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Newspaper
Dundee Weekly
Location
Dundee, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1872
Page
3
Numerous brief notices of accidents and deaths across the United States. Includes scalding fatalities from coffee, burns from fires and oil, fatal injuries from falls and collisions, and odd accidents in towns from Indianapolis to Brooklyn to St. Louis.
The daughter of Gen Banks is praised as Washington’s belle this winter. Iowa lawmakers include 56 farmers, nearly half the legislature. A Confederate dead monument costing 50000 is planned for Atlanta. Rev Dr Dixon, Wesleyan minister, died in Bradford aged 83. The German emperor knighted Sir Edward Landseer for merit. Porter named Superintendent of Works for New Jersey Lunatic Asylum at Morristown. Joaquin Miller reportedly engaged to a Scottish noblewoman. Four generations of Heath family members live in Albany. Ingelow, daughter of a banker, lives quietly in London dedicating book proceeds to charity. John Williams of Detroit cannot state his age, claims the family record dusted, outlived three undertakers, boots on without spectacles, age misprinted as 1500 years. Fisk’s rumored revenge tale links Stokes, Manfield, and Erie stock losses worth over 100000.
A humorous tale from Franklin, Tenny, recounts a couple planning a runaway marriage across the State line. The bride and bridegroom reach the depot before sunset as the groom balks, but the bride reveals she has hidden the father's access, ensuring the bridal party can depart and marry, with the couple wed and the father foiled.
A reprinted circular lists sixteen farming rules for sheep care including keeping dry, early lamb rearing, yard bar adjustments, daily counting, gradual graining, milking if a ewe loses a lamb, avoiding hogs with flocks, weaning with mill feed, gentle handling, rye sowing for weak sheep, separating weak stock, prompt wound care, fly treatments, lime for limbs, bells for sheep, wool preservation, and spring tag-lock cutting. It cites Tennyson’s London gossiper and notes a grocery store scene and a dairymen convention at Utica opposing Sunday cheese baking.
Physicians from Kentucky Ohio and Vermont praise Allen's Lung Balsam claiming it cures lung diseases and throat and bronchial issues. Endorsers include M D Isaac Conan and M D NarT Hanter Hangers who report rapid sales and strong patient satisfaction.
A letter from Dr. A L Scovill promotes Allen's Lung Balsam as a superior lung remedy. He asserts it cures deep seated pulmonary consumption and early lung complaints, aiding phlegm removal without irritating lungs, and strengthening the system. The endorsement claims it should be kept in every home for first signs of lung disease.
A feature on two chromo portraits titled Wide Awake and Fast Asleep, praised as lifelike child images. The piece compares originals to chromes, highlights their affordability, and notes a special offer: free chromes with a yearly subscription to The Christian Union. It extols Beecher publishers, the paper’s reach, and the broader appeal to families.
Local agents sought nationwide. all genders urged to apply. Send early for equipment and terms to Sieuier youd CoO. box address N. 5, Madison, Boston, Mage.
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