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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1891
Page
3
The Yourouk tribe crafts Kara niapian carpets with wooden looms and jade decorations. They use wooden gloves for protection and carry a carved wooden case with a whip-like instrument called the Nai. Bee hives, wooden tally tokens, and pine vessels illustrate their wood-centered life amid legends of magical stones and Angelus tales.
The article surveys global dietary taboos and preferences among Brahmins, Japanese peasants, Abyssinians, Jakoots, Tartar emirs, and Moses’ laws. It notes aversions to meat stew, milk, rabbit flesh, dogmatic bans on rabbit, tea, and koumiss. It concludes that tastes vary, with no universal standard.
The passage mocks bilingual pretensions in Paris and then pivots to celebrity quackery. It cites an American woman on French speaking children, jokes about mutual incomprehension, and warns against self medical tonics. It touts Hostetter and Browns Bitters as safe remedies and ends with a quip about male bravado in conflict.
A grand jubilee unfolds in Connaught after Parnell leads nationalists to victory. Delegations flood in to the park near Lake Killarney for a rally honoring Charles Stuart Parnell, symbolizing Irish liberty and solidarity with American allies. The crowd fills the countryside as emblems and banners appear in a festival of unity.
A Northern colonial party recounts an Irish Jubilee with Mr Parnell amid cheers as eightyeight delegates are celebrated. Col Haynes praises unity and calls for an Irish Parliament while reflections on American aid and landlordism echo. Christmas at Blue Ridge brings a proposed marriage of Fred and Annie and a festive visit from Mrs Haynes.
Nelit' and his sister discuss a Smith girl at the theatre. The girl reveals no visible response to pinched hands, explained by wearing very tight 54 glove size that restricts circulation. The men note the discomfort is hidden by her delicate image and claim the effect misleads young men.
A column recalls historical odd aversions to foods and animals, noting figures like Erasmus and Tycho Brahe fainting at fish and foxes. It also promotes Browns Iron Hitters and Dr White's Dandelion and Dr Bull's Worm Destroyers as cures and remedies amid light, anecdotal commentary.
A woman lacking six dollars for a new parasol improvises at home. She refashions a pongee parasol by washing and trimming the cover, resizing the frame, and using browned mousseline de soie from a party dress to create fashionable drapery.
In a St Louis federal ruling Judge Thayer grants a perpetual injunction to The Hostetter Co. against Bruggeman Reinert Distilling Co. and Gob Spring Distilling Co. prohibiting advertising or selling any stomach bitters under the Hostetter name or implying origins, and forbids bulk sales or disguising bottles to imitate genuine Hostetter bitters. The decision asserts Hostetter ownership of the mark and its exclusive use in relation to stomach bitters.
The article explains common errors in razor maintenance, urging correct stropping technique with the blade edge facing upward and away from the strop, avoiding wooden strops, and using hot water to ease sharpening. It notes amateurs turn the edge and risk dulling it, while barbers keep the edge protected. Regular hot water dipping supposedly reduces required stropping.
In Carrara the marble trade and legends draw curious travelers. A quarryman unearthed a massive marble block bearing inscriptions that suggested hidden gold, only to reveal a taunting message and a philosophical note about lifelong learning and progress.
Fragmented ad text touts pile remedies and tonics with dramatic health claims. Mentions Dr. Kline’s Nerve Restorer and Sarsaparilla cures, endorsements, and price notes while urging readers to consult druggists for remedies. Reads like a late 19th or early 20th century medical advertisement.
The Patria reports a broad list of prominent citizens endorsing a new code of honor in Mexico City. The Two Republics argues to legalize dueling despite its illegality, while The Express opposes repealing laws against dueling yet suggests regulating it by allowing challenges through Peace with consequences for nonresponse and protected locations for combat. The debate centers on whether legalized dueling could curb street pistol fights.
A slatternly woman and a traveler hear about a husband who claims to master every craft. Described as a blacksmith by trade he supposedly cooked, carpentered, painted, lectured on temperance, dug wells, hung wallpaper and bricklayed for pay. The tale ends with him teaching singing now and hinting at practicing medicine.
A garbled dialogue fragment comments on divorce and a discouraged view of modern spouses. It mocks a boasting man and contrasts old fashioned norms with new behaviors while hinting at social attitudes toward marriage and gender roles. The piece ends with an unrelated ad fragment and a stray promotional line.
A reader argues the claim in Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy ads is an advertising fake and questions the $500 payoff guarantee if catarrh is not cured. The piece contrasts the touted pellets with Dr. Pierce’s Liver Pills praised as effective.
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