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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1885
Page
6
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt recounts a winter scene with a weary woman amid cold surroundings and a whispered yearning for sunshine. Dialogue touches on hope, endurance, and a pledge to seek brighter days beyond the snowbound trials.
A San Francisco Chronicle feature reviews how elephants, dogs, horses, monkeys, and other beasts are trained for stage work. It notes methods using fear and reward, highlights famous specimens like Albert and Victoria, and recounts perilous trainer losses and daring performances from lions to hyenas in various arenas.
The four feet of an ordinary ox yield a pint of neatsfoot oil. The thigh bone is highly valuable at eighty dollars per ton when cut into cloth brush handies. Fore-leg bones fetch thirty dollars per ton and become collar buttons, parasol handles, and jewelry. Boiled bone water makes glue, bone dust feeds cattle and poultry, and unusable bone remnants are converted to boneblack for sugar refining or into fertilizer to enrich soil.
A long column surveys physiognomy from Michelangelo and Tycho Brahe to Kant and Napoleon, judging noses as expressions of character. It parades quotes and anecdotes about notable noses, then shifts to brief notes on religion, education, science societies, and a small roster of contemporaries and institutions.
A Kiladaphia Herald note comments on elderly family life describing a ninety three year old in Pennsylvania who milks sakes and bakes for a three person household. The piece argues seniors can yield more with proper management and that young people lack rest.
A collage of humorous quotes and misread lines from varied papers. Jokes on prosperity, honor, and language mix with quirky observations about trains, lamps, manners, and a playful exchange at a seminar. The humor travels from Boston to New York with cheeky insights.
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