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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1887
Page
3
Special correspondence from Havana describes U S interest in Cuba and Spain’s tax burden while detailing Cuban society climate and scenery. It paints Havana streets markets trains and nightlife and notes taxation from passports to hotel registers amid praise for bullfighting star Mazzantini and remarks on race and class.
A pinch of salt taken frequently is suggested to stop a cough and soothe throat irritation. The advice appears as a simple home remedy with emphasis on frequent use.
Rapid restoration transforms Sebastopol from wartime ruin to a growing city and port. Once 12 000 residents ten years ago, the population nears 40 000 as the area develops into Russia’s southern naval headquarters.
The German statesman recounts grappling with Blind as five shots were fired. He credits his rib, muscles, and alertness for avoiding injury while guards restrained the attacker. A guarding soldier nearly struck him with a rifle butt until he cried out to stop, calling himself Sam Bismarck.
Experiments in Germany tested wool cleaning methods revealing hot washing as essential and ammonia boosted soap lye outperforms borax for dirt removal. Borax aids white wool but soap lye with ammonia improves color and looseness, while swift drying between soft cloths prevents shrinkage and sun drying is discouraged.
In this Harpers Bazar selection T. W. H. notes a drift toward privacy in transport and lodging, from steamboat state rooms to parlor cars and sleeping compartments, while newspapers increasingly invade privacy by interviewing strangers and visitors.
A London search for a substitute for boxwood uses a hydraulic press to compress teak and other cheap woods to twelve to fourteen tons per square inch. The Hub notes similar methods will toughen woods for carriage work where strength is needed. Ash poles treated by steaming and endwise compression outperform untreated wood.
The Chicago Tribune reports Thaddeus Stevens secured his first congressional nomination via a clock trick. Delegates chosen by ballot had a friend turn the clock forward, excluding five votes that would have favored A Herr Smith, elevating Stevens the winner.
An advertisement in a Boston paper seeks an active servant who must be a plain cook and able to dress a five year old boy. It notes local hiring needs as well as church etiquette guidance on sneezing during worship. The Danish temperance movement reports 35 000 detainers and three women have been hanged in Liverpool in the last two years.
Insightful maxims from Good Housekeeping note how anxiety beats sorrow, talent can hide in plain sight, and action defines worth. The passage links courage, diligence, and empathy with lasting memory and thoughtful restraint.
The ad urges nip consumption in the bud with Santa Alli e and California Catarrh Cure. It claims nasal catarrh precedes consumption and promises relief and cure, sold by W. B. Mason for $1 or three for $2.59 with full warranty.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois shares a testimonial after using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for eight years of leg trouble. He credits recovery to three bottles of Bitters and seven boxes of Arnica Salve. Prices noted: fifty cents per bottle and twenty five cents per box. Also mentions Dr McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment for livestock sold by W B Mason.
In the decline of life infirmities beset us to which our youth and maturity were strangers kidneys and liver derangement but nothing equals Dr J H McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm as a regulator of these organs For sale by W B Mason.
Faults of digestion cause liver disorders and a deranged system. Dr J H McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier purify blood by aiding digestion and assimilation. For sale by W B Mason. Those exposed to life hazards may suffer rheumatism neuralgia and lumbago. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment banishes pain and soothes inflammation, sold by W B Mason.
When the stomach lacks vigor and regularity there will be flatulence heart burn nausea sick headache nervous ness use Dr J H McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier to give tone and regularity to the stomach For sale by W B Mason.
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