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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1891
Page
4
James E. Dephericx of Saugerties New York reports two years of stomach trouble and failing nutrition. After using August Flower he gains weight and strength with improved appetite and no adverse effects. W B Utsey of St George s South Carolina also endorses August Flower for dyspepsia.
The Berkshire hill near Lambourne features a vast chalk white horse carved into the slope, visible from miles away, with debates on its origin from Saxon kings to natural formation. Nearby Dragon Hill is linked to St George killing the dragon, and a yearly midsummer “Scouring the Horse” preserves the chalk figure.
A London Figaro note recalls how Prince Heinrich resisted daily baths as a child. A sentry refused to salute, citing unwashed service, prompting the prince to relent after his humility and a tearful realization. The tale underscores royal discipline shaping behavior.
The narrator visits Chicago area farms and a Lord Sanders estate revealing land sales via mortgage and rental practices. A tenant family discusses taxes, schooling limits, and housing while a nearby farmer contrasts western land dreams with existing tenancy. The duke observes American land issues and tenant life from city to country.
A Lady's Home Journal style reflection lists habits for a long, happy life. It credits forgetting disputes, faith in others, good digestion, cheerful work, kind words, and sympathy as core virtues. The piece emphasizes restraint, optimism, and treating others as one wishes to be treated.
A duke questions a farmer about crop performance and compares yields to the previous year. The farmer responds that both wheat and corn were priced the same per bushel as before, but he does not reveal the cause of the trouble.
The piece advises sending invitations at least two weeks ahead with three weeks for very important occasions. It covers engraved cards, noting honored guests, and presenting guests to all. Ten to twelve covers are ideal, and punctuality is urged with limited delays, noting City practices in New York and Washington. George W. Childs remarks in Good Housekeeping.
A New York Star report recounts how Victoria R. formed the royal signature on state papers. It notes George IV’s frailty led to a stamped facsimile with verbal assent, and the Duke of Wellington confronted the king when the formality was not observed.
A reminiscence on music contrasts human taste with natural sound. A party debates whether crickets’ song is music while Dan the servant notes personal preference. Miss Colense, daughter of the late Bishop Colense, will soon travel to England for Zulu Chiefs affairs.
A collage of 19th century observations describes Southern people as stern, armed, and quarrelsome yet physically capable, with scattered anecdotes on a German band leader, a dejected boarder, and a theater actress seeking a striking necklace. The tone blends ethnographic caricature with humor pieces from multiple outlets.
An advertisement extols Brown's Iron Hitters as a universal remedy for dyspepsia malaria biliousness and general debility. It claims benefits to digestion nerves and nursing mothers while linking quack cures to suffragist imagery and praising Dr Shallenberger's Antidote for malaria with dramatic one dose claims.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and claims nine of ten cases are caused by catarrh. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case healed by Mall’s Catarrh Cure and promotes the Toledo firm F. J. Cheney & Co. with a 75 cent product price. It finishes noting men who bravely start at the bottom are knocked out early.
A reader reports one week with a plater earning 12 dollars clear, praising the opportunity for cheap plating and quick profits. The piece urges more homes to consider plating to improve finances and happiness, while sprinkling generic life advice and brand mentions.
Fragmented notes mention Mr Bell’s earnings and a failed profit attempt, a vehicle for market schemes, a claim about Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy with a $500 guarantee, and a quip about manners and women. The text reads like miscellaneous advertisements and personal musings with no single cohesive event.
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