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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1879
Page
4
In a fire-lit chamber the narrator recalls memories from memory's palace. An old arm-chair holds generations of people while a mother watches children with joy and quiet sorrow. Time has given her treasures but no sweeter hour than these shadows of love.
Our Friend Seaver urges fall planting of box elder and catalpa trees. The piece promotes orchard prep this season, highlights benefits of trees for homes and farms, and suggests expanding fruit and ornamental groves to boost farm appeal and value.
When visiting New York City, Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire offer services and stop at Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. The hotel advertises 250 elegant rooms from $1 per day, an elevator, and a restaurant with the best fare. Horse cars stages and elevated railroad access to all districts. Ensure Grand Union Hotel sign is correct as the corner is not part of Grand Union.
Graduates of Literary Colleges fit themselves for immediate work at H. B. Bryant's Business College. It is the thing to invalids use C. Gilberts Corn Starch.
A speaker contemplates a prominent family's troubled behavior and its lack of a clear moral lesson. The tone suggests weariness with explaining or judging, acknowledging complexity and uncertainty in the family's actions and reputation.
The Caerphilly Castle tower in Glamorganshire leans 11 feet from the perpendicular, about 70 to 80 feet high, due to a 1326 siege liquid metal pour. Other leaning towers at Bridgnorth and Corfe arise from Civil War gunpowder use. The Chesterfield church spire, 230 feet tall, leans 6 feet south and 4 feet 4 inches west, with traditions about a missing spire and contract disputes. A 1855 Institute finding attributes the tilt to decayed oak framing and sun exposure rather than design.
The article warns that time wasted through excess sleep harms mind and body. It urges students and workers to wake early, limit sleep to the needed amount, and use the day for productive activity to gain vigor and financial and intellectual benefit.
A femi nine journal writer asserts that a man who loves a twenty five year old woman finds fortune and she, in turn, is fortunate in loving him. At this age she is more self aware, less deceived, and her future feels in her own hands with greater happiness and endurance guaranteed.
Over sixteen years Montana produced 153 million dollars in gold and silver, ranking near California. The territory hosts 20,000 quartz mines, iron and lead discoveries, and abundant coal. Cattle costs and profits for beef rise, with 1873 cattle at 86,944 and 1878 at 250,000. 22,000 cattle valued at 244,000 were exported to eastern markets.
Lucy reads a letter from a Mount Desert summer flirt who proposes. Augusta wonders at the bold suitor while Lucy debates acceptance, torn between pride and practical appeal as a wife and corn bread promise.
A Providence wife notes her mother aged over seventy suffered neuralgia and general weakness for months. After three months on Hop Bitters she regains vigor and vitality, claiming no other medicine helped prior. She calls Hop Bitters the finest remedy for her family.
An American wheat harvest described twenty miles west of Fargo Dakota shows colossal farms covering 20 000 acres. 600 workers operate 115 machines and twenty steam threshers as 69 000 acres remain to be opened. Mr Dalrymple oversees multiple farms with telephones linking threshers and housing.
A collage of old facts and anecdotes traces first steamers on the Thames in 1815 and the 1825 India voyage, notes ancient languages and rulers, and recalls Pocahontas and John Smith nearby Gravesend. It references Henry Adams, Teutons and Cimbri, and a coughing warning with Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup as a patent remedy.
An 19th century advert catalog touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with trial bottle free and cures for coughs colds asthma and bronchitis. It also promotes the Audiphone for the deaf via teeth vibrations and Wells Richardson butter color for market sale. Also advertised are Safe Remedies and a free medical treatise by Dr Livingston and a kidney tonic Kidney-Wort for bedwetting children.
A broad catalog of patent medicines and tonics is advertised for various ailments. Products include Kidney-Vort for liver and bowels relief, Carboline deodorized petroleum extract for hair restoration, Buchlein arnica salve for skin issues, German Worm Cakes for intestinal worms, Uncle Sam’s Nerve and Bone Liniment, Uncle Sam’s Harness Oil, Eilert’s Daylight Liver Pills, Uncle Sam’s Condition Powder for stock, Dr Winchell’s Teething Syrup for infants, Eilert’s Extract of Tar and Wild Cherry for coughs and lung conditions, and general notices on cures and guarantees. Prices and selling points are noted alongside retailer mentions.
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