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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1899
Page
3
Aunt Peggy Baily, born in Kentucky, died at her Huntington home last week. At 112 she was the nation’s likely oldest spinster. She began tobacco use early and smoked a pipe since age eight.
Bill Nye writes to the Postmaster General after his appointment at Laramie requesting harmony among government officials. He asks the General to address him freely and pledges readiness to advise, denying envy or pride and urging unity.
Advice cautions against signing any document for unknown people. If the matter matters to you consult a trustworthy lawyer before signing since a note could end up harming an innocent party. It urges refusing to sign when strangers will carry the paper away.
The passage argues that those with injured innocence fake grievance to gain sympathy. It claims pretentious individuals with small talents appear more deserving and win more often than genuinely capable, unpretentious rivals.
A wealthy farmer refuses to admit profits, prompting the parson to remark on the harvest. After reflection the farmer concedes only that there will be no spoiled hay for the young calves.
The Industrial School Journal notes habits form like trails worn by repeated steps. Repeated actions create ease and persistence, making bad habits hard to break and good ones easier, urging formation of useful, beneficial, and godly routines.
A rural editor laments May as a month of rustic color and labor scenes from farm life. An exchange warns readers against opposing local improvements hastily, urging careful consideration of costs and benefits before acting.
A stranger posed as a revenue inspector visiting tobacco shops in a neighboring village. He claimed the stamps on cigar boxes were counterfeit from Philadelphia and offered to confiscate the goods. Merchants surrendered their stock after seeing papers reporting seized cigars, only to learn they were duped.
A tribute to everyday workers who bear burdens and keep society running. The piece extols common lives in kitchens plows stores schools and shops as noble and kingly, challenging the urge to celebrate only the famous while praising faithfulness simplicity and quiet dignity.
The text quotes Mrs. Garfield on labor and thought turning toil into happiness. It argues that money, travel, or status do not make one greater, only discipline and daily effort do. Every life, no matter how small, has a race and threads of gold in its deeds and words.
A mother recounts whipping her young son and expressing pain in doing so. She tells him she hates to whip him yet believes it is for his good. He calmly asks if it hurts her in the same place it does him, and she fears she is nearly paralyzed by the question.
A vintage warning advises mothers to keep Beggs Gherry Gough Syrup on hand to treat sudden croup. It cautions that a rapid cold can worsen before a drug store visit and warns that Dr Lays are dangerous, with Opera Drug Store as the place to obtain remedies.
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