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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1886
Page
6
A veteran speaker urges youths to live within means and avoid debt. The verse warns against temptation, praising frugality and careful spending. It ends with the aphorism to keep on the right side of the dollar from Harper's Bazar.
A Boston feature describes manicure devices claimed to alter facial features. An operator explains nose compression screws and ear-protecting headbands that force shapes, requiring overnight wear and mouth breathing. The salon markets to actors and society clients as a luxury.
Excerpt notes human distinction as a cooking animal and contrasts raw eating practices of various peoples and tribes. It cites Lindsay and Buchner references, describes Australians, bushmen, Digger Indians, Veddas, and child-wolf anecdotes with graphic details. The passage presents ethnographic and sensational examples of raw consumption and animalistic behavior.
A Detroit Free Press corresp describes dairy habits where goats supply milk daily to buyers at their doors. Goats are milked publicly while cows remain used for draft, with heads harnessed below the horns to pull loads, a system aimed at using neck and body strength.
The English professional swimmer Finney reportedly remained underwater for four minutes 29.5 seconds, a feat lauded by the Detroit Free Press as remarkable beyond common endurance and a record of the era.
Some London tailors are ordering cloths made from Sydney wool for their finest suits due to the material’s durability and value.
Plate-glass insurers in New York reported 380000 in premiums and 176500 in losses last year. The only ordained clergyman in Congress is Representative Anderson of Kansas. People remark that Mrs. Oscar Wilde has the sweetest voice in England.
Frank Work's Fifty sixth street stables house Edward and Dick Swiveler a double trotting team that has run a mile in 2 16 and ranks among the fastest natural trotters. Work notes his pair grow without boots or weights and claim steady speed with road training and calm temperaments.
The article describes a horse palace brimful of vehicles including single seated trotting wagons, barouches and closed carriages. Arman drives off alone in a spidery wagon while women and children watch, noting the grand ceiling and oak rafters lit by gas. The stable, costly and elaborate, attracts thousands of visitors as a curiosity.
Mr Work’s stable is described as the most perfectly appointed in the country with luxurious facilities for horses and grooms. He emphasizes correct mouths in matching trotters and lifelong care for animals, claiming he never sells a horse that suits him.
The article notes two unsolved secrets about Dr Mary Walker the discovery of her medical title and her exact age. It recalls her war work wearing trousers and a frock coat and hints at rumors of a past husband. It laments ongoing newspaper mockery of her as a historical curiosity in the capital.
The article notes ex President Arthur lives with Allan and Nellie Arthur at Lexington Avenue. Nellie, about 12 at his 1881 presidency, grows toward womanhood and resembles her father more than Allan, while Allan, 19 at the time, is described as a dandy with one noted broken engagement. Arthur endures a long illness but finds sunshine in Nellie.
A New York Sun reflection notes Simon Cameron’s retirement to Donegal Pennsylvania and the high esteem he now enjoys across parties. A recent gathering at his Lancaster county home hosted over thirty gentlemen including senators Morrill Beck Blackburn Gray Logan Hale Butler Hearst Samuel J. Randall Governor Pattison and John Arnot with many railroad men journalists lawyers and manufacturers.
The New York Sun quips that Spurgeon endures a malady likened to a goat preying on the preacher. The piece casts the ailment as an inherited weakness echoing scenes of port and merriment and notes Spurgeon’s fame as a contrast to a common affliction.
The party led by Wang Fuyeh meets a dense crowd of men and boys outside Kai-fung-fu as they seek permits to Shan tung. A polite governor general promises aid and a guard, while mandarin escorts manage the tense, crowded inner courtyard without bloodshed.
The Paris Letter traces Zola from Lombardian fatherhood to birth in Paris and his rise from poverty to France’s leading author. It notes hunger, artistic turning points, his autobiography La Confession de Claude, and his later wealth and fame while abandoning a society that once overlooked him.
A Chicago source notes a rare survivor of a street car wheel incident, describing the wheel as deadly and referencing guards placed after many deaths charged to the South Side Cable company. The piece contrasts this hazard with other dangers and cites a single living individual who calls death preferable. The report also mentions forestry observations planned by the Michigan department of agriculture and invites public participation.
Prussian botanists claim to have found tree species behind amber varieties. Research suggests the Baltic region was once a vast conifer forest with giant trees, cedars, firs, spruce, and cypress spanning Europe and beyond.
In a brief, tense exchange, Smith laments an overdue note and inability to pay, while BrownSuggests letting another walk. Smith concedes with anxiety, admitting he is the one who bears the burden as he paces in distress. The dialogue evokes a tragic, moral dilemma in a single-page comic strip style.
The fourteen miles of Glasgow tramway are city owned and yield 76000 dollars yearly. Fares vary with a penny per mile and lower rates in rush hours for workers, supporting housing aims for workers in the suburbs.
George Augustus Sala notes he arrived in India a month late and retreated from the climate. He plans another attempt next November, according to the London Letter.
Advertises Shiloh's Cure for croup whooping cough and bronchitis with testimonials from Rev. Geo. H. Thayer of Bourbon Indiana. Claims the cure relieves consumption and is sold with a guarantee by J. F. Fezer.
Health and sweet breath secured by Shilohs Catarrh Remedy. Price 50 cents. Nasal injector free. For sale by J. F. Fezer.
A brief advertisement claims Speepless Nights are caused by a cough and promotes Shiloh's Cure as the remedy. Endorser J. F. Fezer appears in the text.
An 19th century note advertises Shiloh's Vitalize as a remedy for constipation loss of appetite dizziness and all symptoms of dyspepsia priced at 10 and 75 cents per bottle sold by J F Fezer.
Cure advertised by J. F. Fezer claims immediate relief for croup whooping cough and bronchitis. Historical medical remedy note appearing in a local sale listing.
Wild Cherry and Tar provide throat and lung relief and cure. Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup adds simple healing remedies. Used for coughs colds croup bronchitis. Price 50 cents and 1.00 samples free. Sold by Flower and Petrikin.
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