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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1891
Page
4
A health ad describes how August Flower relieves a dull constant headache and violent hiccoughs after meals. It claims gradual decay of vital power and misery, with feelings of hopelessness and longing for death, and overfullness after eating. G G Green, Woodbury New Jersey, sole manufacturer.
In this installment at Waverland the narrator recalls his mother lies ill and forgives past neglect as he plans a spring voyage to America with the duke. He worries about Myrtle and Stella, fearing his love and the future, while preparing to seek Stella and return to Waverland.
A narrative recounts the death of a mother and the care of Myrtle, a delicate girl who clings to her guardian. The speaker reflects on loss, longing, and the hope of meeting Stella, while arranging Myrtle’s future care with Annie Wren during travels toward London and plans to visit America with the Duke of Melvorne.
On a voyage to America with the Duke of Melverne, the narrator sails aboard the Fulda seeking the Western world and a new life. They observe cattle leases on Indian lands, debate presidential orders, meet an American violinist, endure a fierce sea storm, and reflect on friendship and fate aboard the ship.
A narrator recalls questioning a man who reveals a long-ago obsession. He once loved a girl who could not choose her fate, forced to marry another after her father’s arrangement. She became a widow in London, famed for wealth, while he never seeks to meet her, feeling love transformed into fashion and indifference.
The piece portrays Isabella as a loving ruler who mixed firm mercy with pious acts during Holy Week. It highlights her public penitence, charity to beggars, and personal generosity, noting a diamond incident and her stance on pardons, all framed as consistent with her unchanging nature. The tone mirrors a Gentleman's Magazine reflection on her character.
The N Y Christian Advocate notes the year of Jesus birth is uncertain. It explains ancient methods of dating and the Dionysian shift to A.D. reckoning, stating Dionysius placed Jesus birth in 754 A C. and that scholars differ on the exact year with Andrews suggesting early 750 A D as most probable.
The article explains how women’s straw hats are made from imported braids including Neapolitan pearledge and Venetian varieties. It describes sources such as Chu Foo and the Emperor of China’s plantation, noting differences in braid coarseness and strand arrangement from crown to base.
In Bangor, Dr. Keller completed an astonishing 106 professional visits in a single period, highlighting a busy practice and strong community demand for his services.
The article recounts misaddressed mail and odd handwritings that confound postal workers, including letters thought for Benjamin Harrison and the adjutant general. It notes errors like confusing Washington the city with Washington state and readers’ persistence in writing Oo. CO. to clarify addresses.
In early spring 1862 the German division crossed the Shenandoah and Potomac fronts with Sigel in command. The Thirty-ninth New York Volunteers refused a ford, a musician waded in armpit deep and played a waltz, lifting troop morale as the unit crossed and camped on the far bank.
A Chicagoan recalls how Japanese imitates emerged from early Armour canned beef and a German glass product. The anecdotes describe how Japanese workers studied foreign goods in their factories and later produced similar items, sometimes selling back to originators at lower costs, harming original producers.
The passage notes how people fail at basic tasks like sharpening razors winding watches and using trains and mails schedules. It highlights dangers from gas blows and risky actions when unaware of proper procedures, causing injury loss or damage.
A fragmented excerpt shows a note about an echist shouting for laws to be banished from statutes. He urges citizens to obey the Leader of Western. A sudden boarding passenger cries Hold up in hands.
A young woman traveling from Russia to join a lover in Duluth, Minnesota, is aided in Utica after arriving with little money. The baggage master, a local conductor, and a train crew member contribute meals and funds, enabling her delayed journey onward. Engravings and poems are noted in juxtaposition with local notices.
An early advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh, a constitutional disease, and promises a $1000 reward if it fails. It touts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, urges sending for testimonials, and notes availability from doctors and druggists. The text also promotes Brown's Iron Bitters for dyspepsia and general debility.
A dubious advertorial piece touts a “Hitters” remedy for traveler ailments and malaria, claiming protection for emigrants in the West. It invokes water and health as value measures, noting carnival crowds and strengthened streets as context while urging purchase of the tonic at one dollar.
An ad explains Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal blood purifier available year round. It touts its vegetable extract formula, no alcohol or sugar, pleasant taste, and suitability for adults and children. The text lists skin and scrofulous conditions it allegedly cures.
An advertisement urges readers to contact W. H. Griffith & Co. in Zanesville Ohio for a plating business opportunity. It claims a plater costs $8 and asserts that hardworking individuals, including Mrs Wells, can earn about $40 per week. The note signs BELLA M. CASE.
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