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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1880
Page
7
A compilation of household tips includes preserving birds, deterring insects with walnut decoctions, making water proof cement from gelatine and bichromate, and simple kitchen preparations. It also covers facial masks with honey and barley, cabbage worm remedies, and carpet care with ammonia and cornmeal dusting.
The Boston Post argues communications should be brief to save space and keep readers. Short pieces fit better, reach more people, and allow more contributors, with pithy, pointed notes valued over long, rambling ones. The idea recalls Samuel Bowles’s quip about lacking time to write a short piece.
An overboard survivor and his daughter, aged about sixteen to eighteen, were seen on King Street as onlookers recounted the ordeal. The man wore heavy boots and thick clothing at first, but his daughter dived to remove the boots and clothing, enabling him to float until a boat rescued them.
The Christian Union notes how rubbish near London becomes money through wasteyards. Women and others toil for low pay turning bones into jelly and sugar, glass into cement, rags into paper, and a host of chemicals and items from bones, tin, and iron into useful products.
Boston Herald notes Mr Aldrich shaped Marjorie Daw as an epistolary tale with two friends and a fictitious heroine. He wrote alternately from two rooms joining city and seashore scenes to keep distinct voices and identities. The piece highlights a clever writing method and a curiously split creative process.
An eclectic advertisement summary citing Dr. Pierce World Dispensary products, Frazer remedies, Warner Safe Remedies, Reppixe Avesta Salve and Malt Bitters. Includes claims of global reach, infant formulaes, skin cures, and various tonics, with promotional lines from The Republican Omaha.
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