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Newspaper
Daily Liberal
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1881
Page
1
A Children’s Corner feature from the Daily Liberal presents gardening rules for young readers. It emphasizes practical tool use, with lines about spades, rakes, hoes and forks guiding proper digging, stroke control, and efficient tool use for a budding gardener.
A king helps a sleeping page by reading a letter from the mother and tucking a bag of wages into the pocket, urging charity and assurance. In a mountain village tale, Captain Prim helms a toy ship on a Belfry sea and longs for open water while a bold traveler boards and challenges the captain’s fate.
A Potato Bug declares he will not work his passage and hops overboard from a ghostly ship piloted by Captain Prim. He drifts to ground, travels in an envelope to Scotland, and vows never to sail again after a journey full of motion and reflection.
The narrator describes a Norwegian summer where the sun remains visible late into the night, challenging sleep and routine. He notes the strange thrill of writing by daylight at ten, the eventual fatigue, and the need to block light with green cambric to sleep. Noise and late-night socializing in Norway disturb rest despite the daylight.
The fragment recalls folk beliefs about health claiming ten indoor workers may escape consequences and that kidneys grow inactive without remedies like Kidney-Wort. A scene shows Mrs Stuffom billing demargarine while a belated husband, seeking a match, is driven to insanity by a sleepy remark about lighting the gas.
A fragment touts hop bitters as a universal remedy made from common plants like tops and dandelion. It asserts wide cures for old and young, rich and poor, and urges belief as testimony from Post and Doctor, Lawyer and Editor supports the claim. See other column.
My dear, lock this trunk, urged Mrs Spoopendyke as Mr Spoopendyke fought the stubborn hasp. They argue, kick, and yelp, each blaming the other for the jammed spring lock. After chaos and misfiring attempts, they abandon the trunk, planning to repack while wondering if the key exists.
From the Deutsche Zeitung of New Orleans the account warns laborers away from Panama as a deadly project. It notes 200 colored workers and 60 Europeans on site with many falling sick daily, scarce doctors and hospitals, and brutal climate that claims many lives amid slow progress and grim camps.
A Chicago man known as the officer who never drank rises from Grant era commissary to chairman of a border commission. He later arranges a Texas ranch sale of 200000 acres and cattle to an English firm for 1 million, becoming a packing firm supervisor and moving to a new role. The story lauds his dedication to order and good government.
An aged Indian storyteller recalls a mission era cave near Calaveras County where bones of prisoners were found while no relics appeared. She describes sisters and children left to starve, priests sealing the cave after rescuing some, and memories of abuse before baseball is deemed ancient, as an old saying from Gangpis is cited.
An old settler narrates discovering a mossy turtle bearing carved names, B. CG 567 and Adam Paradise, on its belly after scraping moss away. He recounts a surprising inscription found during a round of hunting stories told by the boys of the camp.
A reflection on cultivating pleasantness as a worthy aim for individuals exhausted by vanity for fame or fortune. It argues that imaginative, considerate people who cheer others enrich daily life and that pursuing pleasantness offers a solitary, low-competition path compared to seeking fame or riches.
A historic overview notes Methodism expanding from a 1739 Bristol preaching house origin to large international adherents. It cites five million in Britain and fourteen million in America, with extensive church property values and social appeal among lower middle class groups, contrasting with wealthier patrons.
A New York Sunn piece recounts a Brookyn butcher facing a low meat line and a clever dog that cannot reach but causes chaos with a sharp bark. The story describes previous dog thieves, a yellow scavenger, and a group of loyal city dogs who patiently wait for scraps outside the shop. The tale highlights the dogs’ intelligence and amusing interactions with the butcher and his animals.
An article describes the Bonner or White Cross eagle Aquila verreauxii known as Lemmervaan ger and Dagsie Vaanger. It details plumage, habitat, breeding season, and its predatory behavior on lambs and other game. It explains trapping methods used by colonists to protect flocks.
A ragged man tried to take meat from a dog but was driven off. The dog then set meat at the man's feet and trotted away. Another dog later shared the meal with the gray dog, leaving the man astonished by the scene.
The San Jacinto range in northeastern San Diego county is described as wild and hard to explore with a local superstition about a mysterious sound called Tahqnish or the devil. Reports occur irregularly like a cannon blast, waking sleepers and rattling houses, with Indians reluctant to search for its source. An elderly native recalls a dark tunnel entrance heated at the mouth, but access remains denied.
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