against dangerous concentrated forms and shares cider recipes and cautions about sulfuric acid in sweet drinks.
The account describes a spider tested by Seth Green, showing problem solving as it builds a silk balloon to ride winds. It ties the balloon to a pole, launches the craft, and iterates through several designs, finally lifting off with a buoyant thread and returning to land, displaying surprising intelligence.
A man named Mr Green asserts he repeatedly witnessed spiders freeing themselves from a prison by a natural instinct. He believes this rational behavior reflects a Creator endowed trait guiding animal actions. The remarks echo a philosophical view on animal agency.
Rear Admiral recalls a near drowning at sea in icy conditions. He details swimming methods learned at Eton, the heavy uniform, and the moment he gave up fighting the current to float until rescued. He argues that sinking, treading water, and waiting for assistance saved him more than frantic swimming.
An old German woman in Cincinnati regales the Enquirer with witchcraft stories. A man with fine horses loses them to witches, a cow’s milk dries up then returns, and a youth is tormented by a cat that prowls his room at night. The blacksmith torso inspires the witch to forge horse shoes, and she is captured when the shoes are found in her hand. She begs release only after promising to quit mischief.
A jagged clipping mixes a medieval tale about the fatal hook in a cathedral tower with practical kitchen tips and a pocketbook anecdote. It notes a prisoner’s fate in Mocena, a bacon substitution for spinach, and a Hartford tailor returning found money, ending with a praise of Hop bitters in an era of medical remedies.
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