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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
8
A fragment recalls De Quincey at Lasswade forming a close, casual bond with a four year old nephew of a housemaid. The child questions the writer about a term for a friend, prompting De Quincey to guess “Janrustinus” before correction with a rhododendron joke. The anecdote shows intimate, informal moments between writer and youth.
A description details a simple optical wand trick where winded thread tightens a chicken wishbone to form a circle, creating a rapid motion illusion. The piece notes Gloucester fishing interests improving last year with total seafood value near 9.6 million dollars and codfish landings over 44 million pounds.
A narrator recalls a cold dawn ride along a mountain road near Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky. A 20 year old mountaineer in threadbare clothes whistles and greets the traveler with a polite, cheerful morning exchange as distant ships pass in the morning. The memory ends with noting the greeting from that lone mountaineer and the New York Tribune.
Toll by Wrinkiea, A. Wiseman claims facial lines map history. Horizontal forehead creases appear early in rickets or sun exposure, vertical frown lines show thought, grief, or worry. Deep lines form from repeated expressions. upper nose wrinkles signal extreme suffering. earliest creases run from nostrils to mouth due to sinning and jaw movement.
A vaquero performs a daring act by placing many long-handled knives in a tight circle and challenging onlookers to watch him rope a designated calf as his horse speeds past.
A Sunday school lesson reports Paul and Silas in Philippi where an earthquake frees prisoners and leads the jailer and his family to baptism. It contrasts with a bizarre New England tale of Si las Stark burying pets on a yard that serves as a private graveyard and his life among animals and books.
In Louisville a bishop from Men cucky invited a crude old magazine editor to hear him preach. The man, assured of a front pew, remained until the end and told the bishop he did not know much about creeds but had faith in the preacher who had “got with you every time.”
Dental surgeons have patented processes for imitating gold fillings on false teeth. Fire gilding is used to apply gold foil and artificial appearances hide repairs. Applications for gallents for setting diamonds in the teeth have been made, with holes drilled to receive the gems on front teeth.
The Inhiabhanta, medien men of these coun ties, report broad efficacy of Hosteclers Momath Bitters. It is cited as an antidote to unileria and a remedy for dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatism, neuralgia, biliousness, nervous head, and loss of appetite and sleep.
The Er emy I guess you haven't read pany of his jokes. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes the comedian's enduring humor and cheerful character.
Allen’s Foot-Ease powder claims to cure painful swollen feet and bunion sting and to make tight shoes feel easy. It promises relief from sweating callouses and tired feet and offers a 26 cent mail order price with free trial package from Allen S. Olmsted of LeRoy New York.
A Brooklyn Life quip recounts a youth caught alone with Jack Robinson. The boy explains he wished to test if he could play without his notes, reflecting a humorous mischief in a tense moment.
A jumble of old city notices and advertisements including a 75 cent health cure claim, royal lineage trivia about the Queen of Denmark, beard dye guidance, tropical forest plant notes, a 51 000 for testimonials claim, quoted remarks about Jackson, and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup with price per bottle.
A health advice notice urges daughters to care for mothers during the change of life. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier as remedies to ease nervousness, faintness, and heart palpitations, citing a testimonial from Mrs. Louis Strone of Erie County New York.
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